AUX fan woes

[wpoll]

As you have likely found, the Aux fan can be activated under the engine/DDE module (in the activate menu) but you need to make sure you have selected the correct DDE variant (or you might get the script errors you are seeing).

I cannot quite remember what the correct module is labeleed in INPA - my '05 uses the DDE5.0 module, so I'm guessing you '06 is the same.

If you think INPA is a bag of monkeys, wait until you try DIS..!!

Actually, I find INPA to be very relaiable, as is DIS (once I got it going that is).

[wpoll]

Oh, and I forgot... if you have not yet cleared the DDE errors, do so first. It's possible that if the DDE has a fault code for the aux fan, it will not activate it. Your error message reads "ERROR RELAY ADDITIONAL FAN" so it seems likley the DDE has a fault code for the Aux fan and therefore returns the listed error.

[UPGrayd]

Silly me I had completely forgotten google translate exists....Its been a long day lol.

I had already gone through and cleared all errors from all modules I can access before trying to activate the fan as I also have an annoying 4x4 light that has popped up in the last week that has my attention.

I'm also finding inpa less frustrating the more I play with it and figure out how it seems to like things to be done.

However when I go through engine I cant actually access it through what I thought mine should be (M57 TÜ)...I have to go through M57 new and get a few version mismatching warnings before getting in....

Is there an optimal version of INPA to be using for our cars? I'm literally just using what was recommended by the company that sold me my cable.

[wpoll]

Originally Posted by UPGrayd

Silly me I had completely forgotten google translate exists....Its been a long day lol.

I had already gone through and cleared all errors from all modules I can access before trying to activate the fan as I also have an annoying 4x4 light that has popped up in the last week that has my attention.

I'm also finding inpa less frustrating the more I play with it and figure out how it seems to like things to be done.

However when I go through engine I cant actually access it through what I thought mine should be (M57 TÜ)...I have to go through M57 new and get a few version mismatching warnings before getting in....

Is there an optimal version of INPA to be using for our cars? I'm literally just using what was recommended by the company that sold me my cable.

My INPA is the same - it spits up a few language mismatch errors before delivering the results (in German). I figure that this can be sorted if I spent more chunks of my life trying to sort it but I enjoy translating the results!

While it seems that our M57TUD30 engines would be listed as the M57TÜ, I think the M57TÜ option uses DDE6.0 and it certainly doesn't work on my '05. Try the previous DDE option (related to DDE5.0) - works in my case. I think it's labelled as "DDE 5.0 for M57 new" but it varies from INPA version to version and between language variants.

Having said all that, it does seem like the aux fan is faulty...

[UPGrayd]

Originally Posted by wpoll

My INPA is the same - it spits up a few language mismatch errors before delivering the results (in German). I figure that this can be sorted if I spent more chunks of my life trying to sort it but I enjoy translating the results!

While it seems that our M57TUD30 engines would be listed as the M57TÜ, I think the M57TÜ option uses DDE6.0 and it certainly doesn't work on my '05. Try the previous DDE option (related to DDE5.0) - works in my case. I think it's labelled as "DDE 5.0 for M57 new" but it varies from INPA version to version and between language variants.

Having said all that, it does seem like the aux fan is faulty...

Yes its "DDE 5.0 for M57 new" that works for me. I get a few version mismatch errors and warnings of possible malfunction but then I'm able to get in.

From the looks of things I'll just order a new fan. Now to figure out this 4x4 light....cleared everything..got it to go away...drove a few hundreds meters..it was fine...took a right turn..it came back on again with a dsc/4x4 inactive message...now I cant get it to clear again....All the data from the SAS appears to be showing fine in inpa and the yaw sensor seems to be a fairly common problem for the symptoms....so ill look further into that i guess.

[EODguy]

I don't want to sound like a company representative but.... buy a Foxwell NT-510 or NT-520 and be done with the headaches. It will even code replacement modules but not do all the super coding some people want.

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[UPGrayd]

Originally Posted by EODguy

I don't want to sound like a company representative but....

Bahahaha I get where you are coming from for sure, I'll probably pop one on order in the next couple of weeks.

[UPGrayd]

update: went for a drive...4x4 light immediately went away..didnt come back after driving for an hour ...

[andrewwynn]

Quite a lot of thinks can trip 4x4 light many of which you can reset. I get trifecta about once a year from a wearing steering angle sensor.

Resetting an error causing trifecta won’t clear the error until you drive a bit. Did you capture the errors you cleared (I usually take pic with my phone).

+1 on foxwell 5xx. It’s not ∞ easier but it rounds.

[upallnight]

Originally Posted by UPGrayd

Yes its "DDE 5.0 for M57 new" that works for me. I get a few version mismatch errors and warnings of possible malfunction but then I'm able to get in.

From the looks of things I'll just order a new fan. Now to figure out this 4x4 light....cleared everything..got it to go away...drove a few hundreds meters..it was fine...took a right turn..it came back on again with a dsc/4x4 inactive message...now I cant get it to clear again....All the data from the SAS appears to be showing fine in inpa and the yaw sensor seems to be a fairly common problem for the symptoms....so ill look further into that i guess.

Can you explain "from the look of thing". Did you get an error code for an inoperative aux fan or were you not able to activate the fan through INPA?