Which diagnostic tool?

[rosssavage]

Looking to purchase an engine diagnostic tool, multi platform.

Been looking seriously at the Rinda Diacom or Techmate Pro.

Does anyone have any experience of these machines?

Does anyone use something else or could recommend alternatives?

Not looking to spend VODIA tool (and I want multi platform anyway) money, but happy to venture into the four figure realm for the right bit of kit.

 

[Nauti Fox]

I use Texa Diagnostics at work (motorcycles) and they do a Marine package, may be worth looking into, but may be too expensive?

NAVIGATOR TXB Evolution, powerful interface for diagnoses on motorcycles and boats - TEXA UK Ltd.

 

[volvopaul]

I use Texa Diagnostics at work (motorcycles) and they do a Marine package, may be worth looking into, but may be too expensive?

NAVIGATOR TXB Evolution, powerful interface for diagnoses on motorcycles and boats - TEXA UK Ltd.

Rinda for mercruiser, vodia for Volvo but you’re can’t get it unless your a dealer

 

[rosssavage]

Rinda for mercruiser, vodia for Volvo but you’re can’t get it unless your a dealer

What do you use for Volvo, if you don’t mind me asking Paul?

 

[volvopaul]

What do you use for Volvo, if you don’t mind me asking Paul?

Not at all , I have early diagnostic key that covers early edc and D12 .
access to vodia when I need it .
vodia in the uk is not available to non franchise , the upkeep to run one is eye watering to run a fully updated system , some non franchise engineers have it , usually ex dealer personnel but cannot update to latest spec .
i know America and Outside uk personal have up to date faculty , uk dealers not forthcoming to assist non franchise clients .

 

[lynallbel]

I use Texa Diagnostics at work (motorcycles) and they do a Marine package, may be worth looking into, but may be too expensive?

NAVIGATOR TXB Evolution, powerful interface for diagnoses on motorcycles and boats - TEXA UK Ltd.

We have had Texa at the last two places I have worked, god I hate that godawful piece of carp with a vengeance.

 

[jrudge]

Given on my plotter using a £200 interface I can read

- rpm
- fuel flow
- coolant temp
- engine hours
- turbo boost
- oil temp

And probably a few others the Volvo stuff must be readable by a similar device. The vodia also allows software updates etc which is clearly not going to happen - but most wont need to do that anyway.

Mine is evc a - but yacht devices sell several different modules and given they are truck based I assume this is a variant of can bus or other standard.

Does vodia do anything in particular or just display a multitude of sensor data ?

 

[Nauti Fox]

We have had Texa at the last two places I have worked, god I hate that godawful piece of carp with a vengeance.

It's been a very reliable and sound tool, much worse out there in the motorcycle world, good backup as well. They supply
Ducati with their diagnostics.
I used Socio before that, now that was awful!

 

[spannerman]

Vodia does diagnostics on EVC, EDC,MPI, and afew other systems. It does diagnostics down to component, wiring harness level. Also live data which is one if the most useful functions, power balance and cylinder compression tests, injector and ignition testing. Also updates on the software but as said only available to dealerships. We just let our subscription expire as the costs were too high for the amount of Volvos we see.
We have dedicated Mercury, Mercruiser, Evinrude, Suzuki, and Yamaha Diagnostic programmes and have also. a JAL system which talks to everthing marine, car and truck.
Rinda can be bought on Ebay or Amazon and will diagnose most Mercruiser abd Mercury engines and again the live data page is very handy. Data read through chart plotters is very basic with nothing more than you get on dash instruments.

 

[lynallbel]

It's been a very reliable and sound tool, much worse out there in the motorcycle world, good backup as well. They supply
Ducati with their diagnostics.
I used Socio before that, now that was awful!

We use it on the trucks, its has gotten better since euro6 emissions updates came out, but it would be plain carp on for example an everyday ebs fault, it would report a sensor fault, but not tell you which one, then under more info would say check wiring then replace ecu, no siht sherlock, but which bloody wire numbers,? and where is the ebs ecu to carry out said wire checks!
The genuine daf and scanie software is literally light years ahead of the texa.

I have VCDS for the wifes car and Gap IID for my car, both will do dealer level stuff and more, vagcom for 275quid and gap for 400 quid, texa how much?

 

[Nauti Fox]

All I can say, is that it does everything I need it to do, perhaps it helps that they make the factory tool for the brand I work on, anyway enough of hijacking the thread, apologies to the op.