Latest generation of vehicle EOBD flight recorders to help find faults that never seem to show up in workshops…

Blubox

The past generations of vehicle flight recorders have always promised a lot but then failed to deliver – with most having limited communication, poor data recording and next to nothing in the way of diagnostic capabilities – all in all they just frustrated us! However don’t be disheartened because at last there is a recorder that delivers. The new ‘Blubox’ from Sykes-Pickavant offers full CAN compliance, multiplexing and selectable parameter recording allowing for weeks of data recording capability, making it an item that can be put into a car and left until a fault or faults appear.

 

When the little marvel spots a trouble code (not just P codes, but also B, C & U codes too!), it records it, beeps loudly and flashes its LED to alert the driver to bring it back to your workshop. In the past, older types were limited in the information they held – but Blubox is able to replay whole journeys back in real-time showing what was being sent to the ECU at the time a fault occurred and this combined with its diagnostic capability, database and free (yes free!) updates makes it the bee’s knees! So if you own a PC and are looking for a decent code reader - at £149.50, Blubox could be the ideal solution for you.