well its officially in the building along with a multitude of cables and discs. Now all i need is a degree in T4 on how to put it all together and make it work. https://scontent.flhr4-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/95835017_156637752496427_1172837624440684544_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_sid=110474&_nc_...

The small black connector should be connected to 12v battery. The OE Microcheck and Testbook connectors have to be connected to 12V. Maybe your XW has the IR Fob? This is the OE connector: Yeah, of course my XW (R8) has the Infra Red fob. Are there XW rovers with Radio frequency fob? I didnt know i...

I'm afraid the rover isn't OBD compliant so you'll need proper test equipment to interrogate the ECU (testbook). Well.. I found this on internet.. I dont know whats the function of the small black connector or where should it be connected but I think it is not very important. http://www.obdcable.hk...

Tritium wrote:The green one is used to diagnose the burgler alarm / security system, e.g. to code a new fob (3TXA) to the vehicle.

My car is a 214 SLi with alarm and fob but it just has one connector

richard moss wrote:On Honda engined cars the ECU can be interrogated by looking at the codes being flashed on the ECU.

Thats interesting
Do Honda ECUs have screen or something??... How can you look the codes?

By the way, how many connectors does your rover have?? I think mine just have one... but i found on internet this picture where it has two.. and it said... "The green is the diagnosis socket and the white is the diagnostic connector for the MEMS engine management unit" :S I thought diangos...

Hello everybody :) I was wondering if some of you use a tester or a diagnostic equipment to check your rovers r8 errors and warnings. Id like to get one but the (3-pin) round connector doesnt fix in the usual multibrand OBDII diagnostic testers. What have you done to solve this problem?? Do you use ...

OK, thanks a lot for your info :D I was going to do that but I was afraid to break something... like some thread, thanks. Yeah, I suppose that some coolant will leak. The only problem is that I don’t have the new sensor yet :bored I was going to buy one but I could not see any mark or anything writt...

Hello.. does anybody know how to dissasemble this fan sensor?? It is the low temperature switch (98ºC) of my Rover 214 Sli... It doesnt work properly and Id like to change it, but I dont really know how to do it due to its round... http://i42.tinypic.com/xm4z2o.jpg The only thing I could get was to ...

Looking for rover videos on youtube I found this one, pretty cool in my opinion.

Hope you like it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-P2qZalKmo