M42club.com - Home of the BMW E30/E36 318i/iS
DISCUSSION => Engine management => Topic started by: andrson76 on February 08, 2008, 05:12:02 PM
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First off... great site, wish I had surfed through the threads earlier.
I have just finished having a garage fix my 91 318is that was having idle/intake problems. I would like to learn how to do myself/avoid going to the shop for future repairs and am curious about code readers. A few guys at work drive VW's and Audi's and use VAG Com to pull/erase codes. Does anyone know of a good system for a 91 318is? I have seen Carsoft BMW but it looks expensive and the info on the net seems a little suspect (mostly sales gimmicks). Are the laptop systems any better than a packaged code reader? And would a specific piece of software be necessary vs. a general OBDII system (considering it doesn't seem like there is that much more to play with (no digital instrumentation, no airbags, no built in alarm, etc)?
Thanks,
Andy
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91 318is = OBD-1
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Ah.... thanks. I was misinformed.
So code reading can be done using the gas pedal method mentioned in some of the other threads?
Actually, I would still like to erase codes of things that I can fix myself. Is the best tool the Peake one, or would a software package and adapter still be viable?