Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: pauls on 29 May 2019, 21:52:17
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I have one of the above it worked great on my omega and the wife's Nissan. But when I plug it into my BMW x3 it powers up but won't connect. I take it that means it won't work or can I get some kind of a adapter.
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What age is the X3?,if diesel powered then 2005 before that scanner will work
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It's a 2004 petrol
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It's a 2004 petrol
It should read that ok,check that the fuse to the Data link connector isn't popped
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Does the tool still read other cars? It's easy to bend the pins on the plug so the don't go in the car's socket.
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Probably obvious to most, but don't ffs click on the link in the spammer post above !
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Probably obvious to most, but don't ffs click on the link in the spammer post above !
You could call Nick many things, but I don't think that's one of them.. :P ;D ;D (Guessing said post has been removed now... I'm sad that I didn't get to see the link!)
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Correct, and due to the fact the admins didn't also remove my post at the same time, Im now coming across as a mentalist. ::) ;D
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Correct, and due to the fact the admins didn't also remove my post at the same time, Im now coming across as a mentalist. ::) ;D
Fixed that for you :P ;)
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Probably obvious to most, but don't ffs click on the link in the spammer post above !
You could call Nick many things, but I don't think that's one of them.. :P ;D ;D (Guessing said post has been removed now... I'm sad that I didn't get to see the link!)
Thanks.
I think.
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Probably obvious to most, but don't ffs click on the link in the spammer post above !
You didn't get rid of the annoying spammer, I'm still here ;D
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Probably obvious to most, but don't ffs click on the link in the spammer post above !
You didn't get rid of the annoying spammer, I'm still here ;D
You're not a spammer. :)
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Probably obvious to most, but don't ffs click on the link in the spammer post above !
You didn't get rid of the annoying spammer, I'm still here ;D
You're not a spammer. :)
:y
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Probably obvious to most, but don't ffs click on the link in the spammer post above !
You didn't get rid of the annoying spammer, I'm still here ;D
You're not a spammer. :)
What about a spanner? :P
;D
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Oh, well I'm definitely a spanner! :D
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BMW's tend to need a special OBD reader. I have to use a completely different system for my BMW than any other car. Even if a generic reader does work (and some do) you only get the absolute basic diagnostic information back, usually not enough to diagnose a fault.
Either you need a BMW compatible USB to OBD2 lead and some software on a laptop (ideally ISTA) or a small scanner like a C110 or C310 (have a look on ebay). Alternatively these days a lot of people use a Bluetooth OBD2 plug and an app on their phone. Carly used to be the most popular but they've really started charging for it now.