Diagnostic equipment

[BowwssBmwE30]

E30's have OBD plugs can anyone suggest a diagnostic tool to use with these? I can see all these obd2 Bluetooth connectors but I have a few questions please of anyone can help that'd be appreciated

1 best diagnostic tool use?
2 thoughts on Bluetooth obd2 connectors
3 will a obd2 fit and be usable and to what degree?

Cheers

[kam-325i]

Answers

1, For the E30...None. (Apart from a paper clip to reset the service lights)
2, Bluetooth ODB readers are great, ive got one for the Alfa, But of no use for the E30.
3, No, No & None...

[Grrrmachine]

The "OBD" socket on an E30 is used for two things: resetting the service lights, and cranking the motor from the engine bay. That's it. No electronic jiggery-pokery, plug-in readers or diagnostic gimmickry will tell you a single thing about your E30 through the diagnostic plug.

Get a multimeter, and learn how to use it.

[FinalD]

There is no OBD port or OBDII port, there is only a service port.

As Grrrmachine (enough rs?) says, multimeter is the diag tool of choice on these old cars.

[BowwssBmwE30]

Answers

1, For the E30...None. (Apart from a paper clip to reset the service lights)
2, Bluetooth ODB readers are great, ive got one for the Alfa, But of no use for the E30.
3, No, No & None...

Thanks for the advice from everyone obviously I'm putting in far too many hours on the car and not enough sleep! Eyes are playing tricks on me, as I could have sworn to have seen a obd plug.

Kam what obd reader do you have and where did you purchase?

[kam-325i]

as I could have sworn to have seen a obd plug.

Not on an E30. The round plug in the engine bay is as Grrrmachine says, just a service port, ODB was not implemented on the E30.

This is the type i have for the Alfa Romeo
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Any-Car-Andro ... 3f283f31f7

[HairyScreech]

actually depending on ecu the e30 can store basic fault codes, that said they are not of much help and its not worth buying anything specifically to read them.

[Baurluvva]

Sorry to hijack thread.....

Will the round plug on m52 work with the obd bluetooth kit?