Karlos the jackal · Nov 15, 2020

OK folks think it time i got a diagnostic for my 2.5td mt brother in law has hawkeye i can borrow but it worth having my own
so just wondering what would people recommend if it a Nanocom what one would I need i see a few on the black box site but not to sure

kermit_rr · Nov 15, 2020

Karlos the jackal said:
OK folks think it time i got a diagnostic for my 2.5td mt brother in law has hawkeye i can borrow but it worth having my own
so just wondering what would people recommend if it a Nanocom what one would I need i see a few on the black box site but not to sure

Nanocom covers several models, you buy what matches your vehicle and you receive the necessary codes to activate your vehicle choice. You can buy different codes if you subsequently acquire a different vehicle, for your car you need one for the 2.5d p38

RangeRoller dt · Nov 15, 2020

For your 2.5 diesel P38?
Nanocom 06.
Diesel is EDC

Hawkeye will interact with few things but is hopeless with EDC

Karlos the jackal · Nov 15, 2020

RangeRoller dt said:
For your 2.5 diesel P38?
Nanocom 06.
Diesel is EDC

Hawkeye will interact with few things but is hopeless with EDC

yeah mine is a 2000 2.5td
brother inlaws hawkey can do most things on mine just can't get in to the srs system on it if needed

RangeRoller dt · Nov 15, 2020

Hawkeye should work for SRS?

Unless I’m Mistaken and it’s a Hawkeye plus or something?

Check your obd connector and try again?

Karlos the jackal · Nov 15, 2020

RangeRoller dt said:
Hawkeye should work for SRS?
Unless I’m Mistaken and it’s a Hawkeye plus or something?

Check your obd connector and try again?

last time we urged it in it came on screen needed a grey adaptor i know these are like chicken teeh to find at the moment

Karlos the jackal · Nov 15, 2020

was thinking about this one?

Tenebreaux · Nov 15, 2020

Karlos the jackal said:
View attachment 223328was thinking about this one?

That's the one.

RangeRoller dt · Nov 15, 2020

All I can say is Nanocom is best for the money it will do 99.99%.
Faultmate MSV2 does few more things you will very unlikely need but price is considerably more.

NCOM06 is the one. No idea about cables sorry. Should come from BBS in Cyprus.

Karlos the jackal · Nov 15, 2020

RangeRoller dt said:
All I can say is Nanocom is best for the money it will do 99.99%.
Faultmate MSV2 does few more things you will very unlikely need but price is considerably more.

NCOM06 is the one. No idea about cables sorry. Should come from BBS in Cyprus.

yeah just looked on thier site 360 quid

Tenebreaux · Nov 15, 2020

Karlos the jackal said:
yeah just looked on thier site 360 quid

It sez £446 when I look.

Karlos the jackal · Nov 15, 2020

Tenebreaux said:
It sez £446 when I look.

thats with the vat mate

Karlos the jackal · Nov 15, 2020

Tenebreaux said:
It sez £446 when I look.

DarthDude · Nov 16, 2020

The most often used tool I have when dealing with HMS Unfixable is my Faultmate MSV. More than my wrenches and screwdrivers, and yes it works just fine and it's definitely worth getting but Blackbox has some weird ideas about what constitutes customer service. I don't know if they have changed over the years or whether there are alternatives- in which case I'd look REALLY hard at them- but yes, no faulting the Blackbox Solutions hardware or software.

Just be careful if you ever need to change any of the ECUs- you'll need a set of codes from Blackbox everytime you do and it's not an automatically generated thing.

kermit_rr · Nov 16, 2020

DarthDude said:
The most often used tool I have when dealing with HMS Unfixable is my Faultmate MSV. More than my wrenches and screwdrivers, and yes it works just fine and it's definitely worth getting but Blackbox has some weird ideas about what constitutes customer service. I don't know if they have changed over the years or whether there are alternatives- in which case I'd look REALLY hard at them- but yes, no faulting the Blackbox Solutions hardware or software.

Just be careful if you ever need to change any of the ECUs- you'll need a set of codes from Blackbox everytime you do and it's not an automatically generated thing.

Nanocom isn't tied to your specific ecu, just the model eg gems/motronic/edc

DarthDude · Nov 16, 2020

Dang.... did I ever miss a deal then!

I don't think they did Nanocom when I bought my Faultmate. The only choices I had were Faultmate with LCD or Faultmate that needed a laptop. This was a while back but yeah... I can't imagine being able to hold on to The Monster from the Midlands as long as I have without it.

90% of the time it's been to deal with the EAS and the other 10% to deal with the HEVAC system. It's only now that I have a burnt LCD on my speedometer that is the first time I'm using it for something else.

Either way I have found it mandatory to have your own diagnostic if you're going to play with one of these cars for any length of time.

RangeRoller dt · Nov 16, 2020

Once unlocked for vehicle will work for any vehicle of that type gems/Thor/diesel.

Is how people on here use theirs to fix others

Can unlock other types once you have the unit

DarthDude · Nov 16, 2020

RangeRoller dt said:
Once unlocked for vehicle will work for any vehicle of that type gems/Thor/diesel.

Is how people on here use theirs to fix others

Can unlock other types once you have the unit

I'd love that but the lest time I checked they charged an absolute BOMB to unlock it. Any idea what it costs nowadays?

RangeRoller dt · Nov 16, 2020

Bout £50 a vehicle type

DarthDude · Nov 16, 2020

Oh yeah. I'll do that, then!

It was a few hundred Euro before this. Can't remember the exact number now but it translated into quite a few thousand Malaysian Ringgit.

Thanks @RangeRoller dt !

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