[jungle91]

Hello all.

I have just joined the E91 club after 10 years of various e46's current one is touring 320d but i had a 330ci before. I have now bought an e91 320d manual and am already learning after 24 hours i have work to do on my 2011 car.

Reverse gear jumps out or crunches. I believe this is a syncro issue.

The body work needs some love various scratches. This is an ES so i think I may want M-sport bumpers. are there any other M sport parts that are worth getting? i assume suspension.

What cable would be recommended for proper DIAG in the UK. I use torque and a bluetooth OBDII interface but its limited only to certain error codes (i have none currently ) Is INPA what i need for parts and coding etc? i can run win xp etc if required.

sorry if any of this is i have looked around and have a fair bit of info but asking fresh never hurts.

[dakine_surf]

Nice! Welcome to the Shooting-Brake club... well I guess since you have a e46 touring, you've already been in the Long Roof club, but glad to see another e91 being taken care of... What color combination?

Body wise, the M-Sport stuff looks great, but I would go for suspension and wheels and tires first. Coilovers are really your best bet to dial everything in nicely and have some adjustments. I hear good things from Bilstein B8's and H&R or eibach springs if you don't want to got the full coilover route.

As far as diagnostics go, I would look into either the Carly or bimmergeeks apps, which should work with your Wifi/Bluetooth OBDII dongle or you can buy the PC version and a cable. These should give you more BMW specific Diagnostics as well as allow you to code the different modules and options to your car.

[jungle91]

Thanks!

Its black is as much as I can say, the interior is grey cloth which I plan to update to black leather IF i keep it I still really want a 335 manual e91 but they are so rare in the UK I may be taking a good year to find one.

I have my wheels from the 46 that I am putting on it has 19s currently they are not in great shape, but my replacements are 18" X3 wheels. freshly restored. diamond cut and dipped.

Carly does seem a good way to go I guess I have to buy the proper adaptor.

new wheel caps and bolts on order!

[ctuna]

https://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/at...9&d=1539905743

bimmergeeks cable and downloads.
If you want a phone app bimmergeeks pro tool
Ista and Inpa is a more pro setup though.
Also diesel knowledge may be limited on this forum.
Limited diesels in the US and no 4 cylinders for the
e90 chassis here. There is some UK sub forums here though.

diagnostic manual ista/inpa
https://bimmerprofs.com/diagnostics-inpa-part-1/
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...xo19teM9vkTF-C
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...7x8H3pN8h1fMuF
https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/s...-P-actually-do

http://www.e90post.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=16

You might try some redline d4 or d6 in your transmission as
a first attempt to smooth it out. See redline oil site.

[dakine_surf]

Originally Posted by jungle91

Thanks!

Carly does seem a good way to go I guess I have to buy the proper adaptor.

You should be able to use the OBDII that you use with Torque... I have a ELM 327 and it works with Carly. Carly is also free if you just want to check codes... any coding of the modules requires a licenses for both the Bimmerworks or Carly.

The Bimmerworks cable and INPA/ISTA is probably the best solution, less issues loosing connections... although Carly does seem pretty good, not sure if it is honestly worth $60 a year though.

[nsjames]

if I were in the market again for stuff, I'd buy the bimmergeeks stuff over the carly.

especially since carly is now a yearly subscription.

if reverse gear pops out after it's already been fully engaged, not a synchro issue. Synchros only do work when meshing gears.

more likely a bearing or linkage issue, with linkage being most likely.