lexia v obd11

[bill196510]

What is differace, when it comes to basic code reading and deleting, apart from price, lexia, £78, obd11 £10

[oneday]

all you can do with a code reader is reset with a lexia you can do almost the same as a citroen dealer can. if you want a lexia session im only down the road from you

[steelcityuk]

OBD is a defined standard that only supports limited diagnostics using a set of standard codes. Whereas a dealer tool can give manufacturer codes on anything on the 'Bus' that is setup to do so, plus read live data and code new parts to the vehicle. It's like comparing a magnifying glass to a microscope.

[Ben82]

Going by your actual question with "basic code reading and deleting", then you may as well go for a £10 OBDII reader, since you'll also need a Laptop and setting up the software to use a lexia. A fairer test would be the OBDII Tools that cost £70+, that can read live sensor data, and build graphs from it.

And with those, if you had to chose one, then it's really dependent on whether you have other cars or not (or are planning to).... An OBDII Tool would be better suited for someone with different brands of vehicles, or maybe not planning on staying with Citroen/Peugeot, since the tool will work on any vehicle. The lexia will give you far more information and options (i.e. what the dealer can do) on the Citroen/Peugeot cars.

[bill196510]

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What about this combined with torque android app, reads live data, and current emmisins co2 look on youtube and play store

[Peter.N.]

I bought a Dell laptop for my Lexia for £25.00 works fine when the system behaves.

Peter

[Ben82]

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What about this combined with torque android app, reads live data, and current emmisins co2 look on youtube and play store

Looks alright on the surface however:
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Generic bluetooth adapter from ebay, generally alright but some can suffer from build quality issues affecting reliability, and causing strange things to happen like engines refusing to start. Try to avoid if you can

The ones they recommend seem to be around the £100 mark (again).

[Jabo]

I use a £15 Bluetooth dongle with Torque Pro and it works fine, it was however the second one that the seller sent me as the first one was DOA.

If you want to buy a cheap USB dongle and read any modern car's basic fault codes then you get one of the ELM 327 cables from eBay. You will also have to procure appropriate Windows software for the cable too. I use an ELM 327 with software called PCMScan from time to time and it also works fine.

The best thing to get for your own car will always be a manufacturer specific piece of equipment, I.e. Lexia for PSA, VAG-COM for VAG, etc.

[bill196510]

all you can do with a code reader is reset with a lexia you can do almost the same as a citroen dealer can. if you want a lexia session im only down the road from you

Codes been deleted, will it be able to show anything, how much would it cost me

[oneday]

you cant tell untill its hooked up but it should show more info than a code reader. i dont charge

[bill196510]

Cant send u a message, puts it in outbox, my tools were nicked out mates shed in buxton, draper expert and solingen, west german tools, from army surplus, maybe he nicked them lol
See u sunday:D

[bill196510]

[quote="Ben82"]Going by your actual question with "basic code reading and deleting", then you may as well go for a £10 OBDII reader, since you'll also need a Laptop and setting up the software to use a lexia. A fairer test would be the OBDII Tools that cost £70+, that can read live sensor data, and build graphs from it.

Torque pro can do that lol

[stu9]

What is differace, when it comes to basic code reading and deleting, apart from price, lexia, £78, obd11 £10

I was obviously robbed when I bought mine (lexia 3) and I met him!...£110!!

[Mandrake]

The £78 Lexia's on eBay are cheap Chinese clones that don't work properly on some cars and can't run Diagbox versions later than 5.29 as the interface boxes are blacklisted in the later software versions... they're not the same as the ones sold through easydiagnostics, so I hardly think you've been robbed

Just check this thread for examples of the problems people are having with the cheaper clone Lexia's from eBay:

http://www.frenchcarforum.co.uk/forum/v ... =3&t=42848" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Ben82]

Going by your actual question with "basic code reading and deleting", then you may as well go for a £10 OBDII reader, since you'll also need a Laptop and setting up the software to use a lexia. A fairer test would be the OBDII Tools that cost £70+, that can read live sensor data, and build graphs from it.

Torque pro can do that lol

Did you not see this one? the £15 Bluetooth adapter seems to give hit and miss results due to build quality, and has seemingly caused some larger issues. The recommended ones put it back straight in the lexia ball park.

Point still stands from my earlier post too. It comes down to whether you want to have the extra functionality that Diagbox gets you for Citroen/Peugeot cars that you cannot do with other devices, or whether you want something that is car-agnostic. Obviously you can also factor in local availability of kind FCF members with them
By all means go for one of the £15 adapters.. but when I get a warning on the site of the developer of the software to use with it saying "try to avoid if possible", I generally will heed that advice