Looking for advice: Which ODB tool to choose?

[JumpShip]

Interesting, Can you maybe elaborate on the digital dash part? Same here... No oil temp or water temp at the moment.

Many different parameters can be shown in real-time direct from ecu data via an Bluetooth obd reader using torque lite app or car scanner etc .
This is just an example from my phone .

You can change the type of display , colours, background, size of display HUD mode , etc etc . Also change the colour of displays if upper or lower parameters are reached i.e. i set water temp to turn to red if it reaches above 100° .

 

[Deleted Member]

Interesting, Can you maybe elaborate on the digital dash part? Same here... No oil temp or water temp at the moment.

The digital dash shows oil and water temps without any Bluetooth dongle.

This is a snip of the dpf app I use with Carista (no subscription to Carista needed).

 

[roadtripper]

Do people panic about their soot levels that much that they need to watch them that closely?

If you see the amount of threads around of expensive engine work from not doing so...

I have no idea why something that can make such a dramatic difference to the life of the engine is not visible in the standard displays.

It's a good idea to get an understanding of what happens on your van and your driving pattern. You can then make an informed choice of if you want to monitor closely or it's not so important to you.

 

[peter1987t]

Just ordered the carista, using the voucher "SFDcarista". Is in on Tuesday

Cheers guys! Thanks for all the advice

 

[paulfwb]

Hi Gents,

I am looking for your advice, coming from the Netherlands here.

Got a T6 2017 TSI LWB kombi with 78.000km (pretty standard, not even rear parking sensors). Anyway, converted to a camper including LPG. We just came from Swiss, absolutely lovely but we ran into a problem with the fuel mixture apparently and i was hoping to have a proper ODB tool to be able to read some fault codes which can potentially also speed up the diagnosis while also bringing it to the installer.

Few things i would be looking for which could help:
- read out fault codes (especially now)
- read out true KM's
- read out engine Temp (since it is Nowhere to find, why???)
- maybe do some changes myself when installing aftermarket LED headlights?
- necessary changes for adding towbar (13p)?
- other fun/useful changes where possible.

Anything you can advice me? Not planning to do any other diagnoses except for this car. Planning to have it for a while. Prefer not to need a laptop, since i would like to be able to use it during an holiday (the fault reading part at least).

Thanks !

Much appreciated.

-Peter

Did you see the Awami obd2 dongle? It works with bluetooth and both Android and iPhone apps.
If anyone has good or bad experience with this product, please let us know.
Link: Awami Products | eBay Stores

 

[doncarlyon]

Looks like a generic chinese obd2 adapter. I've got one and it worked ok for basic scanning but doesn't get anywhere near as much data as carista.

 

[DXX]

Carista is good enough for me and what I really like is that there is constant development; more brands / models and more functionality.