I’ve just fixed a 2005 VW Golf with engine warning light on the dashboard, it sometimes would try to stall. Very easily scanned with the Vgate scanner, fault code came up as P0403 $10 -Exhaust gas reicirculation control circuit so reset it with the scanner and took it for a test drive.

Light didn’t come back on, so left it over night to drive it about and scanned it the next day. The code came back on, and its the same code. So stripped the EGR valve down to find a few of the teeth have broken off the gear set which activates the opener. The valve could never open, but I bet it tried though! So bough a new valve assembly as you cannot get the individual gear, put it back together and retested it. Ever since the light never came back on. Another great victory for the £40 vgate scanner, at the cost of VW/Audi VAG saving a couple of pence on a proper metal gear set in the exhaust gas recurulation valve. It was the 1.6 2005 model, but many of them seem to be very similar in design from 2004 to 2007.

BMW 7 Series, E38 735i Automatic, Year 1999 T-Reg, Milage 46500, Orient Blue, (pearl Beige / Blue Lthr) Cream Leather interior. It’s A really nice example with all the paperwork from initial dealership sale to the last service, very rare to find a car in this condition.A real beauty of a car, such a wonderful machine to cruise yet if needed it picks up like a sports machine. Inside it feels like a night in the hilton hotels, and for someone who is hunting for one of these beasts it will be the rare gem they are looking for.

The car was initially bought for £38967 in July 2000 as an ex-demonstrator car with 9420 miles by his fathers friend, after a couple of years his father bought it. Since then the car has stayed in his family and the car has always been garage kept since new so there is no rust etc. It has also been fully serviced regularly. Its only real minor point is a scratch on the passenger side door. I love it! I’d drive it anyday to the alps

All the following is all Original BMW fitted kit:- Front & rear parking sensors, Sat-Nav & Traffic Master, CD Multi Changer, BMW’s “top Hi-Fi Speaker System”, mobile phone, Analogue TV receiver, heated seats, cruise control, multi-zoned climate control & air-conditioning , electric seats with adjustable leg rests (front only), first aid kit, complete tool kit, Abs , traction control, electric mirrors, electric glass sunroof, Tracker, De-badged by BMW when bought new, M stitching on steering wheel, Sport package (with the nice wheels, breaks and slightly lower suspension).

Mot (October 2012) Tax until End September 2012. He is looking for offers in the region of £5000 so no time wasting dreamers. Contact Threepot@hotmail.co.uk for a picture pack or to arrange a viewing.

Getting wiring diagrams and any other information from PDF downloads is pretty much impossible for this Indian made little Maruti Suzuki car. We love them here at bargain spares and have worked on quite a few. They are super simple and cheap to repair, although many garages will suck through their teeth when it comes to pricing repairs and maintainance.

Many of these cars come in with engine warning lights on, which is an easy thing to resolve with the correct tool. We have tried many different scanners on these Suzuki Maruti Alto’s, but the only ones we have found to work are the Vgate VS900, the VS550 and the old VS600 which is now unavailible and obsolete. We really can’t get over how good these scanners are, tried them on a Ford Focus RS, A Renault Clio 1.4 Petrol, Peugeot 406 Diesel and a Toyota Yaris Diesel so far and they have all worked first time. Faultless and idiot proof. Seems to work with all obd1 obd2 Maruti Altos.

Maruti Alto Engine warning light codes

These scanners allow you to plug in right under the dashboard, just under the Altos ashtray if you feel for the plug, when connected and booted, they allow you to look up the current error codes, the pending error codes and tell you the exact fault – this picture shows one we did in January – turns out it was the rear lambda sensor which no longer functioned. That was an easy fix and only cost the customer £120 for parts and labour inclusive. These scanners also allow you to read the live data from the engine management system, so you can watch the sensor work or not, how fast the ecu thinks the car is going, how much throttle is being applied etc. Works faultless on the Suzuki Alto’s, one car we found had a fully failed Vehicle speed sensor (£12 off ebay) and the MAP sensor has water in it, so when you went round corners it would splutter and loose power.

A very hand tool for diagnosing any Maruti Alto engine warning light problem. And for the price its unbelievable! The cheap basic Vgate vs550 one is £45 which does everything you need, while the slightly more expensive vs900 has all the functionality to reset airbag warning lights and service due lights on most cars, if your a tool lover definitely get the VS900 as you’ll use it over and over again, while if you just need to get fixed for as little as possible the VS550 will see you right.. Seeing that a garage would charge you £60 to £80 just to plug your car into their computer its a complete no brainer really. Not owning one is almost daft! Its completely idiot proof to use, and with its backlit screen you can use them in the dark no worries.

They also graph out sensor data and record a run out. We are gob smacked at these scanners, snap-on charge a small fortune for their kit which wouldn’t work on our Alto’s, neither would the various computer based kits we have in our stores. I have to say thank you to Gareth who tipped us off about this kit – your a life saver mate. Customers happy, I’m happy, and I can’t wait to use it on the next car that turns up. Thanks!! If you need any information please email me and I will try and answer your question if I can.