engine indicator

[guitarman]

hi

the engine indicator on my car lit up last week, i know that vagcom would be the way forward, to get the exact error code or whatever, but i had a theory.

its last service was almost exactly 15000 miles ago, i know its a long time, but moneys been tight, could this have anything to do with it? (to re-enforce the owner to get a service?)

i've looked into buying the vag com stuff, but i wondered if anyone had any ideas before i did?

cheers in advance

 

[Myki da Pyki]

No the thing to make sure u get the service is the service indicator which flashs up by your mileage when u switch on the ignition.

I bought a Vag-com fault finder thing off ebay for £50 which gives you the fault codes and erase's them for you, does the job for the money

 

[CupraElliott]

£50? What's these ones on the bay for like £12 all in then?

 

[Myki da Pyki]

The cheap ebay ones sound and look shite thats why i went for the more expensive one

 

[GlanzaV]

Did you go for the hand unit with the LCD screen? I was going to go for one of these as well so I could clear/read codes when I was away from home and didn;t have the laptop -- obviously I'd need the laptop to log and stuff...

 

[tashacupra]

hi, i got one from GENDAN it was just under £44 including vat and postage comes with full list of codes and a pc based codelist cd rom. well worth the money.

 

[__B3NNY__]

If you use your initiative vag-com costs you the price of a 3rd party lead. Assuming you have a laptop.

 

[Myki da Pyki]

This is very similar to mine which i just found on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VW-AUDI-SEAT-...ryZ30921QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem