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Post by tspar » Mon Aug 14, 2017 4:57 pm

Anyone got one? .. recommendations please :thumbsup:
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Post by srhutch » Mon Aug 14, 2017 8:48 pm

Depends what you are after, but one I have among my tools and always with me is torque, running on android with a elm 327 BT adapter. All for under a tenner. Identified EML o2 sensor and able to reset etc..
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Post by pHilli0 » Mon Aug 14, 2017 8:55 pm

Anyone recommend a "proper" more feature rich diagnosis / reset tool for our Z's?
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Post by srhutch » Mon Aug 14, 2017 9:08 pm

pHilli0 wrote: Mon Aug 14, 2017 8:55 pm Anyone recommend a "proper" more feature rich diagnosis / reset tool for our Z's?

As I said, depends what you want to do and how much you want to spend.

Inpa, sss or the newer ista p/d can be bought for around £30 if you have a window laptop. You can do everything with that.
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Post by tspar » Mon Aug 14, 2017 10:29 pm

Thanks SRHutch, £30 sounds reasonable enough to me. Any links you may have mate 🤔
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Post by srhutch » Tue Aug 15, 2017 6:53 am

Here you go, where I got mine from

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Post by tspar » Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:34 am

Thanks mate :thumbsup:
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Post by tspar » Tue Aug 15, 2017 10:53 am

Is it the D-CAN with or without the adapter that i need mate ?
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Post by srhutch » Tue Aug 15, 2017 1:10 pm

tspar wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2017 10:53 am Is it the D-CAN with or without the adapter that i need mate ?
Go with the silver cable.
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Post by tspar » Tue Aug 15, 2017 1:12 pm

:thumbsup:
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Post by Mr Tidy » Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:56 pm

srhutch wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2017 1:10 pmtspar wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2017 10:53 am
Is it the D-CAN with or without the adapter that i need mate ?

Go with the silver cable.
Apologies to the OP for a slight hi-jack, but I've been meaning to get something to read OBDs using a laptop for a while and what srhutch has described looks just the job!

We have a few BMWs in the family now - I've got E86 and E46, Mrs Tidy has an R56 Mini and my sister has an R53 Mini. Will the silver cable work for all of those?
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Post by abar121 » Thu Aug 24, 2017 12:03 pm

Just to mention that to get the full error codes from all the modules, the M model can be a bit of a bitch.

Whilst I could get some codes using Torque / ELM, then a few more with INPA and a D-CAN cable, it took ISTA and some cable mods to get the full listing. This was needed to read the DSC unit error codes.

Not had this problem with a non-M or E90s etc.
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