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  1. 22nd August 2007, 09:10 PM #1
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    Rovacom Faultmate

    Hey All

    Am tinkering with the idea of investing in a rovacom lite faulmate to help diagnose errors etc when I am in remote locations. My brother in law also has a disco 2 so we are thinking of sharing the cost.

    Can you use these on multiple vehicles? Are they fairly easy to use and can they diagnose most faults and clear them?

    Any advice would be great. BTW - have looked at prior posts.

    Angus
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  2. 22nd August 2007, 09:18 PM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by McDisco View Post
    Hey All

    Am tinkering with the idea of investing in a rovacom lite faulmate to help diagnose errors etc when I am in remote locations. My brother in law also has a disco 2 so we are thinking of sharing the cost.

    Can you use these on multiple vehicles? Are they fairly easy to use and can they diagnose most faults and clear them?

    Any advice would be great. BTW - have looked at prior posts.

    Angus
    Nope! Faultmate SV - Single Vehicle.....

    Faultmate MV - Multiple vehicle (equiv to RC Pro)

    Very easy to use!
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  3. 22nd August 2007, 09:23 PM #3
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    Mike

    How much are they? I am sort of confused about what I would need from looking at there website...

    Angus
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  4. 23rd August 2007, 07:29 AM #4
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    Contact Hardy on this site he'll give you all the details.

    Mike, not sure if your correct Is the SV only for one specific vehicle or one specific configuration (eg D2 Td5, Auto).
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  5. 23rd August 2007, 11:44 AM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by dm_td5 View Post
    Contact Hardy on this site he'll give you all the details.

    Mike, not sure if your correct Is the SV only for one specific vehicle or one specific configuration (eg D2 Td5, Auto).
    Faultmate SV is registered to your VIN number...
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  6. 23rd August 2007, 05:16 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by tombraider View Post
    Faultmate SV is registered to your VIN number...
    Yep, that would definitely make it vehicle specific. I hadn't looked that far into to it. I'll stick with my RCL and VSE.
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  7. 25th August 2007, 09:29 PM #7
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    The Faultmate SV costs about $1,720 ---depending on the AUD/GBP exchange rate.

    I recently bought one through Hardy N. and can't speak highly enough of his truly excellent service!

    I agonised for months about buying it...but decided that for me it was probably a better investment than a bull bar and other bits and pieces. The P38 is a complex beast electronically, and BBS's achievements in deconstructing the LR systems and providing this tool are amazing.

    Although still experimenting /exploring the P38 systems with it, so far it's picked up a dud O2 sensor (which I confirmed with an "Elmscan" OBDII reader), analysed the HEVAC and sorted out a blend motor issue (motors were OK, just needed to free up the flaps...); EAS re-calibrate /set heights after replacing airsprings; BECM -turned off -at last! -the heating elements in the wing mirrors: they are normally permanently "On" while the engine runs, as the default setting from the factory... plus change other settings which LR dictate acording to the "market" the vehicle is intended for...

    I estimate it's saved me the best part of 3-4 hrs dealer labour time + "clear fault fees" in the past week alone.

    I'll write up a more detailed critique of the product when I've got more experience with it.

    cheers

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  8. 25th August 2007, 10:32 PM #8
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    Some other threads on it:

    http://rangerovers.net/forum/viewtopic.php't=17165

    http://rangerovers.net/forum/viewtopic.php't=18290

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  9. 26th August 2007, 07:07 PM #9
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    Hi All
    So if you own 2 Landrovers it will cost somthing like $ 3500 to have both covered its starting to sound like to expensive to me.
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  10. 27th December 2007, 02:05 AM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by DougLD View Post
    So if you own 2 Landrovers it will cost somthing like $ 3500 to have both covered its starting to sound like to expensive to me.
    Nah, not quite.

    If you have only one LR to care for then you'd go with SV - or the new MSV in SV mode.

    If you had 2 or more LRs then depending on how similar or different they are you could go with the MSV set-up in MV mode where you pick and choose which ECUs you want to diagnose OR simply go with another SV pack for the second (or even 3rd) vehicle.

    You only need to pay for the hardware once (which is about half the cost for a typical SV style set-up) then load up with whatever additional software modules licenses are required, when required...

    The latest systems are a lot more flexible now, it's really quite clever.


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