Am I playing with fire?

[bananarama]

Originally Posted by al dm

So I bought one of those yesterday, it arrived today and I found out I already had "Car Scanner Pro" on my phone from mucking about with one of my kid's cars a few years ago using a cheap Chinese OBDII scanner (which was a pain in the arse to even get connected).

I am amazed. The VEEPEAK unit plus the app is an excellent bit of kit. I am really surprised how many parameters you can read with it.

The good news is all the fault codes it read were historic, I cleared them all and went out for a bit of a drive. Came back and read them again. Zero DTCs. Nice!

Nice! I've found it pretty useful too, lately been using it to keep an eye on various temperatures (coolant, oil, ATF, etc) to get a feel for what my D3 tends to do. Having said that, it does have its limitations. For example, I can't use it to get rid of the airbag light on the dash which I got from turning the ignition on while having the passenger side airbag switch disconnected

[apersson850]

Originally Posted by al dm

"The TF-80 SD variant is 'AWD capable' - it has the mountings and PTO to have the transfer case for the rear propshaft and Haldex diff . The transfer case/angle drive is only fitted for vehicles with AWD though (it is bolted onto and takes it's power from the RH driveshaft output of the transmission, so a shorter RH front driveshaft is used)"

You can have AWD with TF-80SC as well.
The correct answer is that TF-80SD is adapted for start/stop function.

[Simmy]

Originally Posted by bananarama

Nice! I've found it pretty useful too, lately been using it to keep an eye on various temperatures (coolant, oil, ATF, etc) to get a feel for what my D3 tends to do. Having said that, it does have its limitations. For example, I can't use it to get rid of the airbag light on the dash which I got from turning the ignition on while having the passenger side airbag switch disconnected

vida is the way to go for srs faults as long as its not an hdd code

[bananarama]

Originally Posted by Simmy

vida is the way to go for srs faults as long as its not an hdd code

What's a HDD code??

[GrahamBrown1]

Originally Posted by apersson850

You can have AWD with TF-80SC as well.
The correct answer is that TF-80SD is adapted for start/stop function.

Do you know in what way or how start stop effects it just purely out of interest? I turn start stop off can’t stand it. I can’t see it having any benefit to the mechanical Health of the car at all.

[Simmy]

Originally Posted by bananarama

What's a HDD code??

an hdd cod is when a certain message is sent to the srs crash module . can be triggered by a crash with air bag/ seatbelt tensioner activation or a low voltage situation usually alternator fault or direct short in wiring .certain models are prone to this problem c70/v50 / s40 ect.

[al dm]

Originally Posted by Simmy

vida is the way to go for srs faults as long as its not an hdd code

I will get VIDA/DICE capability at some point, but I will need to buy a new (well, old) laptop to get it working. No option exists for high end Apple M1 Pro silicon right now....

[Jimsmith44]

Originally Posted by al dm

I will get VIDA/DICE capability at some point, but I will need to buy a new (well, old) laptop to get it working. No option exists for high end Apple M1 Pro silicon right now....

There is a guy on here who sells them all ready to go.SiRobbD5

[al dm]

Originally Posted by Jimsmith44

There is a guy on here who sells them all ready to go.SiRobbD5

Hmm....can't seem to find him if I do a forum search. Probably pilot error though....

[al dm]

4th drain/refill cycle done this afternoon using the vacuum extractor. It's super easy this way.

3.2L today, so not sure if the probe tip ended up in a slightly different position, car was sloped slightly differently, transmission temp different, etc, etc...

Dare I say it, but the fluid extracted has a bit of a purple hue now and smells good - if you like the smell of ATF. It's a million miles away from where it was when I started this procedure a month ago.

I have about 5L of fluid left, so will do the final cycle next weekend, from the bottom and also do the factory level setting procedure and replace the washer and o-ring while I am at it.

It's also really nice to be able to see the ATF temperature using the OBDII scanner. That will be helpful for the final levelling procedure next week.