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Clarky:
Good morning all, so my Golf has been mainly used for 20-30 mile little outings so every 2 weeks or so since July...but over the past week it has been to Kings Lynn, then to Helensburgh in Scotland, and yesterday a manic Paris and back in a day..and this is where the problems started. Every now and then I get the trio of TCS/ABS/Tyre light comes on...then re-sets when you restart the car, no worries, probably one of the wheel sensors...yesterday I had to re-fuel and used the best I could find 98Ron French fuel....20 mins later EML light pops on..now I know really it cannot be the fuel, the car drove fine, temp between 75-90 all the way there and back ( i know I need to sort the thermostat too...) mostly steady 70-80mph once we left Paris. I gave it one big load of beans in a tunnel but an hour before I stopped for fuel..turbo a little smoky but nowt unusual for her...the EML went off after we got it off the Eurotunnel so I don’t think it’s a terminal issue , probably loosened something with all the driving,but want to keep her tip top!  Don’t want or need the latest greatest fault reader, but if any of you have recommendations for a code reader or something under £100 ish that has a little more function to it I’d love to hear....or if you think it’s the French trying to poison my Golf...

Clarkj93:
Look at Obdeleven. It isnt as good as vcds but it does a large majority of what vcds does for about 60 pounds.

https://obdeleven.com/en/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwheyUBhD-ARIsAHJNM-MZfr7lWdO6zfG9sYJx6Jy8MW7LDW08fwe-LEnxeGuG90jCRMeeOugaAiuyEALw_wcB

Clarky:
Thanks @Clarkj93 ...fabulous name by the way...and spelt correctly too! Have you used it yourself at all? It has the most mixed bag of reviews ever....total marmite product.

LC5F:
I tried an icarsoft VAWs code reader, it worked but fiddly to navigate - but no coding - so I will stick with my funny copy of VCDS.
There is a lot of positive comments on OBDeleven on here - I quite like the set plays for doing coding, looks good

titchy:
\\\\\\have a look on the Gendan website plenty of choice on there

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