Engine diagnostics

domsz4 · Post by **domsz4** » Sun Jul 16, 2017 11:31 am

Does anyone live near leicester who can understand the inpa software or who can talk me through it?

My little engine orange light has come on again. Car is running fine I just don't get how to get to the engine specific error codes

I'm using the bmcables reader amd software

RyanB88 · Post by **RyanB88** » Sun Jul 16, 2017 11:34 am

If you fancy a trip to Solihull I'm happy to help with Carly

domsz4 · Post by **domsz4** » Sun Jul 16, 2017 2:09 pm

i might just take you up on that.

but before I just wanted to check if this was the right way to get to the error codes?

i chose INPA from the launcher and it drops me into a screen that registers the car is on shift F3 for the Z4. i then get a screen that gives me the options for engine body etc but there is also a "quasi functional" option. if i go into this i can read and print error memory and info memory. there is also an option to Identify bits which i can also print.

Is this section what is appears to be and an output of all off the cars error codes from all modules that log them?

if so how do you interpret these?

Magicarcher · Post by **Magicarcher** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 12:23 pm

You have my sympathy, like you I find INPA not the easiest software I have ever used. I have just purchased ISTA-D which looks a great deal easier to use and is English from what I have seen. I am hoping to install it this week.

markplant · Post by **markplant** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 12:27 pm

You could ask mac who runs the shepshed meet zedfest, he is very helpful

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