Check Engine Light..

[pleasecorrupt]

Much to my dismay, I found out that autozones near me are no longer checking check engine lights for free anymore (or for the last three years as some of them told me) and i was wondering if there were any other resources I could go to before having to bring out my wallet. I have gt1 and everything installed but am not familiar with it to the point that I know how to get the check engine light code from it (although I think I have once but I just didn't know what to do with it) any help?

[spencers]

INPA reads out codes.. If you have GT1 installed, you should have INPA on there...

[danewilson77]

Other resources? Buy an Actron for about $100 and call it a day.

Droid + Tapatalk = FTW!

[pleasecorrupt]

Must resist buying actron -_- ... anyone have a diy for getting codes through inpa. Read something about reading the memory but am lost cause of the german..

[pleasecorrupt]

figured it out, turns out its a lot simpler than i made it out to be, just got scared to mess around in inpa since i didn't want to screw anything up. let me know if anyone wants to pull codes, its as easy as 123 once you've already installed inpa and got it working.

[Hornung418]

So what was your code? and how are you going to resolve it?

[pleasecorrupt]

O2 sensors error codes, they usually have a 100k lifespan but guess mine are already out. Looking to get some help from Dane since he's done this before.

[kayger12]

O2 sensors error codes, they usually have a 100k lifespan but guess mine are already out. Looking to get some help from Dane since he's done this before.

Might just be the DME. Dane was getting the o2 sensor codes and I believe the Shark cleared it up.

I think...

Droid X. Tapatalk. Use it.

[spencers]

Reset the adaptations values

[pleasecorrupt]

I'm not that familiar with your bmw slang terms yet lol. wanna break down dme for me ;)


Reset the adaptations values

and uh o_o"

[pleasecorrupt]

heres what i based my conclusions on..

http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/ae273/pleasecorrupt/untitled.jpg


http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/ae273/pleasecorrupt/asdfasdf.jpg

[kayger12]

The DME is the computer that manages the engine functions.

Getting the latest DME programming (or going with the Shark or similar DME tunes) resets changes the tolerances so that the o2 error is not triggered so easily.

There is most likely nothing wrong with your o2 sensors. The present DME just has the tolerances essentially too sensitive.

At least that's my understanding.

[pleasecorrupt]

i'd be lying if i said i knew what you were talking about or if i knew what i should do at this point .. @_@

[kayger12]

Basically, you need to bring your car to either an indie mechanic or dealer and get the latest software for your DME.

Your other option is to purchase and install the Shark Injector or similar DME tune.

Either of those options will most likely solve your CEL issue.

Also moved this over to Mechanical/Trouble shooting.

Droid X. Tapatalk. Use it.

[spencers]

There should be an option to reset adaptations values in INPA, lambda in particular.
Heck, do them all. I was told reverse order works best.

http://img852.imageshack.us/img852/4829/adaptations.jpg

[pleasecorrupt]

wanna guide me there spencer :3

[pleasecorrupt]

There was a button to reset all at once so that's what I did. Should I reset ses light as well or will it go away by itself. It has come on and off in the past and has been off for a while but then came back mothers day.

[az3579]

There was a button to reset all at once so that's what I did. Should I reset ses light as well or will it go away by itself. It has come on and off in the past and has been off for a while but then came back mothers day.

If you're resetting adaptation values, I would reset the SES light and see if it comes back on. If it does, resetting the values probably didn't fix it. I would be curious to see if the same code(s) come up again after clearing.

[MrMaico]

A little more info about this issue....

http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=445105&highlight=