Universal diagnostic tool

[george mcneill]

Hello everybody,
George in Sussex....does any one know if I can buy a diagnostic gizmo that will do all or most vehicles for my motorhome and cars? Motorhome fixers are not the best for repairs....they like money a little too much in my opinion! Gmcn

 

[Stealaway]

It seems the only ones that really work are with the factory supplied software.
Every other aftermarket ones seems to be a compromise or even a lottery in isolate any faults.
Snap-on do a good one but its thousands of pounds ---

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[cts1975]

We have one of THESE for our fleet of minibuses/coaches. It also does TPMS relearning.
I used it yesterday on a 67 plate sprinter and it search for faults on 15 seperate ECU's which seemed very thorough. We also force regenerated a DPF on a MK8 Transit last week.

 

[Driventemple]

A diagnostic tool covering a range of makes will cost serious money. If you restrict it to one make it can be more affordable. I purchased Multiecuscan software and the adaptors for a Ducato for around £75. This allowed me to lower the TPMS figures so that I could run the fronts at 65psi without the warning signs coming up on the dash.