No temp gauge

rodntod · Oct 23, 2012

Datatek said:
I'm pretty sure that the gauges can be driven from Faultmate and the sensors can be read.

Sorry guys,not faultmate but autel maxidas. A local guy whose business is diagnostics,but evidently not RR

He was certain he could drive the gauges but machine would do no more than read the things mentioned.Don't think he could access BECM functions.
Bugger!!!!!!
Keep emptying the Nano pot, before it gets filled.

rodntod · Oct 23, 2012

rodntod said:
Sorry guys,not faultmate but autel maxidas. A local guy whose business is diagnostics,but evidently not RR
He was certain he could drive the gauges but machine would do no more than read the things mentioned.Don't think he could access BECM functions.
Bugger!!!!!!
Keep emptying the Nano pot, before it gets filled.

On the Nanocom subject,i e-mailed them yesterday and asked very nicely if there was any discount available for forum members,and had a very quick reply,which read:

Good afternoon

Unfortunately you are a member of the 2 forums that we no longer offer
discounts on due to differing circumstances.

I am not sure which part of Scotland you are from but we do have quite a
few customers from Scotland for all models of Range Rover.

While we do not compare our product to any other on the market, we leave
our 15+ years experience in Land Rover diagnostics and reputation within
the Land Rover owners community, I would advise checking very carefully
the full cost of the Hawkeye for the P38 to include all relevant leads and
update leads.

Kind Regards

Ron Blakey

Did i miss something??,or have they had a row on the forum with someone??

dogsbody · Oct 23, 2012

rodntod said:
On the Nanocom subject,i e-mailed them yesterday and asked very nicely if there was any discount available for forum members,and had a very quick reply,which read:

Good afternoon

Unfortunately you are a member of the 2 forums that we no longer offer
discounts on due to differing circumstances.

I am not sure which part of Scotland you are from but we do have quite a
few customers from Scotland for all models of Range Rover.

While we do not compare our product to any other on the market, we leave
our 15+ years experience in Land Rover diagnostics and reputation within
the Land Rover owners community, I would advise checking very carefully
the full cost of the Hawkeye for the P38 to include all relevant leads and
update leads.

Kind Regards

Ron Blakey

Did i miss something??,or have they had a row on the forum with someone??

Yes, Colin got 'a little miffed' on here a year or so ago.

wammers · Oct 23, 2012

rodntod said:
On the Nanocom subject,i e-mailed them yesterday and asked very nicely if there was any discount available for forum members,and had a very quick reply,which read:

Good afternoon

Unfortunately you are a member of the 2 forums that we no longer offer
discounts on due to differing circumstances.

I am not sure which part of Scotland you are from but we do have quite a
few customers from Scotland for all models of Range Rover.

While we do not compare our product to any other on the market, we leave
our 15+ years experience in Land Rover diagnostics and reputation within
the Land Rover owners community, I would advise checking very carefully
the full cost of the Hawkeye for the P38 to include all relevant leads and
update leads.

Kind Regards

Ron Blakey

Did i miss something??,or have they had a row on the forum with someone??

Ask them which forums they do give discount on and join one of those until you get your discount. Yes Colin did get a bit of stick for some blatant advertising and product pushing on this forum. But he gets a lot of free recommendations now, because to be honest his stuff is good. So maybe he thinks he no longer needs to offer promotional discounts. He is a businessman out to make profit, that's the way it is, can't knock him for that, you or i would assess the situation and possibly do the same.

rodntod · Oct 23, 2012

Before my time then,but not by much.
Suppose i better bite the bullet and order it then, and call it a christmas prezzie from me to me

wammers · Oct 23, 2012

rodntod said:
Before my time then,but not by much.
Suppose i better bite the bullet and order it then, and call it a christmas prezzie from me to me

They really are a good tool. There you go more free plugs for Colin. Hope you are reading this mate over there in Cyprus my commission cheque did not come last month.

dogsbody · Oct 23, 2012

wammers said:
They really are a good tool. There you go more free plugs for Colin. Hope you are reading this mate over there in Cyprus my commission cheque did not come last month.

Shocked and stunned
After all the nice things you said to him as well

:behindsofa:

rodntod · Oct 23, 2012

just had a look on the BBS site and it would seem that the guy who was here today was only able to read the edc inputs and nothing else.

Just going over to order 1 now, who needs food and lights anyway.I can sit in my car with the heater on playing with my new toy

dogsbody · Oct 23, 2012

rodntod said:
just had a look on the BBS site and it would seem that the guy who was here today was only able to read the edc inputs and nothing else.

Just going over to order 1 now, who needs food and lights anyway.I can sit in my car with the heater on playing with my new toy

You've got Jimsnapon in Kilmarnock. He's got a full fat faultmate.

Saint.V8 · Oct 23, 2012

rodntod said:
just had a look on the BBS site and it would seem that the guy who was here today was only able to read the edc inputs and nothing else.

Just going over to order 1 now, who needs food and lights anyway.I can sit in my car with the heater on playing with my new toy

The words a of true Rangie owner.....

rodntod · Oct 23, 2012

dogsbody said:
You've got Jimsnapon in Kilmarnock. He's got a full fat faultmate.

Hi Dogsbody,spoke to Jim a couple of weeks ago and had agreed to go over on a Sunday but he did say at the time he was unsure of the procedures and had not been that far into the system,mainly been using it for basic code reading and resetting.

When i rang him on the Sunday to sort out a time his phone rang out and has done each time i have tried to get him since.

So,in a nutshell, after spending another 30 bucks on nothing today, and being unable to get a hold of Jim(i think he is hiding

). I have just placed my order for a Nanocom Evo for the EDC p38. All in 30 bob under 400 quid,and i dont need to get stressed depending on other people to do what i can do myself now.

And if anyone with a diesel p38 reads this and is from a reasonable distance away,and you need some diagnostic help,i am available(well once it gets here).

dogsbody · Oct 23, 2012

Oh you won't regret it, it's a great bit of kit, and fun too. I've said before that I spent the first night just sat in the car making windows go up and down, lights go on and off etc.
Don't worry, the neighbours are used to me by now, I'm a Rangie driver !!

wammers · Oct 23, 2012

dogsbody said:
Shocked and stunned
After all the nice things you said to him as well

:behindsofa:

Had a Nanocom a while before they were released for sale so what i said can't have been that bad.

rodntod · Oct 29, 2012

Morning all.
Nanocom Has just arrived :clap2:
Gonna go and get the codes in and will report back on my findings.

rodntod · Oct 29, 2012

Hi All,
Latest update,
I have connected my new shiny Nanocom and had a fiddle with it and the results are:
Can only communicate with BECM with key in pos 2 and engine not running,is this correct,same for HEVAC??

Whenever i enter the BECM section,within a second or 2 message centre displays DIAGNOSTIC MODE and all light on dash go out,bar eas light and ABS light.At this point my fuel gauge drops to zero and fuel light comes on.Is this correct???
NOW,heres where the plot thickens.

My normally inop temp gauge goes from its usual default position to what i would say is the correct position for the current engine temp!!!!
Now i can drive both the fuel and temp gauges from the Nano, but i cannot get the temp gauge down past the normal position,ie. cannot send it to the cold setting manually.
As soon as i exit BECM all light on dash return as normal,fuel gauge slowly climbs back to its correct reading,and the goddamn temp gauge stops working!!!!

Any ideas ?
Cheers
Ed

Datatek · Oct 29, 2012

So you can drive the gauge, can you read the sensor? I don't have a Nanocom, but I don't remember lights going out when accessing the BECM, I don't remember the diagnostic mode message either but I will check with my Faultmate which runs basically the same software as the Nanocom if it would help.
Key positon 2 is I think normal with engine not running, other ECU's may need the the engine running.

rodntod · Oct 29, 2012

Datatek said:
So you can drive the gauge, can you read the sensor? I don't have a Nanocom, but I don't remember lights going out when accessing the BECM, I don't remember the diagnostic mode message either but I will check with my Faultmate which runs basically the same software as the Nanocom if it would help.
Key positon 2 is I think normal with engine not running, other ECU's may need the the engine running.

Hi Keith,yes i can drive the gauge,and i am getting a reading of 245 ?? from the sensor.
Yip agree about some ECUs in pos2 and some with engine running.

Weirdest bit is the fact that the fuel gauge goes down when in "diagnostic mode" and can then be driven manually,but the temp gauge starts working normally and sits at the current temp.And i can only drive it up past the point its sitting at,cannot get it to go to the cold setting.
Then when i exit the BECM menu,all relevant dash lights come back on and fuel gauge back to normal,temp gauge dies???

Datatek · Oct 29, 2012

rodntod said:
Hi Keith,yes i can drive the gauge,and i am getting a reading of 245 ?? from the sensor.
Yip agree about some ECUs in pos2 and some with engine running.

Weirdest bit is the fact that the fuel gauge goes down when in "diagnostic mode" and can then be driven manually,but the temp gauge starts working normally and sits at the current temp.And i can only drive it up past the point its sitting at,cannot get it to go to the cold setting.
Then when i exit the BECM menu,all relevant dash lights come back on and fuel gauge back to normal,temp gauge dies???

I need to contact BBS about the engine temperature reading in the BECM screen, it does not sound right, it's the same on the Faultmate but at least you seem to get a reading from the sensor, does it change with engine temperature?
I'll have a look and refresh my memory as to what happens with the BECM when in diagnostic mode tomorrow if it's not ****ing down.

rodntod · Oct 29, 2012

Datatek said:
I need to contact BBS about the engine temperature reading in the BECM screen, it does not sound right, it's the same on the Faultmate but at least you seem to get a reading from the sensor, does it change with engine temperature?
I'll have a look and refresh my memory as to what happens with the BECM when in diagnostic mode tomorrow if it's not ****ing down.

Car has been sitting for a couple of hours now, so i will go and check to see if the reading has changed.
Cheers again Keith,any input would be helpful.
At least i know the gauge works-after a fashion-just need to figure out why it only works when its not meant to

Datatek · Oct 29, 2012

rodntod said:
Car has been sitting for a couple of hours now, so i will go and check to see if the reading has changed.
Cheers again Keith,any input would be helpful.
At least i know the gauge works-after a fashion-just need to figure out why it only works when its not meant to

Could possibly be an earth problem.

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