Reliable after market Gauges?

[Hamersley]

Looking at an Engine Watchdog TM4 to keep an eye on engine and transmission.
Am I on the right track or other suggestions?
thank you in advance








2015 SDV6 HSE

[loanrangie]

You could use a BT obd tool and show it on your phone or tablet.

[TonyC]

You could use a Gap IID tool, that will give you the full Disco diagnostics as well.

Scangauge is a OBD unit that will do what you want, plus all the the generic OBD fault reading and clearing, but not Land Rover specific stuff.

Gauge Innovations do a range of stand alone units similar in function to the Engine Watchdog, my son has one in one of his Disco 1s and a an Engine Watchdog in the other.
The Gauge Innovations one does temp and low coolant, the Engine Watchdog only does temp.

I use a OBD dongle and a phone app in our Subaru, but as it's a phone app I only bother to running it if I want to look at something in particular, and the app I use doesn't have alarms, I believe the Scan Gauge does.

The Gap IID tool would be by far the most powerful tool, and the most expensive option.

Tony

[BradC]

My IID is on an extension cable and stays plugged in permanently. I have a little pile of preset gauge sets I pull up depending on what I want to keep an eye on. Wouldn't be without it.

[DiscoJeffster]

My IID is on an extension cable and stays plugged in permanently. I have a little pile of preset gauge sets I pull up depending on what I want to keep an eye on. Wouldn't be without it.

I’ve had times when mine has drained so I still disconnect. Great tool though

[BradC]

I’ve had times when mine has drained so I still disconnect. Great tool though

Twice for me. The first I forgot to disconnect the bluetooth before I went inside and the car was close enough to the house to stay connected. The second I had been using the tool through the dashboard interface and I didn't realise if you were monitoring a parameter it would continue to do that until you told it to stop. That's twice in 7 years of leaving it in the car and both times I identified what *I* did wrong. The tool was just doing what it was told.

Still, I'm not suggesting everyone do it. Just "it works for me (tm)".

[DiscoJeffster]

Twice for me. The first I forgot to disconnect the bluetooth before I went inside and the car was close enough to the house to stay connected. The second I had been using the tool through the dashboard interface and I didn't realise if you were monitoring a parameter it would continue to do that until you told it to stop. That's twice in 7 years of leaving it in the car and both times I identified what *I* did wrong. The tool was just doing what it was told.

Still, I'm not suggesting everyone do it. Just "it works for me (tm)".

Yeah agree. It was my fault too. I just don’t use it as much as paranoid you () (you have trauma, I understand), so I only use it when needed. Good on you though, getting max value from it.

[twr7cx]

MadMan EMS if you want to wire in.

[BradC]

Yeah agree. It was my fault too. I just don’t use it as much as paranoid you () (you have trauma, I understand), so I only use it when needed. Good on you though, getting max value from it.

Trauma induced paranoia. That sums up my life as a landrover owner.

[Tombie]

Gap IID tool if you want all the best benefits.

Scangauge if you want several benefits.

OBD tool from AusOBD will give the basics


The Watchdog isnt much for the $$$