Swapping all the ecu's from a BMW?

[Shawn]

http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...1&postcount=44

This came up here and I'd like to dissect it further.
My question is, are all the various BMW ECU's the same plug fitment as the Rover?
Could I get a scrap 3 series the same as mine i.e. a diesel auto and swap every ECU?

[marinabrian]

Originally Posted by Shawn

http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...1&postcount=44

This came up here and I'd like to dissect it further.
My question is, are all the various BMW ECU's the same plug fitment as the Rover?
Could I get a scrap 3 series the same as mine i.e. a diesel auto and swap every ECU?

You can if you wish Shawn, but it won't start if you do

Some of the ECU's will plug in, but not all of them, and as an aside why would you want to do it anyway

Brian

[Shawn]

Originally Posted by marinabrian

You can if you wish Shawn, but it won't start if you do

Some of the ECU's will plug in, but not all of them, and as an aside why would you want to do it anyway

Brian

Purely because I'm so impressed with my BMW scanner it would be great if it had full BMW functionality.The fact that I can plug my little old windows 10 netbook into my car and adjust things is the stuff of science fiction for me.
That coupled with the key press sequence for an E46.

[t5tart]

Originally Posted by marinabrian

You can if you wish Shawn, but it won't start if you do

Some of the ECU's will plug in, but not all of them, and as an aside why would you want to do it anyway

Brian

because Rover ones are a rip off compared to BMW ones and you can get a BMW coder off fleabay?

I guess you could just buy a bmw and put a Rover shell on it ....

[Shawn]

Originally Posted by marinabrian

You can if you wish Shawn, but it won't start if you do

Brian

Is that something to do with the IPK?
Or the lockset transponder pickup?

[murphyv310]

Shawn.
Perhaps you might be able to get the BMW scanner to talk to the T4 software then you might be able to do everything you want, I'm no computer programmer though, its just a thought.

[The_irish_rover]

ImageUploadedByTapatalk1444118503.443274.jpg oh dear, please don't feed him!

[freddie]

JUst buy a BMW scrap the rover as you obviously dont like it as it is Not rocket science

[marinabrian]

Originally Posted by Shawn

Is that something to do with the IPK?
Or the lockset transponder pickup?

No, it's nothing like that Shawn, the engine is different, and the fuel delivery system totally different.

It would be easier to buy a BMW and start from there, INPA and PA Soft is readily available as you know, and will access all of the functions you wish to play with.

The way the modules are coded together on the 75 is similar, but full functionality of reading things like the body control unit using INPA or Ediabas simply isn't possible with off the peg software I'm afraid.

You can if you like if your car is fitted with a message centre IPK, manipulate the EEprom dump from the IPK to enable a digital speedometer, however make sure you back up the original eeprom dump first

Brian

[marinabrian]

Originally Posted by murphyv310

Shawn.
Perhaps you might be able to get the BMW scanner to talk to the T4 software then you might be able to do everything you want, I'm no computer programmer though, its just a thought.

I know somebody who has done exactly that Trev

So do you, but it's not for release to the public though

Brian