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Aldiscomonkey
 


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Should i buy an IID Gap Diagnostic tool??

Hi folks,

just a bit of advice, newly bought my Disco3 and been under her almost daily at moment........ mostly mechanical bits at moment (apart from a possible suspension issue!) but i like to do most stuff myself....

Question is, do you really need an IID tool to work on these vehicles?
Are the other cheaper alternatives a simple no go? (ie more reader than tool)

Thanks for your thoughts

Al
  
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DSL
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You don’t need one but it make life one hellova lot easier. Welcome to the twilight spending zone. Thumbs Up
   
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trainmanone
 


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as above but If I was you get one it will pay for itself within a couple of years by just clearing faults Thumbs Up
   
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Aldiscomonkey
 


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yeah, kinda figured that it wasn't essential........alots of D3s on the road and not all with IID tools!

Guess ill plan on getting one sooner or later, sooner if i need one for my suspension problem!

Why isn't there a cash icon!!!! lol
  
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Aldiscomonkey
 


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and am i right in thinking, Bell Auto, and get the BT one??
  
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MorganD379
 


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I bought the cheaper none blue tooth model, does all I need it to...

More than paid for itself in the first year of buying it, I can highly recommend getting one Thumbs Up
  
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Aldiscomonkey wrote:
and am i right in thinking, Bell Auto, and get the BT one??


Dan is the man

https://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/sale-gap-ii...72779.html
  
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trainmanone wrote:
as above but If I was you get one it will pay for itself within a couple of years by just clearing faults Thumbs Up


Must admit I bought my D3 with an airbag light on , me thinking it will be a loose wire Whistle

Got the iid and saved me a fortune in garage fees with tracing faults , they wanted £500 just to remove the headliner and at least another 1k to look for the fault @£180 per hour

After replacing Several airbags , being , Curtain , seat, pretensioners , loose wires , was all sorted Thumbs Up ( along with invaluable help from the forum I may add Bow down )

Know i wouldn’t be without an iid
   
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lynalldiscovery
 


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Just bear in mind whilst it might seem expensive you will get back at least 1/2 to 2/3rds of the new cost when you come to sell it as they are always in demand 2nd hand.
  
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I would also recommend an IID. The only cheaper alternative I would consider is the iCarSoft *but* it doesn't do all the things the IID can do, it isn't nearly as user friendly and it doesn't have anything like the support you get with an IID. The one I bought only cost me about £85 though and for that I think it was a good investment. I tend to keep it in the car and leave the IID at home.

The iCarSoft will read and clear faults but it wont, for example, do a suspension calibration or program an ECU.
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As someone that isn’t in the least bit technical, even my IID BT has paid for itself already and proved extremely useful for solving a few problems. So I would definitely recommend.
 Andy

 
 
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lynalldiscovery
 


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Also worth noting, back street garages (no insult meant) will charge at least 40 quid to read your fault codes and main dealers getting on for 100 quid!
  
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I wouldn’t be without mine, it’s paid for itself many, many times over. If I can use one an untrained monkey overdosing on Haribos can. It’s gotten me out of a good few jams. The best time was when I walked back in to the dealer after abut 5 minutes after collecting a new key, going out to the car, rewatching the how-to vid, programmed the key and walked back in showing them it working. The service chap said their machine wouldn’t have even switched on by then.

The discerning tool. Thumbs Up
   
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Aldiscomonkey
 


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ok ok.. i get it! or more importantly, ill get one!

At the risk of cross threading (i have another post about hard suspension..) does anybody know if resetting / calibrating the suspension can cure this issue?

Many thanks guys, great to find another forum with such informative "normal" folks!
  
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Normal? Where? Shocked Shocked

Laughing Laughing

Don’t know re suspension question though, never had that issue. Thumbs Up
   
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