baz995

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Following a CEL this morning there is no way I am giving main dealer £53 just to read the code, thankfully found a tuner near me that only charges £10 but i have decided to get one myself, a quick search on google sees them ranging from £17 upwards, the one in Halfords is £139 but they cannot let me know how much my trade card will knock off until i go in.

All i want to do is read it and reset it and found these:

http://www.ecrater.co.uk/p/10186975/...ner-obd2-obdii

http://www.carparts-sale.com/u480-ca...anne-p-75.html

Any good? What do you all have?

95turbowagon

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I got one from ebay, cost £20 and has worked fine the couple of times i have used it.

Identifies the codes and erased them.

I had a few come up from an oil change when the crank sensor was disconnected, and i also get one from having the cats removed.

Rob Day

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If you have a Laptop, I would go with a Tactrix type cable and use Learning to view free software, will cost you around £10.

BrownPantsRacing

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I got one of these eventually.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Autel-MS50...item19c65937a4

Think I got mine from fleabay for £45 though.

Bought one from Argos for £80 prior to this that worked a treat. Benefit of the Autel unit is it can log live data as well.

baz995

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thanks for all the replies, good to see the general concensus is you can use these and you dont need to spend £100s on one. I do think in terms of the correct term the CEL should be renamed the UhOh light

Rob Day

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The Cell is a pain in the **** as it never flashes up to say "Hi" or "Wow", it is a very pessimistic little ******, but if it wasnt for this you would likely be looking at £1'000s in engine builds, so got to respect it!

brendy76

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I have a scanguage II and its always connected and sat on my dash, works great.

JDM_Stig

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I agree, this way you can actually read what certain sensors are doing before you spend your hard earned.

BrownPantsRacing

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I keep my CEL reader in the glove box now. lol

baz995

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nightmare, got it checked as P0031 02 sensor bank 1, reset it but just came back, went to look at prices...............how much lol £180 plus. There must be cheaper ones out there or the Long Haired General is gonna have my spuds off

Jonny_

Is yours a newage? I think thats the o2 sensor accessed throught the wheel arch.. if so you can definitely get them less than that

i did.

brb searching for the link

baz995

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many thanks Jonny its a 2003 Blob WRX

Jonny_

i had a link in my favourite but it seems to be dead.. ill see what i can find mate
mine is 2003 sti and i definitely didnt pay £180

Jonny_

http://www.gendan.co.uk/oxygen_lambd...reza_2.0i.html £120 here..

baz995

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Sweet thanks mate, that seems to be the cheapest Denso one i have seen, found this guide as well, very informative for future use

http://www.scoobymods.com/diy-o2-sen...t-t12146.html?

Rob Day

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Why not just get intouch with a breaker?

baz995

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looking at breakers now as i wont discount every avenue until i have explored them ;-)

Rob Day

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Try these mate, you should be able to haggle on price too :
ScoobySpares (Andy or Scott)
Poleposition (Matt)
Grade A Subaru

DT-SPD

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I can recommend the ELM 327 based bluetooth code reader and android app called Torque. Allows codes to be read and reset as well as live ECU data all on a android smartphone - very impressive and can be left in the car as its only a tiny device.

Bluetooth device is about £20 and app is about £3

baz995

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sounds cool, where did you buy it from, being a bit of a phone noob would it work with a nokia n8?

DT-SPD

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You can buy them on ebay HERE

Im new to smartphones myself to be honest, if your Nokia is an android phone with bluetooth then I am pretty sure it will work. See if the app "Torque" is available, there is a free version so you can make sure it installs on your phone. The fully function version is only a couple of quid so worth buying if all is OK.

Im sure you will be as impressed as I was for a total spend of just over £20

baz995

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found this as well for future ref if anyone is struggling to find one

http://www.sparkplugs.co.uk/pages/pr...ensors-ccp.asp