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E91 found out engine VIN is different than chassis VIN

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We bought this E91 with 109K off TM 3 months ago. It drives great, fast, and comfortable. last week I bought the Carly app and dongle for  coding the battery and make the angel eyes DRL. Carly told me that the engine has a different VIN dan it should have. Apparently somewhere in the past the engine has been replaced. I was wondering if it is possible to read out the millage of engine alone with NSCexpert or on an other way? I don't think it has been swapped in NZ.

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How does it even get that? Surely thats just the VIN on the DME, so it could have had the DME swapped, not the engine?

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33 minutes ago, KwS said:

How does it even get that? Surely thats just the VIN on the DME, so it could have had the DME swapped, not the engine?

Yeah uhm, I haven't thought about that possibility. So the millage in the DME should be different. Where can I find the VIN on the engine? carjam says it is covered.

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A little off topic (apologies) but I have some questions about Carly. Did you source the dingle from their site, or is it a generic obd2 dongle? Has it been worth the money? 

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8 minutes ago, Cammsport said:

A little off topic (apologies) but I have some questions about Carly. Did you source the dingle from their site, or is it a generic obd2 dongle? Has it been worth the money? 

I can answer that :) The genuine carly one is definitely different hardware than a generic OBD2 BT adapter, its much faster etc. I wouldnt want to try code a DME with an ebay special, seems risky.

Your welcome to borrow mine and have a play if you want. Its definitely not cheap, particularly with the price of the app, and once youve coded what you want it becomes a little redundant ( other than having torque update slightly faster! ) 

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My dongle is also a Carly gen 2 one. Maybe I just pay the app for one year (it is a subscription), because if I have done my battery, I almost have no use for it. I tried to use it on my 2000 Z3, doesn't work at all. And I can't use it for our E91 325i LCI FRM module, because I got the warning from the app that I would brick it. 

 

Google for this: "Carly has found severe faults in your FRM and has therefore NOT coded your FRM"

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I've successfully used my Carly on F06, F11, E90 (pre-LCI), E92 M3 (LCI), E93 (pre-LCI).

Bimmercode is also handy and allows you to do advanced coding and not only a certain list of coding options (kind of like a mobile version of E-sys. Works on F-series only though. 

 

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Is there no way to pay for the app out right maybe at an initially higher cost? Yearly subscription is a bit of a put-off and would get fairly pricey! 

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18 hours ago, Cammsport said:

Is there no way to pay for the app out right maybe at an initially higher cost? Yearly subscription is a bit of a put-off and would get fairly pricey! 

It used to be a one-off fee, then earlier this year they changed to a subscription based system, not retrospectively though.

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What a pain. Any other user friendly apps with hardware that aren't as pricey but have the same perks? Otherwise I'll bite the bullet and go with Carly. I suppose it's not too expensive. 

Sorry for going off topic @Species 8472

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What are you trying to achieve anyway? Do not think there are any other alternatives for E-series cars.

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20 hours ago, Cammsport said:

What a pain. Any other user friendly apps with hardware that aren't as pricey but have the same perks? Otherwise I'll bite the bullet and go with Carly. I suppose it's not too expensive. 

Sorry for going off topic @Species 8472

https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Carly-for-BMW-Pro-28-60-Full-App-Android-08-2018-Carly-for-VAG-11-21-2018/253916647793?hash=item3b1e9c9171:g:EGIAAOSwbzNbHaGf

 

I bought that recently and used it with a k dcan cable to code my 135i from my phone. Was $10. Worked great, just got to follow the instructions they send

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Albanian pirated android apps :D

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@sobanoodle just want to be able fiddle with some of the settings on my E91. Would also like to pull engine fault codes from my OBD2 E36 & E91. Also register batteries (that I'll need to do on my friends e90). 

@Navin I might flick you a PM so I don't clog this thread. 

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1 hour ago, Navin said:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Carly-for-BMW-Pro-28-60-Full-App-Android-08-2018-Carly-for-VAG-11-21-2018/253916647793?hash=item3b1e9c9171:g:EGIAAOSwbzNbHaGf

 

I bought that recently and used it with a k dcan cable to code my 135i from my phone. Was $10. Worked great, just got to follow the instructions they send

Might as well just google one for free :D 

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Just now, sobanoodle said:

Might as well just google one for free :D 

Yeah i just came across it one day while scrolling through ebay (was actually $7nzd at the time lol) and thought i'd give it a go for the heck of it. It's just an older version of Carly that they send you with instructions. 

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20 hours ago, Cammsport said:

@sobanoodle just want to be able fiddle with some of the settings on my E91. Would also like to pull engine fault codes from my OBD2 E36 & E91. Also register batteries (that I'll need to do on my friends e90). 

Carly is useless for my E36 Z3. It can't reach the modules. For the Z3 I have the Creator C110+ Scanner Engine Diagnostic Airbag ABS Fault Code Scan Tool Fit BMW from ebay for NZ$88.

I asked 2 garages for a battery quote with registering. They both said it would cost just under $500. 

So I decided to buy the Carly app and dongle. The app was US$89.99 (NZ136.74) and the dongle was Euro44.99 (NZD217) The battery, a Century DIN74ZLMF UHP 730CCA 80AH, I got for $271 at Supercheapauto (with a hefty discount). Total NZ486. Similar as the quote, but now I have the app plus dongle and battery. I have registered the battery this morning. To be on the safe side, I hooked up a parallel battery under the hood to keep power on my FRM module. I just don't want to go through the hassle of changing out the FRM module and program it. 

I will try the carly Ebay app next time if I let my subscription end.

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