When moving off from a stop sometimes my car will shudder/kangaroo/ give no throttle response, until I sit on accelerator for 3-6 seconds sometimes longer then it will seem to catch and rev up like normal and continue to drive, all faults point to egr but wanted to make sure I'm not pissing in...
BMW 3 Series Forum - Technical Talk on the BMW E46
Hello,members of the E46 team,
I have a question about the turbo of this model ,which i haven't seen a straight answer to it. My question is: at how many RPM should the turbo "kick in" ?Some people say that it should kick in at about 1800-2000,some say that this model's turbo kicks in at about...
Hi All,
basically i bought my 330i a couple of months ago, when I bought it it was advertised on auto trader as having 272 horsepower. i have seen mixed info everywhere about how much horsepower the N52 engine outputs but I have found nothing specific which proves it is 272hp. My previous car...
Hi,
Some of you have seen me on here with some crazy/stupid posts that I have made....
well now I am facing a bigger problem...
I think the clutch life is over :C
yesterday, I was driving my car and it was raining and I presses the gas pedal to metal, then I changed gear from 2nd to 3rd...
BMW 3 Series Forum - Technical Talk on the BMW E46
Hello all,
A smokey, diesel stink has just popped up from the engine bay, reminiscent of my fuel return pipe leaks on the injectors. Took a look yesterday removing the front engine cover and found a pulsing, spraying leak on the upper left driver's side front of the engine but the injectors are...
Hello everyone, this is my first post in this forum after i purchased my first bmw. It is a late 2009 320d e90 facelift. It has 177 Hp.it is still being transported from switzerland, so for more days i have some questions for the ones that have already experience with e90. Some of my friends...
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I have a problem with my new bought 535d non-LCI 2005. The car takes more with 2 l that it supposed to. I cannot drop the fuel consumption below 9.5 on highaway (100 km/h - 120 km/h soft drive ). Average fuel consumption is about 12.
What i have done:
1) Check for errors , everything is...
Hello!
Long story short - the car seemed a little bit down on power so I decided to check its operational parameters. Results are following: acceleration 0-100 km/h: 10.2 s whereas for new car it's 7.7 s. Logfile (attached to this post) showed that turbo spool-up differs from target value and...
BMW 3 Series Forum - Technical Talk on the BMW E46
Hi guys
I have a mate who recently called saying that his 320d smelt of diesel under the bonnet and the engine vibrated.
On closer inspection and after driving the car it seems that there is a diesel leak on the pump side of the engine.
Diesel is dripping off the bottom of the alternator onto...
Anyone experienced tank level sensors problems ?
Any solution for this?
The tank level is zero and the BC is showing nothing.
Thank you.
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Hello guys!
My friend have 2 problems with his BMW 5 series. He just bought it.
Issue 1.
There is no boost whatsoever. There is a sound coming from the electronic on the
turbo when engine is off!
Check the sound here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2lb0N7De4U
Issue 2.
Idrive ccc pro unit...
First of all excuse me im new to the whole forum thing but i have a 320d 2007 model which when bought the car was listes as a 320 m sport model 177 but when you open the hood i see an m47 which is the 163 hp model
with BMC air filter, defap and EGR deleted.
I know I'll have to take care of the gearbox, but the results are amazing... 80 to 140 km/h (50 to 87 miles) in 4,16 sec. Stock was above 6 seconds....
BMW 3 Series Forum - Technical Talk on the BMW E46
Hi guys, i want to know if the car can have problems(especially the turbo), if i totally removed oil separator.
On my car is the old vortex roll type which is blocking really fast.
As i know, i can't put on my car the new type(without filter), because case doesnt fit.
Well, i`m running without...
BMW 3 Series Forum - Technical Talk on the BMW E46
Hi guys, i know i was missing some time from this forum, too much work :)
These days i replaced flywheel (dualmass Luk) and new cluch kit on my 320d 136 hp car.
Everything works nice, no vibrations, gear shifting is good but something is not clear for me.
When i press now the clutch, i can press...
Hey!
Already I was looking everywhere but can not find.
2001-2002 BMW E46 320d 136 hp and 150 ph.
Can you help me? everywhere only petrol manual. :confused
Thank you very much!
2003 E46 320dse tourer,Stage 1 re-map 150HP to 205 Hp is it worth doing?
Hi All,
I'm looking at getting my E46 re-mapped, however although the company I'm looking at to do the job state without doubt it's worth doing,and I will definitely feel the difference straight away; I'm a little...
A friend of mine build this S54 3.2L Turbo powered E30 this winter. Dynoed it in a Dynapack to 1060 whp & 1130 wNM ( 833 lbs ? ) at 29PSI on E85 fuel. On the base of it beeing one of the most crazy powered (and drivable ) E30s in the world with this power, it though it was worthy your commnitys...