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They look like the two plugs that fit onto the luggage compartment light.
On my UK spec 355 (which also does not have an OBD connector as standard) I use a bluetooth scanner with a cable built to the spec you mention,...
Yes I agree there are no codes relating to cat temps. The only reason I posted about codes is it will help him in general understand whether his...
There's no guarantee you'll get anything useful from the scanner in terms of fault codes. On my car, when it threw a flashing slowdown light,...
I have my engine on a dolly at the moment. The surface of the dolly is 10.5 inches from the ground, and the top of the plenums are just under 38...
Agreed.
6 times per cylinder. With the exception of the binding, the variability is in the numbers, not in the way I performed the test. Having let...
I completed a compression test at the weekend, and got the following figures (1-8 respectively): 180, 160, 180, 170, 210, 200, 190, 160 In...
Yes, the vacuum canister is fine. I took my first vacuum reading from there and it held solid. There are one way valves between the inlet and the...
I've already smoke tested the inlet (and pressurized it to listen for leaks). There were none evident. Will see about doing the same on the...
Thanks for the useful feedback. I had suspected that expected vacuum readings for single throttle bodied cars would not be appropriate for the...
I have a rough idle on my 355 and its been like this for quite a long time. I've investigated lots of different ideas around the cause and...
I can confirm that this bluetooth reader will work on a 5.2 car, using an android application called "OBD Fusion"...
Not really a project update, but here is my latest activity. I've actually been diagnosing a fault with my car which I've nailed down to the left...
Nothing new to report at the moment but I'm still working on it. Just had to spend time doing something else for the last week or so. Will get...
Latest update on the 355 cat ecu - there's a video link inside. Cat ECU Project - Update 13th September 2015 And here's the video link by itself...
Thanks Bob. If my reading of ebay is correct, you've already solved the thermocouple supply problem. On the calibration question this is a...
For my own testing, when I bought the various parts to build the first one, I aso bought a K-type thermocouple to go with them so I could test...
The purpose of all of the output from the unit is to aid with diagnostics. If someone is getting slowdown light then understanding whether the...
Another update from this weekend... Cat ECU Project - Update 6th September 2015
