house98

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

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

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...