Help! check engine light on

[gwee]

Hi, all,
Hope this is the right place to ask this: I have a second hand Cayenne S 4.8L. My check engine light came on today. I did my maintains two months ago, it was ok then. I am thinking if I need a scanner put everything here from scratch !! Any recommendation?

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by gwee

Hi, all,
Hope this is the right place to ask this: I have a second hand Cayenne S 4.8L. My check engine light came on today. I did my maintains two months ago, it was ok then. I am thinking if I need a scanner put everything here from scratch !! Any recommendation?

Yes, get it scanned and report what codes were found............

[guesswecan777]

Try porsche piwis cable. It can scan my cayenne, even though sometimes you have to try several times, costs $28 only.

[gwee]

Originally Posted by guesswecan777

Try porsche piwis cable. It can scan my cayenne, even though sometimes you have to try several times, costs $28 only.

Um....where do i get the porsche piwis cable that you mentioned???

[guesswecan777]

Originally Posted by gwee

Um....where do i get the porsche piwis cable that you mentioned???

Got it from here: Porsche PIWIS Cable I only need it to do simple diagnostics, never let me down

[JayG]

Originally Posted by guesswecan777

Try porsche piwis cable. It can scan my cayenne, even though sometimes you have to try several times, costs $28 only.

A real PIWIS is far more than $28. They are yearly leases from Porsche and cost $1000's

You can buy a Durametric and it does most of what you would need. Do a search both on the web and this forum for both Durametric as well as the fake PIWIS

There have been reports that the fake ones can damage your DME. YMMV

[guesswecan777]

Originally Posted by JayG

A real PIWIS is far more than $28. They are yearly leases from Porsche and cost $1000's

You can buy a Durametric and it does most of what you would need. Do a search both on the web and this forum for both Durametric as well as the fake PIWIS

There have been reports that teh fake ones can damage your DME. YMMV

Yes, a real piwis cable costs a lot, mine is clone

[dijinn]

What software do you use with the PIWIS clone?

[Pdwight]

I had one of the China Clone PIWIS or whatever it is called...never worked...$25 thrown away. The least expensive thing you can get to read general codes in the Porsche is a program called "Torque". It is an APP for a Android or IPhone and you will need a Bluetooth adapter that cost around 10 bucks

The full APP is around 6 to 10 bucks.....Money well spent. Before I got my Durametric and I had a engine light come on while driving I could stop and read the code (usually a Catalytic error) and I had no worries about driving it home. The App will even go online and look up the code for you and you can store them on your phone (cloud) and retrieve them later . While it is nowhere a full diagnostic setup for 20 bucks it is money well spent. Forget the Chinese Cable that hacks durametric software...if you want one I have one you can have if you pay shipping....but a coat hanger is just (perhaps more) useful.

Oh and the little blue ELM 327 are so cheap I have one in each car and setup profiles in my phone for each.

V1 5 ELM327 OBD2 Bluetooth Car Wireless Scanner Diagnostic Tool for Android | eBay

[guesswecan777]

Originally Posted by dijinn

What software do you use with the PIWIS clone?

Durametric

[runjmc2]

How about keeping it simple and jsut driving down to your local auto store and laying down 40 big ones ($40) on a basic entry level Actron scanner. It will read and reset your code and that's all you seem to need at this point

[epapp]

To be fair, my Chinese cable worked once...then I indeed tried with version 6 software...oops

[Pdwight]

One of my favorite phrases that came with a trainer was "If wing be coming off in flight loss of control is possible"

Ya Think

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by epapp

To be fair, my Chinese cable worked once...then I indeed tried with version 6 software...oops

And then you met Durametric's response to Chinese clone cables......