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Donnus



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OBD 2 - Bluetooth reader

has anyone tried this USB / Bluetooth OBD2 reader ?
it connects with an android device...
looks like an interesting toy to have Laughing

https://plxdevices.com/product_info.php?id=GSSTBLUETOOTH

Post #216208 8th Feb 2014 6:49 am
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Winslet



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I have one which I keep in the car. It is about the size of a fat matchbox, so when plugged in, it is fairly unobtrusive. No leads or anything.

It only seems to work with their dedicated app, but others out there are cheaper and can work with a range of apps providing they meet certain industry standards. These escape me right now.

It reads fault codes, other general info such as temps and revs from the ECU and can do performance data too. Trouble is you can't play with it when driving so is best as a passenger. It can be left in all the time, but I found it was warm when I got in the car so must be live all the time and a potential drain on the battery.

Useful at first, could be extremely useful in the event of a fault but a bit of toy otherwise.

HTH

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Knoxy



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I have one as well. I bought it originally because of my issues with the DPF filter and the dreaded low performance mode. However I haven't really used it much since the last ECU update seems to have solved my DFP issues (touch wood) Bow down

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I have a wifi OBDII reader which I bought of eBay for a few quid and downloaded an app on my ipad called obd fusion for about £7 works well it gives all the reading and reports I need. And it works on our other cars It cleared the engine management light off the civic type R and all for around a tenner Thumbs Up

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Jimski



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Don't suppose you have a pic of the reader or the sellers name? Been looking at these for a while. Thumbs Up 2013 FL2 - Black Edition Auto
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D8WYR



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[quote="D8WYR"]I have a wifi OBDII reader which I bought of eBay for a few quid and downloaded an app on my ipad called obd fusion for about £7 works well it gives all the reading and reports I need. And it works on our other cars It cleared the engine management light off the civic type R and all for around a tenner Thumbs Up[/quote]

Sorry I have to apologise to all it was a long day yesterday I know I said around a £10 but it should have been around £20 the OBDII reader was £14.50 and the software was £7. Embarassed Embarassed

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