Mark Hi.
Well have just started doing an evaluation on the tool having bought one from the proceeds of selling dead Landrover cats.
Shortly I will do a comparison with several expensive Pro scanners including the Xentry .
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Being reasonably affordable for starters as budding DIY'r & if it does what it suggest it does, then its ideal for a base standard of scan tool data interpretation.
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Exciting stuff to progress with. It might even keep you out of shops with competent repairs and coaching !
Who knows
Dennis
Let me describe what I'm looking for, as what I would consider a moderate DIYer.
I'm willing and able to do a lot of work on the vehicle. I can do brakes and have done brakes on vehicles for about 45 years of DIYing. I would defer to a shop if I needed an engine swap. Stuff in the middle of those two could go either way.
Considering a trip to the local MB dealer is $1500 minimum, no matter what is wrong, a $1000 scanner to tell more about what actually is needed is a bargain.
I have an Autel AP200, actually three of them for MB, Subaru and Honda. It's cheaper to buy one for each and get the "free lifetime" first manufacturer than to pay each year for extra manufacturers on them. They are great for what they do. They can scan all the systems, but they pretty much can't set anything.
I'd be looking to do the following:
ESP system activation for brake bleeding.
Smooth running test to at least look for changes in injector performance with time.
Disable individual injectors and other injector related measurements and settings.
Command actuators, Turbo, EGR, etc. so proper operation of the actuator can be separated from the control system and possible LHM disabling them. I did control systems for a living and it is a lot easier to unwrap the system and test individual pieces.
Set tire size so the speedo is more correct.
Set various options such as high idle. I know this may be a dream without connecting to mother MB for permi$$ion.
Record live data from multiple systems, not just ODBII messages that my Torque app can record. The intermittent turbo leak troubleshooting would have been a lot easier. The AP200 records live data to a proprietary format they don't provide access to users to decode.
I expect the owners of newer vehicles would want more access to the DEF and DPF systems.
That is all I got for now.
Regards,
Mark