Check Engine Light

[PiercedE30]

I have a question about the check engine light.
I know that you put the key to the "ON" position, pump the accelerator 5 times, then the check engine light will display the code for it.
My question:
When I try to discern what the numbers are, ie. the number of times it blinks, it seems like it is blinking a 1444(?), but I don't know what this code is.....is there a special trick to being able to read the code?
Also, my computer needs to relearn the engine becuase I just put it all back together and got my battery recharged and the engine fired up on the first try, after building pressure up in the fuel lines of course.
Could it be that my computer just needs to relearn everything before it can actually throw a correct code or am I just nuts?

[PiercedE30]

Ok, google searched it:

Late 1980's systems. Motronic 1.3

The fault codes for these systems will appear on the check engine light when you turn the ignition key to the On position (but dont start it), then: fully depress the accelerator pedal, then fully release it. Repeat the depress,release cycle 5 times fairly quickly, but not too fast. It should be completed in a few seconds. What you are doing here is clicking the wide open throttle switch then the idle switch each 5 times. This signals the Motronic unit to send the fault codes by flashing the Check Engine light. You should see the light flash once then it will start flashing the 4 digit codes. If there are no faults, you should see the 1444 code (and 2444 if you have a 12 cylinder). The codes appear as a series of flashes for each digit. The flashes indicating one digit are about 1 second apart, the next digit appears after a couple second interval.

So there we have it.