diagnostics

Post Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:09 am

does anyone know how to find the fault codes without the diagnostic tool. i heard you can do it without it and it could help me out a lot.

Post Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:24 am

Only if you've got a US spec car, AFAIK.

Post Mon Oct 17, 2005 11:22 am

Brian, he lives in California.....

I found this by typing "BMW E30 fault codes" into google.

http://www.unofficialbmw.com/repair_faqs/motronic.html

Post Tue Oct 18, 2005 9:15 am

Andy_magic wrote:Brian, he lives in California.....

I found this by typing "BMW E30 fault codes" into google.

http://www.unofficialbmw.com/repair_faqs/motronic.html

Must try looking to see where people are before replying! Living in California could well be relevent to the answer to the OP!
Presumably in this case, the throttle pedal pumping thing should work.

Post Tue Oct 18, 2005 10:53 am

We can't get it right all the time.

Your 99.99999999% success rate is still legendary on the Zone Brian.

Post Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:08 am

Yeah apparently Pedal pumping is the way forward for US cars

OT-andy-you get my PM fella?

Post Sat Nov 19, 2005 7:06 am

i have tryed the self test
i've tryed at least a billion times and it still doesn't work\
does anyone know what this means or what kind of sensor or somthing could be wrong. if you guys know anything about it it would realy help me out