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RIGHT I NEED THE MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE BMW DUDE OUT THERE AS I HAVE HAD ZERO LUCK WITH THIS AND IM ABOUT TO SELL THE DAMN CAR BECAUSE OF IT!!!!:mad:mad:mad:mad:mad My main issue is on this thread which i have also had no luck with...

Long story short, I was changing the starter in my 316i (M43B19 engine) and since I as doing it from the top of the engine bay I was taking the upper and lower intake manifolds as well as disconnecting the various connectors. While doing that I found a connector that was just dangling around...

Bored earlier,so was cleaning engine bay and covers with baby wipes,as you do.so on right hand side of engine bay against bulk head,what is tank shaped container with black lid and torx screws.totally puzzled

I have a mysterious coolant loss, can anyone give some hints. Im using 2 litres every half hour. Main suspect is cylinder head gasket but no evidence of that. Last week I drove 900 miles from Manchester to Karlsruhr, southern German, with no problems and no top ups. Since getting here I have...

Hi I have a red wire running from front of car to boot, and its been there since ever since i've had the car so a previous owner has fitted it. Today i finally managed to get into the DME box as the screws were jammed (needed to get into box for another reason) and noticed the red wire is...

Hi all, I am trying to get to the bottom of a knocking sound that is coming from the centre of the dash/under the bonnet. Symptoms: At low speeds, such a starting from stop, or braking at slow speeds, I get a knocking sound from the centre of the dash. It doesn't seem to be bump related -...

Hi all, I need some help to diagnose this annoying knocking noise coming from the back left (passengers side) of my car! The story so far! (bare with me) So - started when i blew my passanger rear top mount, replaced both sides - popped again within 5miles! So i put the original driver side in...

does anybody know what this cable is? and where does it plug into? ( righthand arrow) and also what is the left hand arrow pointing at as this cable seems to be coming from there??????

hi all, was driving along today in my e46 323se auto saloon in the pissing rain and all of a sudden my window wipers stopped working?luckily was near a layby so just pulled in, thought i would check the fuses but all were ok, tried turning the engine off and back on, locking/unlocking the doors...

I'll apologise now for rambling on a bit, but I'll try to keep this short and direct. This is more an insight to a common issue and I'm sure it will help many people. Many of us, regardless of car make/model etc suffer from slight misfires, slightly off beat acceleration etc. In some cases it...