just wanted to know if anyone has used an onboard diagnostic tool before as i would like to know whats going on with her all the time without taking her to the garage. is there a windows based one that i can plug into car and laptop also was told you can map 99 uk turbo on standard ecu is this right. if so is it advised as i want to preserve my engine life, the whole car is standard apart from centre section and backbox.

 

I belive you can have an ECUtek remap on a my99. Certainly says so on Scoobyclinics site anyway.
DeltaDash looks a good bit of kit if a little pricey at around £215
Im sure someone more knowledgabe than me will be along later to point you in the right direction

 

You can re-map MY99/00 ecus no worries - ECUTEK.

For on board diagnostics, there's some free software that's really useful called 'ecuexplorer' (great bit of software), you can see live sensor readouts, as well as the facility to log a journey or power run. The software is free, but you have to buy a cable for 'Tactrix' which was about $50. IIRC.

There's also another device (which was partly developed on my car) called OBDKEY. This basically plugs into the OBD port under you dash and talks to your PDA/Laptop via bluetooth. It has some nice features similar to ecuexplorer and is also graphically a lot more pleasing on the eye.
^Not sure what state this product is in yet. Not sure if he's started to sell yet, but looked pretty good at the time.

HTH.

Rob.

 

no point remapping a standard car on a standard ecu, there are better ways to spend 700 odd quid, like save it in the bank, cos you seem really paranoid that your car is going to go bang.

 

Anyone recommend a cable that'll work with ECUExplorer (MY07)

 

read post 3 again.
now read it again.
read it just once more.

 

I've read ECUExplorer's site...yes, they recommend the Tactrix, but the site they recommend was down last time I checked clever ****e!

 

Should work fine on a MY07. Anything <MY99, I don't think it will.

 

tactrix I am a web developer/programmer/geek. I have no idea what to buy on there.

 

i dont want to remap the car i just want to keep an eye on things so i dont need to take to a garage all the time, i downloaded ecuexplorer but what cable for 99 uk, also im not paranoid bout it going bang. i use the car everyday and id be *****d without it and im always hearing bout them going bang. just dont want it to happen to me. i dont rag the car and run it on v power so hopefully im ok.