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SeanC
7th September 2014, 10:17 PM
What diagnostic tools are affordable for the home mechanic? I have an R50 and an R55 so having a tool to find faults would be helpful. Can these tools also put any lights out and reset the faults once any offending part has been replaced?

Cheers,

Sean

Craig
7th September 2014, 11:00 PM
There are but I don't know prices etc. I just use Davy's regularly as my EML light keeps coming on :lol:


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MINI William
8th September 2014, 06:06 AM
You could get a scangauge or something very similar. This will allow you to reset any warning light and to also watch engine parameters when driving.

Mon the fish
8th September 2014, 08:21 AM
Bluetooth dongle and Torque on your phone, combined total of £10 and reads and resets codes, displays data etc etc

badwolf340
8th September 2014, 06:35 PM
Lots of toys out there and some not dear :yes nod:

teslar
8th September 2014, 09:19 PM
I've got the wifi dongle that works with the iPhone just to see if there were any error codes in the history but it came up totally error free. I just like to know as much as I can about the car :)

SeanC
9th September 2014, 08:22 AM
Thanks guys, I'll look in to it. Like teslar I like to know what's going on inside the cars brain lol

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Mon the fish
9th September 2014, 10:43 AM
It's worth it just to get an accurate coolant gauge