Scanguage E GTi-6 issue

[callumcull]

As the title suggests, I'm having issues connecting the scanguage to my '6.

It just says 'connecting' and does nothing else. I remember having the issue with my old '6, but never any problem with every other car I've owned.

Could anyone shed some light on this please?

[Midnightclub]

Believe it's not fully OBD2 compliant so I doubt it'll work, won't work with ELM's etc.. either

[welshpug]

You need pp2000

[Ruan]

Yeah, they don't conform to basically any OBD standards - they just happen to have the same plug as in the OBD standard. I think this is the main reason they never made a GTi6 past the year 2000 - since in 2001 the OBD-II regulations came in, the Xsara VTS got a different ECU after 2000 ish which was OBD-II compliant.

I'm sure Mei will correct me on that.

[welshpug]

youre close Ruan, 2002, three plug xsara indeed is obd2, diesels were 2005.

[Toms306]

youre close Ruan, 2002, three plug xsara indeed is obd2, diesels were 2005.

306 HDi's are OBD2 compliant...though they didn't need to be.

[welshpug]

not in my experience they aren't might give a code but it wont be the right one.

[Toms306]

Hmm, they've worked alright for me! Though they were 3 plug ECU ones now I think about it. Not tried it on the older ones.

[Niall]

The HDi 3 plug ECU hardware is OBD2 compliant but software is another matter. A lot of manufacturers did this in preparation for Euro 3 (think it was 3) in 2005. That way they didn't have to either carry on an old run of a model till just before 2005 or renew the ECU and loom half way through a model.