Daveangel09
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Hello I’m new here. I’ve owned my Z3 for a year now and I’ve started some much needed maintenance on it so I look forward to getting lots of advice and tips from you guys.
Hello
- Thread starter Daveangel09
- Start date
- Joined
- Nov 25, 2012
- Points
- 178
- Location
- Newport, South Wales,UK
- Model of Z
- Z3 M43 1.8 (1999) and Z4 E85 2.5 (2003)
Welcome aboard the Forum, you have arrived at the best Z Forum on the Web, help and advice always available here.
As our membership is Worldwide its a good idea to update your user details with your location and model of your car, it assists us in answering your questions.
You could also add a signature to show these detail so they appear in all your future posts.
If you are lucky you might be close to one of the enthusiast run Zed Sheds where members meet up and do jobs on each others cars.
If your new to OBD2 you will want to bolster your toolbox with a decent Code Scanner, bound to need one sooner or later.
I can reccomend a Creator 310+ as a good all round scanner and easy to use.
If you want to go the Laptop route then find yourself a Windows laptop running Windows 7 or above and
purchase BMW Scanner 1.4 available on ebay for little cost, it comes with its Interface, cable and software on a usb stick, you will need a 16pin to 20 pin cable changer to plug
these diagnostics in to the under bonnet diagnostic plug (Pac-man socket) to read all modules on the car.
If yours has a 16pin obd2 socket under the steering wheel inside the car that will only read the engine and transmission modules,
the Pac-man socket reads all modules. If you get hooked on Diagnostics you may want to have a go with BMW software, INPA, NCS Expert, Winkpf and DIS, these
can be problematic setting up but usually due to configering the right drive and usb settings. Help usually forthcomming on the Forum if you run into install problems.
As our membership is Worldwide its a good idea to update your user details with your location and model of your car, it assists us in answering your questions.
You could also add a signature to show these detail so they appear in all your future posts.
If you are lucky you might be close to one of the enthusiast run Zed Sheds where members meet up and do jobs on each others cars.
If your new to OBD2 you will want to bolster your toolbox with a decent Code Scanner, bound to need one sooner or later.
I can reccomend a Creator 310+ as a good all round scanner and easy to use.
If you want to go the Laptop route then find yourself a Windows laptop running Windows 7 or above and
purchase BMW Scanner 1.4 available on ebay for little cost, it comes with its Interface, cable and software on a usb stick, you will need a 16pin to 20 pin cable changer to plug
these diagnostics in to the under bonnet diagnostic plug (Pac-man socket) to read all modules on the car.
If yours has a 16pin obd2 socket under the steering wheel inside the car that will only read the engine and transmission modules,
the Pac-man socket reads all modules. If you get hooked on Diagnostics you may want to have a go with BMW software, INPA, NCS Expert, Winkpf and DIS, these
can be problematic setting up but usually due to configering the right drive and usb settings. Help usually forthcomming on the Forum if you run into install problems.
Hi and welcome from Rod and Kate in York.
to the Forum from West Cumbria.
Daveangel09
Newbie
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- Points
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I’m down in carrot cruncher land Hereford
Hi, and welcome from me in Cardiff
from North Yorkshire.Sue & Ian.
Welcome from me in sunny Germany
to the Forum.
From the Antipodes, Gidday
Hi and welcome from me. Also welcome to the rabbit hole when you start
No doubt suspension and rear end overhaul to refresh all those old bushes and and rust issues to sort out etc. plenty of examples in the Zedshed area to read up on. Once you start it can seam a bit daunting depending on how far you want to go but all worth it in the end that you can end up with a keeper to outlast yourself mmm maybe a bit to grim the last bit.
No doubt suspension and rear end overhaul to refresh all those old bushes and and rust issues to sort out etc. plenty of examples in the Zedshed area to read up on. Once you start it can seam a bit daunting depending on how far you want to go but all worth it in the end that you can end up with a keeper to outlast yourself mmm maybe a bit to grim the last bit.