Ghenghis

I have a basic scanner that has connected to every E46 , Toyota and Mitsubishi . The mechanic had two different ones and neither connect

My one seems to be the old round OBD1 in the engine bay , neither of the adaptor would read from it . Would connect but not read .

I had a couple of adaptors but neither got his headset or mine to connect via the round to flat system

Finally got round to fitting the new crank sensor . Now It doesn't conk out when hot , instead just runs poorly all the time . Tried to have it scanned by a mechanic and they couldn't connect to the car . Check all the relays and none seem to be heating up . Might be time to sell for a Toyota or Honda .....

Thanks Jon , i will check the DME today . When i have the battery recharged i will check the thermo switch and see how long it runs without conking out

The leak was on the hose below air flow meter that connects to the rubber inlet hose . The car starts and drives perfect until the temp comes up to a third then the car turns off and is hard to restart . Sometimes it can be restarted and it runs for a bit then dies . Often it cant until hours later when it is cold . It never does when coming up to a stop light or low revs . It did used to conk out from time to time if at low revs or just stutter for a second if I was doing 25kmh or more . This only happened once in a blue moon so wasn't such an issue back then

Thanks for that , i wasn't sure if it was related to the other issues or not . When it was running well it would often take a long time to get up to temp and wouldn't quite get there sometimes . I will have a look at it thanks

I have a 1998 Sedan e36 320i done around 150km . It has been a good reliable car till recently when i fixed an air leak that was making the car difficult to start when cold. The car now starts easily in the morning but when it gets to temp it conks out and wont start until its cold . I have replaced the coolant temp sensor (under the Inlet Manifold ) and then cam position sensor behind the vanos unit . My next part i was going to replace was the crank position sensor . AA came out when the car first stopped and it had no fault codes and seemed to have both spark and fuel (checked fuel Pump and coils ) The radiator fan always runs even when the car is cold and the air con isn't running . I have a couple of old sensors , cam and temp if anybody is having similar issues , happy to post for you to try . I also have a scanner with adaptor from ob1 to ob2 MS309 Model which wont connect (has any one had joy using this model ) In the last three Months i have fitted new front and rear shocks , 17" Lenso wheels 215s and 235s , New front control arms , sport style seats and a battery .Has been a really good reliable car to now and would like to fix and keep . Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated . My next part replacement will most like be the Crank position Sensor 12141703277 . Cheers Gus

I Have a 96 328i that has had the engine mounts , rear half of driveshaft/cross and centre bearing replaced . It has a knocking noise and vibration coming from the tunnel between 1st to 2nd change and from 2nd to 3rd . Any ideas on what this could be , thanks