by Mr Whippy » Sun Jan 27, 2013 9:45 pm
Even more interestingly he's done a read with his cheapo Galletto (£7 haha), and sent me a copy and it's ok.
Sooooo, I'm now wondering that since a Xsara s/w worked ok on bench, but the C5 s/w wouldn't (unless in boot), that the C5 s/w must be looking for immo loop signal from key or BSI being present or something to allow OBD access.
I've never known of this before, but it's handy to know for future reference if anyone else hits this one!
I didn't invoice the guy as I said it might not work, but part of me wishes I'd said I'd charge unless it *didn't* work haha... another lesson learnt. At least I know for the future if I take on ECU fixes to say it'll be a refund if it doesn't work, not the other way around (though how you check it worked or not when you are 200 miles away is another matter :D )
Dave