Back in April I bought an OBD scanner to diagnose any problems with my own cars or any cars I'm sent to collect from auction houses or private sellers. Nice bit of kit for £35, but you can't dial in the particular car you're testing, and so not all error codes are shown. It's also a tad bulky.
I wondered whether there was a Bluetooth OBD plug that would work with an App on my phone and, behold, there was.
The App allows me to dial in the particular car model I'm diagnosing, just like professional scanners that cost several hundred quid.
The Bluetooth OBD plug is around £16 on Amazon and the App is under £5 (if you don't want adverts) and it's a lot less bulky that a dedicated scanner. Heartily recommended for the tinkerer.
However, along with miniaturisation there's the attendant risk of losing it - which I accomplished. I knew it was definitely either in one of the cars or in the house - took me half a day to find the bloody thing. I think I'll put it in a big box.....
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