BMW diagnostics

[tim0409]

After breaking down and being recovered home by the AA last week, I’ve spent the week trying to get to the bottom of the non starting issue (cranking but not firing) without any luck (and I am no pretty demoralised!). I now need to look into buying a diagnostic tool for my bike (2009 BMW XCountry 650) and wondered if anyone here could advise on what I should buy? I have an iPhone and perhaps the use of an android tablet to connect it to.

I had planned on selling the bike in the next month so I don’t want to spend a lot as I’m only going to use it once. I will struggle to get it to a local garage for diagnostics and then back again, so I was hoping to try and find the fault myself. Failing that I am considering parting the bike out as parts seem to be in demand but that would be both a hassle and a shame.

Thanks in advance.

[Biker9090]

The paid for version of motoscan app (circa £50) and a code reader "capable of reading long codes". From memory I used a Unicarscan 3000 something (£70 ish). The cheap ones generally won't work, however you don't need to but a GS911.

[garypotter]

i have seent hese come up for sale on the owners club, are you a memenr of any?

[tim0409]

Many thanks for the replies; after spending quite a bit of time on it I decide to speak to an ex-BMW tech and he gave me a few pointers and said that diagnostics on the 650 Xcountry are really limited so I might just preserve for a bit longer checking things. He has a 6 week wait for looking at it so hopefully I will solve it soon. The crank sensor has been mentioned a few times on the BMW forum as the likely cause.