Bluetooth live engine data

**Walruslike** · 22nd October 2016, 07:19 AM

I've tried searching but can't really find....

Although my new Freelander 2 MY13 has a console that looks impressive with gadgets everywhere, it doesn't really have much in the way of real info about the engine etc.

On a long drive towing I would like to able to see if it's coping well. I understand there is a data port and that there are tools that can connect to it. I believe they might even have Bluetooth.

Instead of installing gauges.... could I get a phone app to read data? And if I did, can it advise transmission temp and turbo temp and oil pressure etc?

**jonesfam** · 22nd October 2016, 09:45 AM

Have a look for "Scan Guage 2"
Or similar.

**Walruslike** · 22nd October 2016, 11:24 AM

That's a option but I was hoping to get something that wasn't installed but rather a hidden dongle to talk to my phone and let an app show the readings.

Basically I'll only want it sometimes and don't want to mess with the beauty that is my current console.

**jonesfam** · 22nd October 2016, 11:42 AM

Just did a quick Google search, there are WiFi connectors & phone Apps. EvilBay seems to have them under $50.00.

How good I don't know but they are out there.

I think I would prefer the scan gauge, no mucking about, it's just there & does what I want.

Jonesfam

**Walruslike** · 22nd October 2016, 01:37 PM

Thanks for helping me with this... can I ask what did you search for? I must be using wrong terms... my GoogleFoo sometimes sux...

**Walruslike** · 22nd October 2016, 02:00 PM

So far I can see we have something called a obd (on board data ?) port possibly located in driver footwell. I can see that folk here have bulk bought various tools and that they can clear codes and display live data to laptops.

What I can't find out is whether any dongle exists that has Bluetooth to an app. I can see there are apps like that... But not whether they will work with the Freelander 2 and if they do what hardware is needed.

I don't know if the live data on board the FL2 is stuff that would tell me if the car is stressed by towing. Thanks for the info Jones... just wondering if anyone knows the answers to above?

Maybe also.... does anyone recommend additional cooler for transmission or is stock ok even under long tows?

**Ferret** · 22nd October 2016, 04:10 PM

Originally Posted by Walruslike

So far I can see we have something called a obd (on board data ?) port possibly located in driver footwell. I can see that folk here have bulk bought various tools and that they can clear codes and display live data to laptops.

What I can't find out is whether any dongle exists that has Bluetooth to an app. I can see there are apps like that... But not whether they will work with the Freelander 2 and if they do what hardware is needed.

Did you look at the web sites of the various tools that people have talked about?

Gap Diagnostic

**ramblingboy42** · 22nd October 2016, 04:51 PM

funny world now.....I remember towing up to 28' caravans with an FJ holden ute.

We never considered any of that stuff , just hooked it up and towed it.....sometimes on a red hot day it would boil but you carried water for that and waited a while for things to cool down

**Pedro_The_Swift** · 22nd October 2016, 05:43 PM

Originally Posted by Walruslike

Maybe also.... does anyone recommend additional cooler for transmission or is stock ok even under long tows?

Heat and lack of servicing kills auto's,, the harder the tow, the more servicing.

**Walruslike** · 22nd October 2016, 05:45 PM

Simpler times ramblingboy.

But not necessarily better... I like my coils and aircon and cruise control etc.

Ferret yes thanks I have looked there... but the description is sparse and no indication of apps capability etc. same everywhere I looked.... That's why I asked, I was hoping someone had already done it.

In truth I think that Gap kind of unit is overpriced and out of date. I don't really want a hand held unit... I just want a phone app that can read and display the network traffic on the rare occasions I want to see what's going on.

I don't know squat about this but if the data is available on the port, and a cheap dongle exists, then a app should be able to do the display and interpretation work at a fraction of that cost.

But as I say I don't know squat so it may not exist. Maybe an opportunity for a savvy programmer. But really if these tools are anything like marine it's probably wildly overpriced for what it really is... a standard Bluetooth chip and a logic board.

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