Diagnostic tool and software for Frenchies?

[Ben Lowden]

My Clio 182 Trophy (2005) is currently showing an emission fault light, and I've recently picked up a Peugeot 306 HDi (2000) which doesn't show over 70 degrees on the temp gauge.

I quite fancy getting a diagnostic tool to use on the Renault and Peugeot, and wondered if anyone had much experience on what works well?

[Hawkers]

The one to get for Peugeot is Peugeot planet/diagbox you can get clones of the main dealer software and kit from eBay. This does everything the dealer can do etc.

[GrumpyTwig]

Ben Lowden said:

My Clio 182 Trophy (2005) is currently showing an emission fault light, and I've recently picked up a Peugeot 306 HDi (2000) which doesn't show over 70 degrees on the temp gauge.

I quite fancy getting a diagnostic tool to use on the Renault and Peugeot, and wondered if anyone had much experience on what works well?

I'd imagine both have ODB2 ports, which is a standard port that all cars after a certain year should have. You can get a cheap wifi/bluetooth odb reader off ebay and use an app on your iphone/android phone to read codes and faults along with other things depending on the app.

Anything much more advanced would be manufacturer specific, Renault have their CLIP tool that you can probably pick up off ebay though it requires a PC/Laptop.

I've used my ebay ODB reader on Golfs, Renaults, Hondas. Reads and clears faults fine, give you fault codes and sometimes a description of the issue the ECU has seen.

For example: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org....

[Ben Lowden]

Thanks both, I'll take a look and see what more I can find. Ideally I just need to fault find and wipe out lights, anything more advanced would be beyond me anyway! Will report back here with my findings.

[ch427]

The clone versions of dealer stuff on ebay is difficult to set up and use so id stick with something simpler as suggested. £75 should buy you a very good multi vehicle hand held tool if thats what you want.
http://www.gendan.co.uk/product_FXNT301.html

[GusPaterson]

You may be out of luck with using an OBDII reader on the 306 if it was made in 2000 as my 2000 Pug doesn't have OBDII and I was told they didn't start putting OBDII in until 2001