[BC] BMWs

[engineermike]

Check with the dealer or better yet get a manual for your vehicle and it 
will tell you how to get the code without a machine.  Most cars use one 
of the lights on the dash and it will flash the numbers on at a time 
until you get the code.  This is triggered different ways.  One of my 
old cars used turning the key on and off 5 times and leave it on on the 
6th.  The check engine light would flash the code.
Good luck
Mike

Bernie Courtney wrote:
> Ya I know, but I'm anal with keeping things running in perfect shape on my
> vehicles.
> 
> I wanna get it in there so they can pull the code and see what its
> complaining about then decide if its something I want to fix myself or let
> them worry about.  My only gripe is that without spending a decent 
> amount of
> cash (more then I can justify in relation to how many times it would 
> take me
> going to the dealer, throwing the service mgr $10 to take the portable OBD
> computer out to the parking lot and pull the code) to get a reader or PC
> interface for myself.
> 
> b