XTool D7 - DIY auto scan, live data, and reset adaptive learning (Ford Expedition)
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- Some folks wanted to see more uses XTool, so here's a few more examples of my use that touches each of the main areas .... Autoscan, Systems, and Service features.
Thank you so much for this video! I bought the D9s pro and even is not same model, your tutorial was super helpful!
I got one of these yesterday but then almost immediately had to go to work for 12 hours (working nights) this video has been super helpful, thank you. I can't wait to properly try it out.
It's a good tool that has helped me quite a lot across all my vehicles.
Great video man! I would love to see a more of this xtool in use.. I tutorial series would be super helpful
I'll try to do that for you. ✌️
thanks I love this tool, I got the bt8 just put a new trans in a mini cooper r56 runs fine till it gets hot and goes into limp mode.
Get the issue chased down?
I got D7, love it!
Mine's been super helpful and already paid itself.
If you ever need to clean the potentiometer in the mirrors used DeoxIT. It works great to clean electrical contacts!
Great video, I have just bought a D7 and wanted to see if you had used yours to look at fuel trims, so great timing! The bad news is I can’t see the fuel trims in mine, I searched as you did but nothing comes up! My car is a Mini Cooper S 2009. I contacted Xtool but they haven’t been much help 🤷🏻♂️
Scroll and pay attention for things for LTFT, STFT, any mentions of Fuel, Air/Fuel, A/F, etc.
I've noticed across my 6 vehicles that XTool seems to initially go with whatever description or abbreviation the manufacturer uses in their own technical manuals for a PID.
As a last resort, you can scan by the readings themselves, the short term fuel trims are almost certain to be continuously changing single digit percentages, negative or positive. When you see a reading like that, check the description to see if maybe that's it.
Thanks for the reply Kent, I do get a few such references but it says things like ‘air fuel ratio regulator output’ which has a value of 1 but is not shown as a percentage. It also says things like ‘cylinder bank 1 additive adjustment of mixed gas -0.66%’. I don’t see much fluctuation in these figures but I was using a Topdon Artilink 500 before which showed quite a wide variation of up to +/- 15-20 at times. I will try Xtool again anyway. Thanks again!
Thanks for the video. Since you asked for questions, here's one: does the D7 have "PMI" (Programmable Module Interface) in it's Special Functions? PMI is required in Ford for ABS replacement, so maybe you can check Service Functions for ABS on your Ford. Thanks.
I haven't performed any ABS work yet, but I will look for this tomorrow and let you know what I find.
@@KentForrest Wow, that was quick! Thanks!!
You shouldn't try to reset learned values until after an attempted repair is completed.The pcm will just take your readings back to where they were before with some drive time.
This hasn't been my experience with transmissions or motorcycles, where resets have put things right for me in the past. But it's the first time I've tried this on Ford fuel trims.
There was a specific history of trip types I wondered about affecting things. I wanted to see what a reset would do with that series behind me. I'd forgotten to take a fresh look until your comment. 6 vehicles here and my focus often changes. But I just checked and you're right, LTFT is back where it was.
I will soon move to next step. Running this issue down very slowly, as it's not affecting running condition, and lots more items on the Todo list.
@@KentForrest first and most simple check i would do mass air flow sensor, making sure it is clean. You can use scan tool to monitor it, using grams per second scale, your reading at idle with warmed up engine should be close to the size of your engine in liters for example your might be 2.2 or 3.4 liter engine.
my friend bought one It defiantly has a learning curve.The internal battery does not hold a charge very long if its not plugged in and the screen is very hard read if your outside in the sun and good luck with cutomer support . I guess its like all the rest.But they are really coming down in price
I cant seem to find the misfire counter in live data . Does your d7 have a misfire counter in your truck ? Im using it on an 02 f150 . Thank you
hi you doing i put a new egr in my vw golf the car seems a little bit under power is there a adaptation setting i can do on it or if you could point me in the right direction that be great
I would check into a VW golf forum like www.volkswagenownersclub.com or similar. There'll be guys there with very specific input for your car.
I’m thinking of getting one of these soon. In the live data part, do the blue numbers ever turn red to indicate a problem or do you have to know every range the number should be to know there is a problem? Thanks!
I've not seen the color change on any readings.
@@KentForrest Okay. Thank you for your response. I noticed that the D7 and D8 have a section called Auto StartStop Repair or something to that affect. Can you disable the StartStop feature using the D7? Thanks again!
Preflight?? Is Ford building commercial airliners now??
Yes
With that tool can u test window motors and ac my passenger side window does not roll down and the AC hasn't worked all summer
Yes, this tool can be helpful in that sort of troubleshooting. For example on the window, if the D7 were able to operate that window that would tell you the motor is working, narrowing your issue down to the switch or the wiring. You're still going to need your own troubleshooting knowledge to accompany this tool, but this tool will save time and steps for someone with that knowledge.
It's not magic, and it will not necessarily tell you exactly what needs to be replaced or repaired (though, sometimes it will).
On the AC, is it blowing and just not cold? Or is it not blowing?
@@KentForrest the blower still blows the ac just don't get icy cold no more I've tested it trouble shot it I'm thinking a bad ac switch bad accumulator for bad AC compressor or the orifice tube is bad
@@phillipglenn4477 if you're that deep into the thinking, I am guessing you already recharged the system? My 2015 Expedition was blowing "meh" temps and I recharged and now back to cold air. In my case, also found a Schrader valve was slightly leaking allowing the refrigerant to gradually escape. New valve + fresh charge and cooling great now.
@@KentForrest that might be what's wrong with it in addition to all the other is a bad trader valve I bought a can from O'Reilly's that 134a I put some in there and it was gone with in 3-4days and yes I also installed a new AC clutch in the compressor still never kicked on
Schrader damn microphone
I need a xtool d7 101 for dummies video. I just bought one
Happy to help with any questions. I'll also try to make videos to cover any specific things you need to see.
Great information, thanks much. Was wondering if this unit is capable of adjusting or programming a new engine idle speed? Mine needs to get bumped up around 100rpm. Hoping this scanner is the one to achieve that.
I've not looked into this (the menus are deep and complex) so I can't say for sure. I think of this tool more as "diagnostics" and I am unsure if it has any "programming" capability.
However, I do know for many cars it can reset an ECU (or transmission) by wiping the learning and starting fresh at factory settings.
Great vid. Bad glare on screen.
Yeah, my stuff will always be a little rough on the production details. I'm not a serious CZcamsr, just a guy who's learned a lot here from other people's videos, and tries to give something back when I can. Definitely not fancy about it. 🤣✌️
can you do a basic settig mine is a vw golf that be great
Hi @Wackey tell me a little more about what you would like to see and I will try to provide it.
i bought a xtool d7. I tried the tool on 2 cars. One car in garage not running. One in driveway can not drive. Xtool pulled so much power from the battery that codes popped up all over the place. In my opinion i would not buy or use the xtool d7
There's a 120v charger in the box. Use that to charge your D7 up to 100% before you attach to any non-running vehicle and that should solve the big power draw.
On a running vehicle, you won't have this concern.
I call nonsense
@@camarogs1 I will give you a scenario where this could have happened. Let's say the vehicles under test had weak batteries. Let's say the XTool was low on charge. Let's say the XTool was plugged in a long time key on engine off. The XTool would be drawing charge and that could believably pull the car voltage down below 10v and trigger codes due to lost communication.
Still, that's not XTool's fault and this same scenario would play out the same way with any brand of scan tool if it's not well charged prior to testing.
Strange that my Xtool D7 would not display fuel trims on my sentra 2005.incomplete program.no telling what other car it wouldn't work with.
This is interesting. You're getting other live data?
@@KentForrest yes , i tried two of them. both had exact same issue with sentra 2005 even after a full reset and updates. i returned both back. I have 4 other sub 250 dollar scanners they all display short and long term fuel trims. it's unheard of not to display those at this price range. even 20 dollar code readers show those. i'm staying away from these 400-500 range scanners, I'm convinced the same company is writing the software for them all and they are just being repackaged under different names. because I tried a totaly different popular brand but exact same price range and capabilities and it did the same thing. no fuel trims.
@@WV591 yeah that's unfortunate. FWIW, I have found XTool likes to get this kind of feedback so they can work on corrections. They (obviously) don't get to test these across all these vehicle types. So user feedback helps the programmers discover bugs.
@@KentForrest I tried contacting them, left VM took them almost a week to send email by then I had returned the scanner. I'll just keep using the ArtiDiag600S. A good scanner too bad the 200+ scanners display limited PID data.
@@KentForrest so this is what is happening with practically every sub 600 scanner bidirectional or not that i've tested last couple of months.
Not sure what cars you have but test it using Scan and then Autosearch or select the car under that menu and select data stream look at the PIDs, most likely you will not even see fuel trims and the usual useful info like O2 sensors and voltages and other stuff . then exit and use OBD and look at live data. then you will see few PIDs and the fuel trims and the usual data same as any obd scanner. very strange. which makes me speculate, they use the same software on all these sub 600 scanners, just repackaged a little different sold under different name.
I bought an Xtool D8 just recently, I have done a 4 year motor mechanical apprenticeship in Australia about 50 years ago, but then went to do other things. Now I got that tool to basically work on my 2010 Honda Accord Euro, and Xtrail T31. I just found out that I know sweet f-all after hooking the tool to my car A lot of learning for me. From 🇦🇺🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘