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| bob neville Member Since: 30 Apr 2009 Location: Marbella Posts: 3248   
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Thanks for asking Andrew.
Munch, I think there is a post somewhere, off to do a search 
Found it ! Ignition on......pressed both brake and accelerator pedal down for 15 seconds.... Oil light started to flash. Turned the ignition off and left it for around 2 mins. Went back to the car and no more oil service indicator. Bob 2015 Jaguar XE240 R Sport - goes like ....... !! 2013 Defender 90 CSW - sold 2009 Defender 110 Double Cab - sold 2001 TD5 90 CSW - offroad project - sold to a forum member 2011 Porsche Boxster - for the sunny days ! |
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8th Jan 2015 2:00pm |
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| Raywin Member Since: 27 Feb 2015 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 48  
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Has anyone had one of these connected to a Defender TD5? I know they are not so expensive as other units but Just would like to hear first hand experience, of how well they work.
I am thinking of getting one to check up on the sensors in my TD5 |
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1st Mar 2015 1:21pm |
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| Skeggy 90 Member Since: 07 Oct 2013 Location: Skeg Vegas Posts: 233  
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I have a TD5 as well, will get it hooked up and let you know what it does 90 300 TDI SW (sold)
130 TD5 Utility (Foley SV) (sold) 110 TD5 Hardtop (sold) 110 TDCI Utility (sold) 1st Edition Range Rover Sport Supercharged Velar P380 HSE Discovery 1 V8 auto Puma 130 Double Cab (sold) R35 GTR Defender 110 300 TDI CSW (sold) 2010 110 XS Utility |
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1st Mar 2015 3:04pm |
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| drakes Member Since: 09 Oct 2009 Location: Hexham Posts: 111 
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I would like to know about TD5 also. When you read up on the various ads for this they seem to conflict so a definitive answer from someone who has actually plugged it into a TD5 will be of use to a lot of us reading this. The dealers selling the kit just seem to want to refer you to Terrafirma and their wording seems different to I-carsoft who make it
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1st Mar 2015 3:16pm |
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| Raywin Member Since: 27 Feb 2015 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 48
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Thanks Skeggy, as Drakes says above the information you find leaves you unsure, I have looked a various web pages and the text seems to leave you feeling "did I read that right" ?? Great to hear from someone who can actually connect it up and tell us what happens. |
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2nd Mar 2015 7:58am |
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| Steptoe Member Since: 02 Mar 2015 Location: Gloucester Posts: 11 
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I have one of these tools use it to switch off my abs tc lights on my defender td5 03 plate works well also does engine as well but you can't code in injectors or do brake bleed. Tells me I have shuttle valve failure so just waiting for a nice day to fix as only comes on after parking on a slope and switching off if I park level all good lol
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2nd Mar 2015 10:16pm |
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| Raywin Member Since: 27 Feb 2015 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 48
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Thanks Steptoe
I saw this advertised and I wondered if it would be good to check things like the MAF, sensor and the combined pressure temp in the manifold, this is not so easy on my 01Defender TD5 ( considering other cars can use a £25 unit from Amazon) I recently had an issue which made me wonder if the MAP sensor was working, I have made myself a boost checker with about £12 worth of bits off e-bay and was setting up the turbo see text below in red which I have posted on another site. Now you have re assured me I am thinking of investing in one of these units. Yesterday I decided to look at the turbo boost, I attached a T piece into the waste gate actuator pipe, connected a 0 - 30 Psi glycerine filled gauge on a long tube and put it in the cab. I took it out and pushed it hard up hill and found the boost pressure hit maximum of about 13 - 14 Psi, before I detected the waste gate open and the pressure fell back slightly. I adjusted the waste gate linkage, until it hit a maximum of 16 - 18 Psi boost when pushed hard and it felt much better. on the last run up the hill I heard a muffled boom and a whistle and the engine lost power and started giving out clouds of black smoke, limped half a mile up to a lay by and found that the silicon boost air pipe going into the intercooler had blown off, re fixed the jubilee clip and tightened it up and all was OK again. When I arrived home I started to think about this and I wonder if anyone might know why : Without the turbo the engine was dead flat and giving out huge clouds of black smoke, but should the manifold pressure sensor have detected the fall in inlet manifold pressure and adjusted the fuel to a much lower level to take account for this, i.e. the engine would be running like a normal aspirated diesel? I can understand the performance falling way down this is to be expected with no boost but why would it kick out all of that black smoke? I am wondering if the manifold pressure sensor is goosed. |
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3rd Mar 2015 8:33am |
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| Raywin Member Since: 27 Feb 2015 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 48
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So I ordered the icarsoft unit and yesterday hooked it up to my 2001 TD5 (15P) defender
Working through the different menus I arrived at Defender TD5 and went to manual select data stream It can read the information re the ECM manufacture S/N, date and program date but If I select most items in data stream all I get in the reading is <<< Only two items give a reading manifold pressure and rpm, but they give inaccurate readings which don't change at all when the engine revs. Is it me that is missing something? instruction manual is not the greatest, but I spent some time selecting one thing after another still no joy. Anyone else tried this? |
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20th Mar 2015 10:57am |
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| RF3777 Member Since: 10 Apr 2015 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 144  
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Looking forward for more TD5 experienced on this icarsoft!
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18th Apr 2015 12:29am |
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| Raywin Member Since: 27 Feb 2015 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 48
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I gave up, luckily the guy refunded my money and I just lost the postage, I wrote to the icarsoft people asking them to help they told me they would look into it, but no real explanation why the TD 5 option does not work as it should. So just put it down to experience
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20th Apr 2015 10:00pm |
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| RF3777 Member Since: 10 Apr 2015 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 144
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So that wasn't really work out for the TD5?
can't read anything at all?  |
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22nd Apr 2015 4:41am |
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| Raywin Member Since: 27 Feb 2015 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 48
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Well it connected to the Ecm and it could see the details like serial number and program date which are stored in there, but it could not read any streaming data i.e. Engine rpm, or maf sensor, so it was no use to me.
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25th Apr 2015 8:16pm |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018 
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It seems there is a 2nd generation of this now available - https://www.scantool-direct.co.uk/icarsoft...-tool.html
Released Feb 2018.  Click image to enlarge Anyone any experience of this new one? It seems to answer some of the issues raised in earlier posts. |
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20th Mar 2018 2:22pm |
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| Will.I.AM Member Since: 16 May 2013 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 413 
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can anyone with experience of this TF930 tool confirm whether it will rad engine rpm? be glad to hear from somene if they know. thanks.
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