Recommendations please - An OBD reader

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Fri 1 Dec 2006 13:22
Recommendations please - An OBD reader - CJay{P}
I have a 318CI - I recently had a rather expensive mishap (£304 to be exact - documented in the technical matters forum).

I am now thinking of getting an OBD reader to understand what is really going on with my car - hopefully I might be able to attend to the faults myself.

Can someone please recommend a good reader - there seems to be so many out there, don't really want to buy something that is cheap and not do the job it is intended to do.

Thanks in advance.
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Fri 1 Dec 2006 14:41
Recommendations please - An OBD reader - Hamsafar
Do you have a laptop?
If so, maybe the carsoft software would be best?
search ebay for "carsoft BMW"
more advanced cars such as BMW will have OBDII for the legal requirement but also a plethora of extra BMW-only codes too.
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Fri 1 Dec 2006 15:32
Recommendations please - An OBD reader - Aprilia
You can try to get a copy of Carsoft, but it will likely be a pirate copy.

For genuine PC-based software try Gendan's Engine Check software - around £100 with a lead and free updates etc. They are a UK company.

For a dedicated scantool look out for Auteltech's cheap hand-held GS100/200 scanners starting at around £50 (they also appear 'unbranded').
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Fri 1 Dec 2006 18:37
Recommendations please - An OBD reader - CJay{P}
Yes, I do have a laptop.

Is something like this overkill?
www.peakeresearch.com/code_tool.htm
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