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Mon 5 Dec 2016 05:57

Various - Diagnostic tool - strickjumpers

Looking for the best all round generic diagnostic tool, I have OBD2 dongle with phone ap but does not seem much good.

I have electrical problems across my personal fleet Renault Kangoo 1.9, VW Sharan 1.9TD and Landrover Discovery TD5.

Coming up for retirement I would like some equipment which i can use on any vehicle as this is ab bit of a hoby as well as a chore. I obviously have a smart phone and laptop

Any avice on some all round equipment?

Thanks, Mike.

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Mon 5 Dec 2016 08:43

Various - Diagnostic tool - elekie&a/c doctor

Firstly,there is no one piece of kit that does everthing.For VW/Audi ,your best bet would be Vcds/Vagcom for around £300.As for the others,then you may be better off with some professional kit s/hand from flea-bay.A Snap on solus scanner will probably do most of what you want for around £5-600.

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Mon 5 Dec 2016 09:13

Various - Diagnostic tool - focussed

Lots of advice here on diagnostic kit and all sorts of other stuff as well:-

www.remmington.info/advice.htm

Edited by focussed on 05/12/2016 at 09:18

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Mon 5 Dec 2016 13:32

Various - Diagnostic tool - Gibbo_Wirral

I'd recommend joining various user forums specific to the marques you own. You might find someone local with the equipment who'll loan it to you or do diagnostics for a beer.

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Tue 6 Dec 2016 14:57

Various - Diagnostic tool - edlithgow