I've tried google and not come up with anything. Going off track a bit saint,have you tried the manual debug function on all comms? Or do you know anything about it? I can't find any info on rsw website?

Just to add its my 2003

My all comms is giving me an auxiliary input fuse defective message, anyone any idea what this is? I didn't think there was an auxiliary input?

I've put a fully charged battery on this morning and still got electrical gremlins, the only fault registered by all comms is lcm error message in the instrument pack which cleared but didn't resolve anything. I'm contemplating getting diagnostics read at the stealers , although a local garage...

I see, I'll check it with lights on in morning

? Forgive me , but how will that tell me what state the alternator is in?

The battery is only 6 months old, so I guess the alternator is on its way out??

Today I had a recurance of my electrical problems, so I tested the battery with the engine running at 3000rpm I'm reading around 13.9 this seems low to me? What should I be reading and would this voltage give me significant problems?

Most likely culprit is the main radiator as the bottom gets clogged up with crap and its the bottom 6 rows that feed the oil cooler. It can't be flushed out as the bottom hose is higher up the rad

They do turn up on flea bay for around £50 from time to time

Try the guys at xoutpost.com there's a dedicated forum to the BMW sat nav system, some of them know the system inside out

I drilled a couple if holes in my spanner and bolted an 18 inch length of flat bar too it for extra leverage

Re viscose fan removal. Saint has a nice diagram of the tool you need . I made one myself from it , works a treat . I'm sure he will send you it if you ask nicely!

Ok, thanks for trying saint, strange you don't get a key in message when it's in! Like you say our 'settings' might be differant

mmm maybe one of you kind fellows could help eliminate one? as the transponder coil works by proximity (20mm i believe) if you turn off the vehicle and withdraw the key but rest it on top of the barrel then open the drivers door, if it is the transponder coil that gives the key in ignition...

Yer , no problem. Just send me a pm next time you're in Hull. Weekends are best as I work away during the week

Good question! I've never tried moving mine manually since turning it off! I'll try it tommorow and let you know

Yer, you would think so! I'm a bit OCD though! No dust allowed in the motor! :)

My ignition lock doesn't have a shutter, u don't know if this is normal for the l322? Or if there's one lower down?

as an update to my thread. i finally managed to clear all the faults after several battery disconections and hard resets and now may have the answer to problems, im getting an occasional 'key in ignition' message after i have turned off and removed the key. now if the vehicle thinks the key is...