Best diagnostic tool?

[justina3 518]

You also find that no matter how good the machine is if you cant fault find or have a basic understanding of whats going on no scanner in the world is going to help you.

 

like this morning Cylinder two misfire, sigh here we go again VW finest 

 

[metcars 395]

4 hours ago, Stalker said:

That because EBAY aren't supposed to let sellers sell fake/counterfeit goods.... You have to look elsewhere

I wasn't exactly looking on ebay to start with! Lol

[have a word with the wife 299]

2 hours ago, Mark101 said:

I thought it sounded too good to be true - can you tell I'm no mechanic!

no, go on 

mark, no matter what machine you got, its experience that counts, and the more money you spend doesn't really mean you'll get a better result, just last week, cheap machine of mine, showed 2 faults [related] yet dear machine [ well i thought its dear] only showed one, cheap machine communicated faster, and was easier to understand, i am no mechanic either, learned [ and still learning] by getting mucky, and using used parts to save money [parts dealers wont return used sensors for credit good to say by some mechanic whos been playing parts darts ].

worrying thing nowadays is the poor quality looms and build quality of certain parts fuseboxes and the like.

 

[RH Trading 80]

Used to have a Snapon Modis but went obsolete last year and baulked a little at the price of the replacement 

we've used an Autel Maxisys Pro MS908 for past 6 months and must say very impressed, better than the Snapon or Mac . Big selling point for me was the fact its blutooth/wifi so can throw away the cables, very tough as well, as been dropped by clumsy technicians more than once but still absolutely fine. think its was about £1100 + vat but worth the money. I'd recommend buying a spare sd card and backup just to be on the safe side