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Will this work on all E30?
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 5:55 pm
by kitch
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-E30-E34-E ... 35b29bcf3c
I have a prefacelift M20B20 and a facelift M40B18. Will this be the correct tool? Or will I need a 16 pin job?
TIA.
Re: Will this work on all E30?
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 6:00 pm
by Cloggy Saint
You need a short piece of wire, nothing else.
Re: Will this work on all E30?
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 6:04 pm
by kitch
For the sake of a few quid I don't mind buying one of these. Just not sure if I need a 20 or 16 pin one.
Re: Will this work on all E30?
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 6:20 pm
by capnmchl
Probably both. You can get ones with both sockets on them.
As above, why waste your money when a bit of wire or a paperclip will do?
Re: Will this work on all E30?
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 6:32 pm
by gooner1
Re: Will this work on all E30?
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 6:33 pm
by FinalD
capnmchl wrote:
As above, why waste your money when a bit of wire or a paperclip will do?
Thirded.
I reset all my service lights just before it was MOTed as I'd changed everything so it didn't need to say 'SERVICE ME' any more.
Re: Will this work on all E30?
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 6:45 pm
by kitch
Re: Will this work on all E30?
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 6:53 pm
by gooner1
kitch wrote:
Doesn't seem to work.
The links or the actual resetting?
If the latter it may well be your SI board batteries need renewing.
Re: Will this work on all E30?
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 6:56 pm
by Grrrmachine
The device you linked to is simply the Rube Goldberg version of Cloggy's solution. If you want to pay someone money for that, go ahead.
Re: Will this work on all E30?
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 7:43 pm
by kitch
gooner1 wrote:kitch wrote:
Doesn't seem to work.
The links or the actual resetting?
If the latter it may well be your SI board batteries need renewing.
The actual resetting. I guess I'll have to try replacing the batteries.
Re: Will this work on all E30?
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:21 am
by BATTS91
Try earthing the the battery instead . Ie pin 7 to battery earth as pin 19 didnt work for me either . Works fine for me , done it twice .