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Diagnostic thingy's
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 11:13 am
by daimlerman
I'm trying to trace an odd problem on my M50'd touring,and I think a scanner thingy may help.
I've trawled through 30 odd pages of them on ebay,but they all all seem to be OBD2,with an oblong 16 pin car connector.All I have is the big round socket.
What kit do I need,please?
Re: Diagnostic thingy's
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 11:23 am
by universal
buy an adaptor, 20 pin bmw to 16 pin obd11, then use a scanner with that.
Re: Diagnostic thingy's
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 11:56 am
by daimlerman
universal wrote:buy an adaptor, 20 pin bmw to 16 pin obd11, then use a scanner with that.
Anything that you would recommend?
Re: Diagnostic thingy's
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 12:09 pm
by universal
they are about 6-7 quid on ebay.
Re: Diagnostic thingy's
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 12:31 pm
by daimlerman
Re: Diagnostic thingy's
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 12:41 pm
by universal
that's it.
Re: Diagnostic thingy's
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 2:09 pm
by Brianmoooore
You need an ADS/OBD box first of all, then the excellent diagnostic software from BM Technic on the M3 Cutters forum, which will give you dealer level diagnostics, etc., straight out of the box.
Unfortunately BM Technic appear to have recently gone 'belly up' and the software (and support) are no longer available, although there is someone on ebay selling hacked versions of his program.
Re: Diagnostic thingy's
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 2:32 pm
by daimlerman
So,Brian,just a reader and a cable will not help?
Re: Diagnostic thingy's
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 2:39 pm
by Brianmoooore
I expect your knowledge of these fancy computer things is similar to mine, and you will never get these cheap INPA things to install on your laptop.
TBH, I've no idea what a scanner connected top one of these 20 pin - OBD2 leads might do, if anything, but the BM Technic stuff is (was) the real deal and worked perfectly without any geek input.
Re: Diagnostic thingy's
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 2:48 pm
by daimlerman
Brianmoooore wrote:I expect your knowledge of these fancy computer things is similar to mine, and you will never get these cheap INPA things to install on your laptop.
TBH, I've no idea what a scanner connected top one of these 20 pin - OBD2 leads might do, if anything, but the BM Technic stuff is (was) the real deal and worked perfectly without any geek input.
I've ordered a cheap scanner as well,I have an intermittent fault that I do not understand and was hoping that a fault code would point me in the right direction.
Oh well,when it arrives,I'll try it and see!
Re: Diagnostic thingy's
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 4:06 pm
by 78gizmo
Whats your location Daimlerman? Here in sunny(!) devon I have a Snap On scanner with BMW adaptor and would be happy to do a quick plug in if you were local.
Re: Diagnostic thingy's
Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 2:35 pm
by daimlerman
Scanner and connecting cable have arrived.
Installed to the touring,the scanner tells me that it fails to connect to the ECU,so it's back to trial and error(mostly error!)to isolate my problem.
Plugged the scanner into 'er indoors 02 plate Micra and it showed no fault codes present,so at least the gadget will earn it's keep.