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General => General discussion => Topic started by: peanut1981 on 26 October 2011, 13:52
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Hi chaps,
Got the engine management light on on my Golf (GTI 2002). Before I go and have my pants pulled down by VW... has anybody bought this or have any knowledge of it?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Scanner-Reader-SKODA-diagnostic-Fault/dp/B001KSZQNM
Worth a punt at under £20?
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Where are you located? There might be somebody local to you with Vagcom and willing to help :wink:
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Mansfield matey...
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there worth it :smiley:
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I have the same one (from ebay) well worth it. :smiley:
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I have had one for years......brilliant piece of kit and possibly the best £12 quid I have ever spent :smiley:
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Bought one...£15 ebay :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Personally I would have bought vagcom. It's cheaper (about £10) and you get a LOT more information that just a faulty code. Downside is you need a laptop/netbook to take to the car with you, but if you have it then much better.
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Yes, but that's the cable... don't you then have to cough up for the software?
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Cable comes with version 409.11, light version. But You can get 311.2 and the keygen online for free :smiley:
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I have one as well, and well worth it imo. The upside with the handheld over the ebay cable and 409.1 light version is like me, you can keep it in your glove box and its there in case of any eventuality. :smiley:
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Vagcom cable is great when you can get the bloody thing to work. I gave up on mine and bought the hand held instead :angry:
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i have one, was thinking of getting vag com but thought it was more expensive than that does what its supposed to so i dont mind, might get vagcom next month.
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£10 Vag com leads are pointless really. Can't do anything of much use really.
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If you just want to know what your fault codes are, vag com is a waste of time, just get a basic hand held reader.
Vag com is only useful if you want to dive deeper into reading things, which isn't necessarily going to help you out.
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http://www.talktomycar.co.uk/products/codereaders/codereaders.htm
I have one from here bought a few years ago, still going strong.
My dad has a more advanced one for £200 which allows you to quite a bit more on all cars, both have been kicked around the garage and dunked in the oil pan and survived :lipsrsealed:
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I have the u281 ,its pretty basic but well worth the money,the only problem is its making me fat,cause i will plug it into anybodies car for a sausage and cheese sandwich :evil:
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i will plug it into anybodies car for a sausage and cheese sandwich :evil:
sl*t... :grin:
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I have both VAGCOM and one of these handheld readers VAGCOM is ace for proper diagnoses and delving deep but this is great to keep in the car at all times incase a light pops on and you wanna quickly see if it's safe to keep driving or if you're gonna end up in limp mode/garaged.