Peugeot and Citroen diagnostic

by **tomik1987** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 10:21 am

Hello friends. Self-diagnosis for Citroen and Peugeot. I have older software diagbox 5.02 Now I got the new software. to diagboxu 7.10 mi whole installation will proceed without problems. but when I diagnose the car. connect interface program writes me that he is not attached. while it got there. the earlier version it goes smoothly. most of you know me??

sorry for my English

by **peugeot.tech** » Mon May 13, 2013 8:53 pm

Your interface is original or Chinese ?
If it's chinese then the higher update you can reach is 5.29 unless you reflash it
Versions higher then 5.29 needs an origial interface

Cheers.

by **ovid** » Mon May 13, 2013 9:54 pm

Hi, I bought a Diagnostic Interface Tool For Citroen & Peugeot from ebay.
How can you tell if it is original or cloned?
Could a cloned one damage anything in my ECU?

I just bought a Peugeot 407 1.6 HDI Estate and after changing turbo and cleaning the engine with oil and diesel additives it doesn't start anymore :cry: . I hope this kit will hep me find what's wrong without damaging anything.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you
Ovid

by **zok** » Mon May 13, 2013 10:48 pm

ovid wrote:How can you tell if it is original or cloned?

It's a clone. If it was genuine, you wouldn't ask. :angel:

by **ovid** » Mon May 13, 2013 11:44 pm

zok wrote: It's a clone. If it was genuine, you wouldn't ask. :angel:

I only found out about these things yesterday as my car it's not working properly and after reading on some forums I saw some people writing about them but I don't know how to identify them.
I bought it from a business seller on ebay, it says it's new and it wasn't cheap that is why I'm asking.
Most importantly I don't want to damage anything.

Anyway after reading some more it looks like the diagnostic software does just that and only clears errors so it doesn't change any function in the ECU.
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
It's should arrive tomorrow and I hope everything will work!

by **zok** » Tue May 21, 2013 12:00 pm

You are correct. Diagnostic interfaces don't modify the ECU software, it only reads parameters, DTCs, erases DTCs, can do some actuator tests, adaptations, coding and a bit more stuff, while programming interfaces can read and write whole software from and to the ECU.

by **RobWheatley** » Thu Jul 18, 2013 12:09 pm

I have had the Lexia/PP system (from ebay) for a few years now and it will read and clear all faults the same as the Dealer setup, it will change some parameters/options and read real time info but will not edit the ECU directly.

Very good system for fault diagnosis but CANNOT do things like remove the DPF etc.