Coil Pack

[dbrady01]

Hi

As per my other thread i have been having problems with my is200 since it sat in snow and freezing weather for a few days.

Eventually got it to a garage yesterday and i have been told that its a problem with the coil pack.

My question is seen as the engine would start for a second or two and then die would that be a sympton of just one faulty pack or am i looking at a bill for more that one

I am well annoyed that i could not figure out this problem myself and if i could have got a ODB2 i could have fixed it myself...

So my second question.....can anyone recommend a good but inexpensive ODB2.

Thanks

[kiddy]

Well with just one pack down it should still fire up and run so if it is coils its probably more than one yes

And to your second question, if you have an android phone there is an app called torque (3 quid) all you need to do is buy a obd 2 Bluetooth adapter (14 quid delivered off ebay) i cannot recomend it highly enough.

[Doodlebug]

And to your second question, if you have an android phone there is an app called torque (3 quid) all you need to do is buy a obd 2 bluetooth adapter (14 quid delivered off ebay) i cannot recomend it highly enough.

Have you tried the OBD adapter and Torque app with the IS200?

:D :D :D

[kiddy]

Yeah works brillant, its a little laggy on the guages like the on screen rpm guage is slightly delayed. I read that its because ive just got a cheap adapter and a dearer one would make it work faster, but just for checking faults and reading all the measured values its excellent. Some places would charge more than 17 pound just to check your fault memory. At the moment the software only does the ecu but its being updated all the time and i believe they are planning to add airbag control unit to it aswell.