On Board Diagnostics - United Bimmer Community

**POS_BMW** · 04-19-2006, 09:43 AM

Hello

I have read guides on how to activate your BMW E36 OBD from this article:
http://www.pelicanparts.com/BMW/tech...nostics%20.htm

and for my E36, I cannot get the timing right to press the petals. Does anyone know what to count or am i doing something wrong

I put the key in the second position "on",
I pump the petal 5 times.

and nothing happens!

anyone know a count i should use?

**c1apton** · 04-19-2006, 09:51 AM

After pumpimg pedal 5 times(within the 10 secs) are you holding it down for up to 30secs?

**POS_BMW** · 04-19-2006, 10:20 AM

Um, no

:OMFG:

DEATH2000 · 04-19-2006, 10:41 AM

I didnt know u had to do that. I thoguht it was just the pedal psushing in under 5 seconds.

**tomctx** · 04-19-2006, 05:33 PM

According to the Bentley manual, turn the ignition to position 2, fully depress the pedal 5 times within 5 seconds. If it doesn't work, try a different rhythm, but 5 times within 5 seconds.

**komodo** · 04-19-2006, 05:58 PM

Also, what year car do you have? It only works on e36's between 1992 and 1995. OBD2 is all computerized and the pedal trick won't work.

**POS_BMW** · 04-20-2006, 02:57 PM

I have a E36 93 325i 5 speed

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**xsperf** · 04-20-2006, 10:45 PM

lol, yes, yes, we know that isnt your BMW... haha

**POS_BMW** · 04-21-2006, 08:37 PM

Aggg

it still doenst work, i press and release the petal 5 times under 5 seconds and nothing happens!

Storamin · 04-22-2006, 06:45 AM

Try holding the pedal down for up to 30 seconds aftwards as c1apton said.

**POS_BMW** · 04-22-2006, 02:24 PM

doesnt this flood the engine with gas?

**xsperf** · 04-22-2006, 03:42 PM

wtf? no? you do it when the car is off

**sifiso** · 09-15-2012, 11:45 AM

What I did was to Press "Check Control (C/C)
" before switching to "on" and kept my finger there -Reading is Temperature.
Then switched to "on" whilst depressing the accelerator pedal;
Quickly Release C/C then re-Press, C/CReading changes to CHECK CONTROL OK
Pump Accelerator 4 times and release
Whilst still depressing the C/C button (Do not release it)
Then I got lines grouped in sequences of 1,2,3 and 4.
Wrote them down counting how many lines each series contained.
My reading is 1/3/4444444/2/1/4444/3/44/1/33/44 . What it means boggles my mind.But am still surfing for explanation.