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  1. BMW ECU Tuning and Standalone Tuning
    After doing some digging around it appears that cars with the EU2 DME the DISA has been disabled. Is this correct? Surely this means the low end torque is compromised. Could a remap correct this?
  2. BMW 3 Series Forum - Technical Talk on the BMW E46
    After months of Googling for definative answers as to why my car was so sluggish ,no accelleration at around 1800-2500rpm , and just generally struggling to overtake; I`ve blocked off the vacuum pipe to the EGR. WOW, what a change! It`s absolutely flying now. I had removed and thoroughly...
  3. General BMW Discussions
    Hi there, today I've took a look at my EGR if it isn't too messy and what have I found? The PO already blanked the EGR :D The exhaust pipe was correctly blanked, but from the EGR itself I have two little hoses coming, see pic.: What are they for? Why did the PO blanked the left one but not...
  4. BMW 3 Series Forum - Technical Talk on the BMW E46
    Hi all. Have owned a BMW 318Ci with the N42 engine for about a year. Shortly after taking ownership the engine started playing up. Started ok, warmed up ok and then began to misfire / hesitate as the engine revs climb through the 1800 - 2000 rpm mark. Above that all was ok. Get OBD codes...
  5. Auto Electrical Forum
    I'm new to the forum and BMW in general. I was an ASE certified mechanic years ago so I have a solid knowledge but I have a huge problem that I'm having trouble with my 2003 BMW Z4. Electrical nightmare. Windows, Roof, turn signal (dash indicator only) all don't work and the radio says...
  6. Car Audio, ICE, Car Alarms, Mobile Phones, I-Drive
    Hello, i have a radio disabled message on my BMW business CD radio, checked the kbus works great, replaced it with another bmw radio, the radio works great. Went to some shops to ask how much for the repair... (too expensive). They said that it's a bad IC problem, bmw radios have a tendency to...
  7. BMW 5 Series - Tech Talk For All Gen Of 5 Series
    My drivers seat release lever to move the seat forwards & backwards is broke. As I'm recovering from spinal surgery there's no chance I could attempt to take the seat off and would need someone to look & fix it for me. Any ideas on what the problem is, and roughly how many hours labour a...
  8. BMW Tuning Forum
    I got my remap done on my 320d lci and asked the tuner to disable the egr operation completely, but I want to check if this is indeed has been done, I have dis and inpa, is there a way I can check if it is disabled?
  9. Car Audio, ICE, Car Alarms, Mobile Phones, I-Drive
    Hi all, I changed the after market radio in my 2002 BMW E46 with a genuine Business CD player but I can't get it to work, the radio has power but the word Disabled is coming up when you switch it on, no buttons seem to be doing anything, am I missing something here, can anyone help please...
  10. BMW 3 Series Forum - Technical Talk on the BMW E46
    BMW sent me a recall letter to replace the faulty passenger airbag. I took the car in to get the airbag replaced. When the job was complete the sales guy told me that my passenger air is not connected and will not go off in an event of an accident. He told me they replaced the airbag but left it...
  11. BMW 3 Series Forum - Technical Talk on the BMW E21
    I decided some time ago to disable the EGR valve by removing the vac pipe which opens n closes the valve, car runs better etc. I was also told that doing this can clog up your DPF quite quickly. I was also told that my car doesn't have a DPF as my exhaust is pointing downwards towards the...
  12. Auto Electrical Forum
    Hi Folks, My wife's Z4 had been sitting idle for a number of weeks without being driven. Yesterday I went to start the car but it was completely dead. It was obvious the battery was dead because the starter was not even clicking and dash board was dead. I jump started the car as normal via the...
  13. Diagnostic Hardware and Software Discussion forum
    BC stalk retrofit. BMW DIS V55 programming / coding feature disabled hi all. just bought one of chinese made bmw gt1 tool of ebay to enable BC function on 316 e46 but programming feature on DIS v55 is not active to do that. any idea how to make it alive? or can be BC stalk programming done...
  14. Auto Electrical Forum
    hi i was having trouble with my bluetooth after i upgraded my HTC's software. This i think stopped the volume and phone e,t,c buttons on the left hand side of my steering wheel from working. So i tried the reset by disconnecting the negative terminal for 30mins. When i connected the negative...
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