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Recommended cheap diagnostic equipment for E89?

Specific discussion about the E89 2009 Z4 (sDrive35is, sDrive35i, sDrive30i, sDrive23i)
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Recommended cheap diagnostic equipment for E89?

Post by surfkernow » Thu Jul 17, 2014 9:21 pm

Hi all,
Just wondering which BT scanners etc people have had success with?
Cheers,
Harry

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Re: Recommended cheap diagnostic equipment for E89?

Post by R.E92 » Fri Jul 18, 2014 12:52 am

I have a £10 WiFi OBD2 reader from eBay and use the BMWhat iPhone app for simple diagnostic. That's the cheapest.

I recently bought a D-CAN cable off eBay from cable-shack for £40 and that allows me to use DIS/INPA/NCSExpert for full diagnostic and coding.

Both work well for diagnostic. The benefit of the using DIS/INPA for diagnostic is that you can read shadow codes.

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Re: Recommended cheap diagnostic equipment for E89?

Post by surfkernow » Fri Jul 18, 2014 10:03 am

Thank you very much indeed for your help.

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