Re: [e36] Oh no, it just got worse.....

[Zachariah George <zachg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sean,
	you could try to read the codes yourself!
Theres a handy guide on how-to at

 	 http://www.bonnevillemotorwerks.com/fault.html

Let me know if you have trouble getting it, and I'll mail
you my copy.


Cheers,
Zach
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Zachariah George                           BMW CCA # 140540
e-mail: zachg@domain.elided                       E36 M50TU/B25 M3.3.1 sport('94 325i)
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> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> With my complete lack of success in hunting down my mysterious lumpy
> running / misfiring on my E36 I gave in and sent the car into the local BMW
> dealer to have its' ECU interrogated for fault codes to give me some clues.
> 
> The bad news is that the dealers computerised-all-fangled-interrogator
> could not communicate with my DME module and as such no information was
> forthcoming! Should I be majorly worried about this and sell the car
> quick-sharpish or what? They also mentioned the possibility of dodgy coils.
> Has anybody ever suffered these and what are the exact symptoms?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help.
> 
> Sean
> http://homepages.tcp.co.uk/~scm1/bmw.htm
> 
> '93 E36 325i SE (24v VaNoS, with a not-so-happy DME unit......)
> (E36 ///M3 next...)
> 
> Southampton, UK
> 
> 

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