e36 OBD port...
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Hi folks,
Car is a really late e36 - 99V 323 convertible and has the 20 pin diagnostic connector under the bonnet, but I can't find the 16-pin one in the footwell.
As I understand it all BMWs had the 16-pin one fitted from '96, and the round one under the bonnet deleted from 2000 on.
I have had my head upside down in both footwells with a torch and I can't find the 16-pin connector anywhere - I thought it was a requirement?
I have used the port under the bonnet previously to reset airbag lights, but I have recently acquired a U480 code reader. It works fine and I have pulled codes on my Saab 9000, but I get nothing other than it cycling through communication protocols and a "linking error..."
ETA: did find this in the driver's footwell - any idea what it is?
So, any idea what is going on?
Car is a really late e36 - 99V 323 convertible and has the 20 pin diagnostic connector under the bonnet, but I can't find the 16-pin one in the footwell.
As I understand it all BMWs had the 16-pin one fitted from '96, and the round one under the bonnet deleted from 2000 on.
I have had my head upside down in both footwells with a torch and I can't find the 16-pin connector anywhere - I thought it was a requirement?
I have used the port under the bonnet previously to reset airbag lights, but I have recently acquired a U480 code reader. It works fine and I have pulled codes on my Saab 9000, but I get nothing other than it cycling through communication protocols and a "linking error..."
ETA: did find this in the driver's footwell - any idea what it is?
So, any idea what is going on?
Edited by NiceCupOfTea on Friday 1st August 19:26
Miniman, I already have a 16 pin to 20 pin adaptor that I used for the airbag reset tool - it looks like all the connectors in it are populated. The problem is it's just not communicating - thanks for the offer though!
Not sure what you mean by "gong". Is it some sort of blanking plate? Lifted the pic from somebody else who was wondering what it was...
Not sure what you mean by "gong". Is it some sort of blanking plate? Lifted the pic from somebody else who was wondering what it was...
So I may not have OBD2 at all? Seems odd that my older Saab 9000 does but the BM doesn't. My brother has one of those Peake tools for use on his 328i so I may have to borrow that.Reviving my old thread - I have just bought myself a cheap BMW code reader/diagnostics unit - Creator C310. I did a fair bit of research and it seems to work with the E36.
Just plugged it in under the bonnet using a ODB-16 to BMW-20 conversion cable, but although it powers up it won't communicate. I have no ODB port inside the car.
It has been suggested that I might have a "cheap" cable - but how can I work out what a decent one is? I have read people have got this to work fine (not least on the web page Q&A for the code reader), any ideas?
The cable works for my airbag reset tool.
Just plugged it in under the bonnet using a ODB-16 to BMW-20 conversion cable, but although it powers up it won't communicate. I have no ODB port inside the car.
It has been suggested that I might have a "cheap" cable - but how can I work out what a decent one is? I have read people have got this to work fine (not least on the web page Q&A for the code reader), any ideas?
The cable works for my airbag reset tool.
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