[Engine] 2.0 HDI OBD reader

[Robson]

PHello still struggling with an 04 2.0 hid van that has a bad 'Misfire'. It improved quite a bit when I installed the MAF properly but it is still pretty awful to drive and will on occasion go into'limp mode'
Usually when I am trying to pass someone on the A12!
I have been trying to find a reasonably cheap OBD reader  but it seems that the cheapies will not recognise it. Most state 'not vans' and the one  I picked up definitely won't communicate with it. Does anyone know of a cheapish reader that will talk to it or do I need to spend £££.
I have seen reference to lexia?, is this a laptop program used with the interface leads that are available on eBay,
Thanks in advance,
Andrew

[cancunia]

It may be that your van is a bit old for the OBD readers, I think they started to make vans compliant somewhere around 2004/5.
Lexia is a program that runs under Windows XP, Windows7 and sometimes Windows 10. You need the interface hardware, which is what you've seen on eBay, most hardware comes with a DVD which has the Lexia & Diagbox software. After Lexia came Diagbox, which should also work with your van. I've not bought Lexia myself, so will leave it for others to recommend.

[Robson]

Thank you for the info, yes it looks like 04 was the start point for the diesel engines and there is a 16 pin port on the van to plug a reader into so I had assumed that is what it was for.
Sometimes I just want to scream when I run across this sort of thing, very frustrating.

[cancunia]

Thank you for the info, yes it looks like 04 was the start point for the diesel engines and there is a 16 pin port on the van to plug a reader into so I had assumed that is what it was for.
Sometimes I just want to scream when I run across this sort of thing, very frustrating.

The Lexia interface uses the same OBD socket, it just talks a different protocol.