P38 alarm and immobilizer problems

Datatek · Wednesday at 09:28

feyniriel said:
Thanks for your reply! Does the power need to be on (key in 2nd position in the ignition and battery connected) while it's getting towed, to be able to have the transfer case in neutral with the fuse?

Best to have the battery connected for the brakes and suspension to work and the key in position 2 to unlock the steering. Good luck getting it fixed at an LR garage, I suspect it will cost you more then a Nanocom and still not be fixed.

feyniriel · Wednesday at 09:28

Also, any idea how long it might take for the Nanocom to arrive in EU? We're in Romania, stranded without a car so I hope it would arrive soonish, if that would really fix the problem. Is it the Nanocom P38 diesel kit that I need?

feyniriel · Wednesday at 09:30

Datatek said:
Best to have the battery connected for the brakes and suspension to work and the key in position 2 to unlock the steering. Good luck getting it fixed at an LR garage, I suspect it will cost you more then a Nanocom and still not be fixed.

Yeah from what we have gathered it does seem like Nanocom is the cheaper option in the long run. We have to tow it today because the car broke down in the city and we have to tow it back home, not the workshop yet...

Datatek · Wednesday at 09:31

feyniriel said:
Also, any idea how long it might take for the Nanocom to arrive in EU? We're in Romania, stranded without a car so I hope it would arrive soonish, if that would really fix the problem. Is it the Nanocom P38 diesel kit that I need?

No Idea about post to Romania but it comes from within the EU, Cyprus, about a week to the UK I think.
Yes the version for the P38 diesel. You can add other vehicle types later if you wish.

Datatek · Wednesday at 09:34

feyniriel said:
Yeah from what we have gathered it does seem like Nanocom is the cheaper option in the long run. We have to tow it today because the car broke down in the city and we have to tow it back home, not the workshop yet...

If you tow it out of the city, it's just possible things may change as RF interference from WiFi and other wireless devices can cause problems. Out of town try starting it again.

feyniriel · Wednesday at 09:55

Datatek said:
If you tow it out of the city, it's just possible things may change as RF interference from WiFi and other wireless devices can cause problems. Out of town try starting it again.

Will try, thank you very much!

Grrrrrr · Wednesday at 11:53

Datatek said:
BMW INPAR works on a P38? Not heard of that before.

Yes, Stuart got it working a few years back.

Grrrrrr · Wednesday at 11:54

feyniriel said:
Thanks for your reply! Does the power need to be on (key in 2nd position in the ignition and battery connected) while it's getting towed, to be able to have the transfer case in neutral with the fuse?

Transfer box in neutral using the fuse if towing.

pwood999 · Wednesday at 12:28

In case it helps, here's the Nanocom guide for EDC. There's a good explaination of how the immobilisation work on page-4.

If BECM is out of sync with EDC, then you need to read the value in tghe EDC ECU, and update the BECM with correct code !!

feyniriel · Wednesday at 12:36

pwood999 said:
In case it helps, here's the Nanocom guide for EDC. There's a good explaination of how the immobilisation work on page-4.

If BECM is out of sync with EDC, then you need to read the value in tghe EDC ECU, and update the BECM with correct code !!

Thanks!

Datatek · Wednesday at 16:48

Grrrrrr said:
Yes, Stuart got it working a few years back.

You sure it was on a P38 not his L322? @stuu

Grrrrrr · Thursday at 10:03

Datatek said:
You sure it was on a P38 not his L322? @stuu

Think he did it on both. Sure someone got it to talk to the diesel P38 on here.

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