Light diagnosed again-
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Why did you ask an Indy to read a code when you already had a D900 code reader? :?
Hi Andy,
has anyone checked the wiring ?, maybe try to find a good Auto electrician and get him to have a look at it, If the Cats been changed and both sensors that's the direction I'd be going or else take the F"£$%ing bulb out !!
I Feel for you, I know this has been coming and going for a long time, good luck
has anyone checked the wiring ?, maybe try to find a good Auto electrician and get him to have a look at it, If the Cats been changed and both sensors that's the direction I'd be going or else take the F"£$%ing bulb out !!
I Feel for you, I know this has been coming and going for a long time, good luck
Cat has not been changed-everything else has though :roll: -funny you should say that though, the last time it came on (and I turned it off myself) the car was travelling over very bumpy ground for a couple of miles.fixit man said:Hi Andy,
has anyone checked the wiring ?, maybe try to find a good Auto electrician and get him to have a look at it, If the Cats been changed and both sensors that's the direction I'd be going or else take the F"£$%ing bulb out !!
I Feel for you, I know this has been coming and going for a long time, good luck
andysat said:Cat has not been changed-everything else has though :roll: -funny you should say that though, the last time it came on (and I turned it off myself) the car was travelling over very bumpy ground for a couple of miles.fixit man said:Hi Andy,
has anyone checked the wiring ?, maybe try to find a good Auto electrician and get him to have a look at it, If the Cats been changed and both sensors that's the direction I'd be going or else take the F"£$%ing bulb out !!
I Feel for you, I know this has been coming and going for a long time, good luck
Can't see a Cat. having an intermittent problem like that,unless you're driving is connected... small journeys clogging up the Cat., but I think you would've made that connection by now If it was the case, so I would say check the wiring, sounds like a false indication to me !
Where would I start?-under the car around the sensors?-would the fault code be different though?fixit man said:andysat said:Cat has not been changed-everything else has though :roll: -funny you should say that though, the last time it came on (and I turned it off myself) the car was travelling over very bumpy ground for a couple of miles.fixit man said:Hi Andy,
has anyone checked the wiring ?, maybe try to find a good Auto electrician and get him to have a look at it, If the Cats been changed and both sensors that's the direction I'd be going or else take the F"£$%ing bulb out !!
I Feel for you, I know this has been coming and going for a long time, good luck
Can't see a Cat. having an intermittent problem like that,unless you're driving is connected... small journeys clogging up the Cat., but I think you would've made that connection by now If it was the case, so I would say check the wiring, sounds like a false indication to me !
I don't think code readers are clever enough to determine If It's wiring or the sensor, it just points you in the right direction.
With wiring diagram in hand check for continuity on all the wires going to from the sensors that are connected with that system, also check for continuity to ground in case a wire is shorting to ground, while shaking the wires, also visually check the wires for Chafing, check the routing of the wires where they go through holes or around corners ...usual places for chafing !
With wiring diagram in hand check for continuity on all the wires going to from the sensors that are connected with that system, also check for continuity to ground in case a wire is shorting to ground, while shaking the wires, also visually check the wires for Chafing, check the routing of the wires where they go through holes or around corners ...usual places for chafing !
no problem, hope you find something, here's a link to a wiring diagram that Bcwerkz just posted :-
http://www.bmw-planet.com/diagrams/release/en/e85/index.htm
copied and pasted again, hopefully it works now , If not scroll down to the post about wiring Diagram by Nova2k7
Edit, to find the diagram... Index, Complete vehicle, Exhaust system, Lambda control ..something like that, just make sure you have the correct engine !
http://www.bmw-planet.com/diagrams/release/en/e85/index.htm
copied and pasted again, hopefully it works now , If not scroll down to the post about wiring Diagram by Nova2k7
Edit, to find the diagram... Index, Complete vehicle, Exhaust system, Lambda control ..something like that, just make sure you have the correct engine !
Andy - get rid of yours and buy Cueball's 3.0, as suggested by MM on the FS thread. Bargain, beautiful car, more horses. Enough is enough, surely ?
Edit - even though it would involve a trip up North, the pain/expense/enjoyment equation must be broken enough to think about it...
Edit - even though it would involve a trip up North, the pain/expense/enjoyment equation must be broken enough to think about it...
My light was on for over a year and it took an auto electrician to finally resolve the problem. He took the fuse box out and gave all the connections a good clean and this fixed it. In my case the code was always p1414 which is to do with the secondary air pump.
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