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cocoduck:
ouch I hit you were it hurts, you want to fleece him of his hard earned money, it's not gonna work.

cocoduck:
Your car had multiple codes, and that 1diot said your car needs spiritual healing or something, then I said no, I believe the problems is a vacuum leak, then both he and his 1diotic friends went berserk, don't listen to them, what I understand is the these may be parts dealers, and they want you to buy parts from them, even without testing if it's really the part that is bad or another thing that the ECU it reacting to so throwing codes, that sometimes may throw you off if you are not careful, then I said if it were me who is diagnosing your car I will check for vacuum leaks first, using to scan tool, the computer is programmed in a way that it reacts in a certain way in a given situation, so if you know what you are doing or how it works you can easily know what is going wrong, or what the computer is reacting to, it takes just a few seconds , if you find nothing there you move to another thing, then they just hanged their throaght on knock sensor, forgetting that you said you car was consumming too much fuel,
You see, I would ask, why is this car guzzling fuel like this? okay here is a list of things that can cause it.
Vacuum leak (for me easiest to check)
leaky injectors
bad MAF
Then check these three, if nothing then I am missing something, and what can that be? Then I go into research
but they want you to go and buy and make. them rich, and I am an obstacle to it then they turn on me.

cocoduck:
ohhh
so I was pouring water on stone, sorry ohhh I know my onions

cocoduck:
thank you my brother, the bottom line is don't rush to buy the part simply because is has a code, you know when a person who doesn't want to learn is arguing with you sometimes you forget what you want to say, because of the marveling at their ignorance

erico2k2:
Even at that, you still cant do it all, I know BMW,MEr and Audi have specific scan tools for their dealerships only.

erico2k2:
those that cost up to N3m

cocoduck:
well one thing is that you lack the ability to read and comprehend, I use the scan tool to know exactly what the ECU is doing, then, if its a vacuum leak I use a smoke machine or any other means available to pinpoint where the leak is happening.

cocoduck:
what is a complete diagnostic tool?

bliss11:
I use mobile oil the car is camery big 4 nothing and d car is not smoking

cocoduck:
any way there is a whole economy built upon the fact that the regular Joe will see an O2 code and run to buy an 02 sensor, I test the O2 sensor thoroughly before changing it, not after changing it, it come back to bit me.
But wait, what does it take to know if there is a vacuum leak, if you don't know how to do it you ask, na wa for African mechanics

cocoduck:
then how come you say live data is useless? Or you don't know what fuel trim is all about, have you forgotten the stoichiometric ratio of car engines?

cocoduck:
before I start, what do you think LTFT and STFT are?

erico2k2:
yeh but if your car don't start you can't do that, if you don't have access to the pipes/lines you cant do it as well,

cocoduck:
I said in some instances, ice on the intake manifold, after the MAF, you can use water, trust me

bliss11:
Can some1 help me I travelled from Kaduna to abuja topped my engine oil b4 leaving when I got to abuja I noticed that the engine oil had dried pls what could be d fault.

cocoduck:
if you mean it, then little wonder you are saying this, any ways Google is your friend.

cocoduck:
You use the scan tool's live data to diagnose the problem, and get a direction, don't you know how to use the live data?

cocoduck:
I am not saying that it is definitely a vacuum leak, knock sensor fault can happen, but the car consumes too much fuel, so, with my experience, I will first of all check if it's a vacuum leak, using the scan tool, it takes 10 seconds, if it's not a vacuum leak, I will get a definite direction, in chasing the problem instead of chasing my tail round and round.

NJB:
Hi guys,

I was looking into car scanners and one name kept coming up: X-431 or Launch X-431. It turns out that many people are selling it but one company I stumbled on their site said they sell original and that they are exclusive agent. The site is www.kehdiequipmentltd.com. Has anyone dealt with these guys or know a genuine alternative?

jahson1:
Please I need help, my mazda MPV is seriously jarking.

cocoduck:
Nope, I believe it's only a vacuum leak. This powertrain obd (engine management system) is generic. So one condition can set so many codes.

GAZZUZZ:
that's what happens when you convert chinese to engrish

Kashif:
Application hereby tendered...I dey like wear white work o...

Lexusgs430:
Maybe seun should add options for videos directly on nairaland.
It seems photographic images, is no longer a determinant factor.
We need to hear the engine noise, the car horn, all light fully working with evidence and the Chill from the AC must also be felt (not those stupid excuses of only needs regassing).

Kashif:
They are hard to find

realman2015:
Thanks for the feedback. I don't understand what you mean by that. Are you saying that an average income earner like me can't afford it. I am looking at 2009 model.

TheLaughter:
Hi house, please who knows how much I can get EOD 2003 model engine and gear box. Thanks for ur anticipated responses.