The Dispatch | Expert | Scudo Hub

While I'm rantin on about this OBD malarkey.
Here's the £105 Launch CRP123 I bought (and returned for refund) to the Ebay seller which did SFA when trying to connect to the old Expert.
The listing suggested it would do so much, but in reality it didn't even connect to the ECU

My first suspect would be the cable release/catch not retracting properly when released
You'd probably need a helper to pull the lever in the cab a few times as you watch what happens in the engine bay.
BTW I found the grille easy enough to remove on my Expert, remove 2 top screws and pull.

I just plumped for this one for £35
Its got Delphi ds150e by the looks of it and the cables could be useful when quizzing odd models and
some motorbikes and scoots as all the chinese stuff uses a delphi ecu

whether the software will play nice or not remains to be seen
My bestest lappy runs win 10/64 with security set to over protective paranoid which I'd probably have to disable to set it up
I might stick Win7/64 on the other one and try running it as an offline machine from that.

I recently bought a Launch CRP123 for £105 that didn't want to know and that's gone back for a refund
so if my £35 is wasted that's not as painful.

Most of the OBD stuff on Ebay is chinese made and probably runs copied/bootlegged hardware and firmware so I doubt our low key efforts to keep old bangers running is going to attract any serious attention.

this what I ordered

for those interested this is breakdown of the ACF process
Basically, heat ( circa 80C) and pressure is used to get the conductive particles to align and the adhesive to set.

https://www.amadaweldtech.eu/sites/defa … 1-2015.pdf

I checked out the Fiat forum and multiecuscan was mentioned so I grabbed it to evaluate it in free mode.
The supported vehicle list wasn't encouraging as the list didnt mention the Scudo JTD
which as I understand is the equivalent of the 2.0 HDI.
I ran the prog plugged it in and couldn't connect but maybe I didn't set it up properly and may try again.
where can get this PSA lexia thing?

Pics would be good

Its possible the LCD display is breaking down but it may also be due to
bad/oxidised contacts on one of the cable connectors or the ribbon cable connections to the display itself as this is not an unknown problem on quite a few vehicles.
I've had my clocks out but as they were working didn't take that detailed a look.

RE the fuel gauge
Again, bad connections and grounding must always be considered on older vehicles so checking/cleaning them first is a good idea.
As it appears to work intermittently it may be just a poor connection.
Apparently, the connector under the van near the tank is prone to getting the weather in
so that has to be worth checking/cleaning.
If cleaning has no effect then before dismantling stuff I'd probably ground the signal wire to ground (with ignition on) briefly to see if the gauge starts to rise to full.
This test helps decide if the fault is in the gauge or sender.

A can of switch and connector cleaner from say Halfords/Ebay or similar is always part of my tool kit

It would help if you say what year/engine you have as while they're all basically the same van,
early to late electrical systems may have some variations.

As Ken says, the odo and fuel gauge are separate faults and the low coolant level warning light may or may not be an issue
I find the one on mine is somewhat sensitive and triggers when its only slightly, not seriously, low.
On the upside, at least it tells me its working properly.

While its quite possible, I wouldn't pay for those instructions
as the whole ad has the whiff of snake oil to me and the vehicle in that vid isnt a MK1

Is it doable? yes of course! if money's no object we can start tomorrow.

Grey is often unburnt or poorly combusted fuel which you may get a bit of on initial startup
on older engines, but should clear quickly
if it persists it could be a leaky injector.
Have you or anyone else put WVO ( waste vegetable oil) in it?
I get why folk want to use it but it has a higher viscosity ( thicker) than deisel
and cause problems on some engines unless it's pre treated or pre heated.

As for additives I sometimes put some Millers Ecomax in my deisel tank which is claimed to increase Cetane rating,
improve combustion and clean the fuel system.
Some people rate it highly but I've never really done any empirical testing to see for myself so all I can say is
it doesn't seem to have done any harm.

What engine do you have?
1.9D, 1.9 TD or 2.0TD? I'm assuming one of the first two