OBD fault scanner which one

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tonyhag
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OBD fault scanner which one

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I have a Konnwei KW808 OBDII/EOBD scanner which I bought last year to use on my fiat ulysee w reg and even though a few functions did not work it did what i needed it to do, now I have A Citroen C8 2.0 ltr 136 BHP which is a 96 plate and it seems according to the Ebay seller I bought this scanner off that it does not work with Diesel vehicles so anyone recommend an OBD scanner that I can use with the C8 diesel vehicle.
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Re: OBD fault scanner which one

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The cars from Peugeot and Citroen do not always communicate in a standard format, so what you need to do is to get a decent Lexia clone. They are not cheap (compared to generic code readers), but they can do a whole lot more.

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Re: OBD fault scanner which one

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Hell Razor5543 wrote:They are not cheap (compared to generic code readers), but they can do a whole lot more.

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And nor are "Reads" at the dealers
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Yer already seen the Lexia scanners and probably will get one as these things always pay for themselves in the long run.
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long run ??......quite a short run with main dealers normal charge between £60-80 a pop
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