Technical Very Odd Looking Diagnostic port

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Technical Very Odd Looking Diagnostic port

gr0mit

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Hi Folks

Fiat fiorino 2008 Registered 2009
65650 on the clock owned and running alright for last four years +
Due to some problems occuring had to plug into Diagnostic port
Continous errors telling me

Canbus Error

Needs Yellow lead.
Etc etc
The main repeating fault fault Can bus error
I have uploaded 2 photos in the hope someone could tell me about the cut wires in the following photos.
The grey wire that looks like a sheathed steam iron wire has been cut and bare wires left hanging out of very poor insulation Tape.
Photo 2 shows bare ended wires at bottom of pic
??? Any help would be appreciated
PHOTOS-:
vanpho1.jpg

vanpho2.jpg


Gromit
 
Gromit,
Some bodge job that is!
Suspeact you will have to carefully untape the whole thing and see if you can physically trace where the wires go to, or come from.
I would strongly suggest that you disconnect your battery first!
Best of luck
 
I'm guessing it's a badly removed immobiliser or someone has tried to deactivate the OBDII socket to prevent theft. (Wasn't aware Fiat had an issue with this, but BMW do / did)
 
Could this be anything to do with an alarm that was removed from the van.
I also know the dealer broke a glow plug. Could any of these things have any bearing on why wires were cut . One final point is it possible to fit a new diagnostic unit ???
 
Could this be anything to do with an alarm that was removed from the van.
I also know the dealer broke a glow plug. Could any of these things have any bearing on why wires were cut . One final point is it possible to fit a new diagnostic unit ???

That explains it - badly fitted and removed alarm.

Looks like you'll need to find an auto electrician who can trace the wires back to reinstate them.
 
Big thanks for your help so far

As the van has shown warnings in the past and i have attended to them and cleared them via action (not via ODB) I am wondering if it is the way i have the multiecuscan set up.

I have the right cables

I have the free program
I have downloaded the drivers
I have port 4 showing a positive test when i run the test on the multiecuscan.
I have tried to connect at all baud rates and only one shows test passed and thats 38500.

I will unravel the tape from the wires and upload photo of what i find
Any other help would be appreciated.

gromit
 
Hi folks
It does indeed appear to be an alarm install just cut out. I have little black sensors in the cab that have wires that are also cut off


I have finally managed to strip back insulation tape
Found that any cut wires, are wires that have been let into existing wires and a small blob of solder added. Photo Below

I intend to snip them back tight and sleeve them with something





I still cant get the scanner to connect to multiecuscan

I can only assume that i have purchased a duff one as everthing else seems ok. the lights come on and flash correctly then it stops on 1 light

Any further advice about the soldered wires and connecting the ecuscan would be appreciated.
gromit
 

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