OBDII e46 Socket Location

**house98** · 01-03-2008, 05:45 PM

Just to verify... are these the ONLY two locations for OBDII ?

Engine Compartment (Round)
Under Steering Wheel area (Rectangle)

?

If so, is there a round to rectangle converter -- I ask because I just got my OBDII scanner for use with Centrafuse, but where it's located will be in the way quite a bit -- was hoping for constant connectivity.

Thanks

(reference pix for obdii connection in '02 e46 325Ci -- Interior, Rectangle):

**michbound** · 01-03-2008, 11:16 PM

The one you are seeing should be the OBD II connector, typically I have only seen one connector per vehicle so I think the round one that you are seeing is most likely not an OBD II port, does this one have 16 pins??

Paul
www.obdpros.com

**house98** · 01-04-2008, 09:33 AM

Thanks Paul.

I'll check later tonight. There's supposedly one in the engine area for BMW diagnostics (from what I've read) -- but it just seems like there would be another more tucked-away version that I could drive around with and not worry about kicking out of socket.

:-)

Maybe if they make a slimed-down 'right-angle' version that I could keep closer to the under-belly of that area vs. the 3" mass...