Tell me about it, diagnostic costs

 

Where are you based?

You can buy your own reader for

 

[QUOTE=MB,May 22 2008, 11:42 PM] Where are you based?

You can buy your own reader for

 

Yep.

Look up Geniscan GS300 on Ebay

It will tell you your fauld code, and what it is, and also allow you to reset the CEL light.

Not a diagnosis machine like Honda's - ie won't show you voltages and stuff.

 

Just off the phone with honda, the cause is the throttle position sensor which they are saying has now been reset. They said that this should fix the problem although if it doesn

 

There was another thread like this recently. I advised a chap to get his own CEL code and to help diagnose it. He went to Honda, got charged and then told him he needed a new throttle body due to the sensor.

The TB and sensor does come in one unit, and is expensive.

It can be cought new from the states for just over

 

They did tell me the code but i will get more of an explanation later, from there read outs they said it was not very serious at all. SHould i ask for the read out data????

 

Yes you want to know how they diagnosed it was the TPS.

You wan't to know what the voltages were to cause the fault, and what they are now.

This tells them you are interested, and makes them earn their corn. Remember you have paid them good money to tell you this, so it's in your interest that they get it right. If they are guessing (which ofen happens) then the problem will come back, and you have ammo not to pay them.

If they are bluffing, I will know

Sotty if this sounds like I havew a chip on my shoulder regarding dealers, but I do

I'ts not a seriou fault.