Hey Guys,

I was advised by a good friend of mine to come and ask you guys for help here because there are alot of mechanics on here who have had experiance with the Solus Pro Diagnostic tool from Snap-on

Long story short, I went with my brother in law to a local garage in Wootton Bassett (ABC Tyres) to get some fault codes cleared on his van we fixed the issues that were flagged up and it was running smoothly again so just wanted to get rid of the codes so the engine mangament light would disappear and it would all be nice and fresh.

Took it into the garage and the kid came out with a Snap-On Solus Pro and started going on about how you had to be 18 years old to use this machine and he was only 17 and that he paid the snap on man to show hiim how to use it and that he practicly ran the garage blah blah (I know we should of ran at this point but he was my bro' in laws cousin and thought clearing codes was a simple step)

He plugged it into the vans OBDII port and then about 20 mins later when it finally booted up he put the igntion on and then said he cleared the codes, pressed a few more buttons and then muttered somethign about "how do I turn this thing off" pressed a few more buttons then turned off the igntion and un plugged it. The van started straight away, and the management light disappeared off of the dash and then we got about half way through reversing out of the parked bay when the van spluttered twice and died.

Same kiddy was still stood there so plugged it back in and 3 fault codes appeared:

Fuel Pressure Circuit
Heater Plug Circuit - weve already changed the glowplugs and the glow plug relay
Turbo Pressure Sensor

Van wouldnt start and the garage fumbled around trying to google the fault codes and got nothing for us. We asked them if there was anyway that this Snap-On diagnostic tool could have affected the ECU in any form and were told "No it only clears fault codes" but they also told us that it cost 5 grand, so I find that hard to believe???

Finally gave up with the garage and towed the van home, and managed to narrow it down to fuel being the issue of it not starting - we did this by taking one of the pipes off of the diesal filter type cylinder on the left and then turning the van on, it splutters a small amount of diesal when it first starts and then cuts out.

Basically what I would like to know is:

Has the kiddy that was meant to have cleared the faults messed with the ecu?

What could be causing the lack of fuel as it seems to be very co-incidental that the van was working fine untill this kiddy touched it

Does this 5 grand Snap-On Solus Pro machine simply only clear fault codes?


Any help to get this back on the road would be greatly appreciated as my bro in law is self employed and cannot work without his van at all.


Thanks in advance

Craig