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They had to do something special to beat the Mercedes W201 !

I've seen something similar, with lovely thin-wall stainless headers being 'squashed' almost immediately they became a 'down' pipe rather than an 'out' pipe (headers, not a manifold). This was as a part of fitment of a 4.6 32v Ford V8 into a Mazda MX-5... Difference in output from the bench-tested engine to when in-car was considered negligible (although transmission losses had to be taken into account).

I searched for 4A63 and found a couple of other threads describing similar things. It doesn't appear to be a standard BMW fault code format, but is referenced in several places. The 4B90 error I had before falls into the same category. I think INPA is working - it shows when the ignition is on or off, shows engine cranking speed, battery voltage and variations when cranking, and lots more. It'd probably show even more if the engine was running! Regarding language - I found reports that the version of INPA I have - 5.0.6 - hadn't been fully translated, but I've also found the config (.ini) files that I need to edit to ensure English is used. Not tried that yet. I can always try version 5.0.2 if necessary. I've also found details of running INPA/EDIABAS/NCS/NFS (and more) under Windows 10. May give that a look too. Of course, BMW replaced BMW has replaced all the DIS and SSS/Progman software with Rheingold, combining DIS, SSS, INPA, WinFPK and the TIS and WDS into a single of software operated by point-and-click. Again, something to look in to, but it's pretty huge.

Aye - whirr, but no vroom. RESULT: 1 error in error memory ! 4A63 4A63 EWS Manipulation Should be able to sort this with INPA. Or Gabe is welcome to have a look; he suggested he might be able to help. Of course, @aja540i may well have been right, too.

Yup. It's a 700. Not sure if that was a typo, or just me getting it wrong! ?

Ah, fun times... Visited @Eagle - Jared (so helpful - thank you!) - and borrowed his cable. At home, found I still had the same problem with the software, and found that I had to reconfigure the laptop to 'force' COM1 on to the USB portI was using. Got through that, and I have some mismatched software (I'll sort that later) with language settings being all over the place. INPA is fun. Not especially intuitive, but once you get your head around it, it's great. Cleared codes, tried again, no joy. Re-read codes and this time the crux of the matter appears to be 4A63, something I've not seen reported by the Scanner 1.4.0. 4A63 is 'EWS Manipulation' - basically, the codes between the DDE and EWS have got out of synch. This could be due to a flat battery following trying to start the car before the fuel pump was replaced, which could be complicated by the ECU having been replaced by the previous owner (which would itself have required a re-synch). This is where the fun starts as the language mis-match rears it's head: when navigating through INPA to 'Activate', I'm faced with some pretty unintelligible German instead of the English which had been present before! I'm presented with two options: zurückset - meaning 'reset to default' uebertragen - meaning 'transfer, transmit or broadcast I'll read the instructions. @Gabe79 - I think this may be the issue you resolved for @zero ? [I'll also retry the cable I have here, now that I have identified COM port config as being the potential issue I experienced before.] So - still no joy, but I'm finding other things to try. I keep telling myself "To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive..." ?

This '600' has been repowered with a S1000RR bike engine.

Tsk. Everyone looking at the other cars! Gorgeous-looking garage, though...

That one has a VW Type 3 engine and 4-speed manual transaxle. A huge amount of work done by a former BMW master tech from Munich. The bed tilts, too.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a.aspx?id=1663951542 It's going to take some significant work. The impact has popped the windscreen, suggesting deformation around the screen and A-pillars.

An (the? How many are there in NZ?) i8 on SH1 heading south past Hampton Downs... Even Mrs M agreed it looked nice, but qualified that by suggesting it was as much to do with colour use and design as anything else.

Probably be easier to tell from a picture. The early M90 has a raised water passage along the drivers side of the block along the freeze plugs; the later M90 block looks more similar to the M30. If it is a M90, there should be a white "L" painted on the passenger side of the block.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a.aspx?id=1658700660

Thanks. I've sent a PM.

Agreed. Definitely a case of no longer the right tool for the job. I've also found that shouting at the laptop and car and asking "if there's no #$%^** problem, why won't you $%^*^&* start?" doesn't actually work. ? Hamilton? That's (almost) next door! We'll be in town on Saturday - Miss M's 18th birthday party. I have INPA installed but don't have an appropriate cable. Certainly be keen on borrowing something that might just help. ? ? (Didn't realise you also have an S600... ? )

Absolutely. I unreservedly acknowledge the tool I'm using isn't especially advanced! But it's better than nothing.

The Scanner is a purely diagnostic tool - it reads codes and reports them, but doesn't interact in the way INPA does. That's where I need a new cable in order to 'talk' to the car. It's planned, but small expenditures have to be planned at the moment! I'll try extended cranking again and see if that gets me anywhere. Thanks.

Engine was running, and cut out while travelling at around 95km/h. Dry day, cruising, absolutely no warning. Once recovered to home, DDE reported code 4B90. Consulting with BMW revealed this is reported when mi fuel pump fails - the in-tank pump and HP pump have discreet error codes; the mid fuel pump does not. Replaced mid fuel pump. DDE no longer reports any errors of any sort whatsoever. Today I paralleled a second battery and cranked the engine for 30-40 seconds (may have been longer - I wasn't timing it). Cranking speed seems fine, and at one point it almost seemed ready to fire, but no. Air bubbles are, I think, the most likely cause but I've don't know how to bleed the HP pump. (Apparently BMW have all sorts of problems with this, too...)

Amazon... When I was receiving stuff from HP (Hewlett Packard) at work, we'd have a go at them about their over-sized packaging. Huge boxes for certificates for kit, that sort of thing. It seems Amazon subscribe to the same policy. One 3.5" hard disk drive. Package size - 36 cm × 31 cm × 8 cm !!! (For comparison - the drive is 15cm x 10cm x 2.5cm.) Of course, this is then reflected as 'volumetric weight' (which works out to be 3x actual weight) in the on-shipping costs from MyUS (and NZPost YouShop, and all others), and they'll not repack because it is a single item. Shipping direct to NZ from Amazon in the US is not available. And then, when it does finally get here, the NZPost (or whatever courier/carrier) won't deliver it because it's either too big to go in the post box, or because we're Rural Delivery and heaven forbid a courier should have to deliver to somewhere they're driving past anyway, so it'll be left in a depot somewhere instead, waiting for me to go and collect it in person. So I get to pay more for less, extra $$$ for slower non-delivery! ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Nothing is ever quite as simple as it could be, is it?

W10 can require BIOS changes (certainly needs specific USB port config) in order to work properly with many diagnostic cables. I've been given an old(er) Compaq Presario V2000 running WinXP. No serial ports, but haven't had an issue with the USB and Scanner 1.4.0 (so far). The real test will be if it'll work with a 'proper' cable and INPA.

And... Matt LeBlanc is leaving Top Gear, citing "the time commitment and extensive travel" as his reasons. The usual suspects including Guy Martin are being proposed as replacement.