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  1. BMW 5 Series - Tech Talk For All Gen Of 5 Series
    Hi all. Have a pretty minor issue with my 09 523i. On startup idle is a bit 'missy' but usually settles down after ten seconds. Occasionally, and literally happened 3 or 4 times in my 9 months of ownership, a smooth idle will suddenly drop down to near stalling but recover quickly. Very minor I...
  2. BMW 3 Series - Tech Talk For All Gen Of 3 Series
    Hi i have just got myself a new car and i started it before from cold to a tapping/ticking noise it was making a strange one yesterday after it was hot but i thought nothing of it till this before any help would be appreciated thanks https://youtu.be/M3GOevzaqHM
  3. BMW 3 Series Forum - Technical Talk on the BMW E46
    Hi guys, new to the forum here, living in Ireland, and definitely enjoying my first BMW. I have a slight rattle on startup with my car, just there for a moment and then gone, literally two seconds. It has been suggested to me that the cam chain tensioner might need to be replaced (I can do it...
  4. BMW 3 Series Forum - Technical Talk on the BMW E46
    Greetings once again, It seems the problems with this car will never end... Now there's this new noise every time I start the car, be it hot or cold (even right after shutting it off and restarting). Exactly at the moment the engine fires up, there's a single thud that can be felt in the...
  5. Auto Electrical Forum
    Hi guys bought a 535d e60, problem I'm facing is that the fan turns on 5 seconds after I start the car really loudly even on cold start. Next day i see the car has gone into limp mode. I checked the coolant its fine, did a diagnostic check with inpa and Rheingold seems fine apart from a few glow...
  6. General BMW Discussions
    Hi All This is my first post - apart from an introductory one. I have recently bought a 2005 E46 330d and am pretty happy with it, however the engine seems to be very slow turning over on the starter, hot or cold. My concern is that come winter, it will be even worse and may not fire up. It...
  7. Auto Electrical Forum
    Hi guys I need ur help...My car started causing problems few days ago....it was like the starter motor was not turning over....after many attempts it did start and was working normally.. Then it happened again and this time it wouldn't start...So got the starter motor changed and it was...
  8. BMW 3 Series - Tech Talk For All Gen Of 3 Series
    Hi, just wondered how difficult the job of changing upper and lower chain tensioners.I have 130,000 miles on clock.Just changed idler/tensioner and waterpump.No problems there, but get a slight but annoying rattle on startup.Runs sweet as a nut though.Oil and filter changed regularily.I am not...
  9. BMW 3 Series - Tech Talk For All Gen Of 3 Series
    Hi, As the title suggests, in a nutshell that's it. In a little more detail, I have recently bought the car. When I viewed it the engine was slightly warm (not hot) and there was no smoke at all. I notice from cold start in the morning there is a lot of blue smoke and slightly low/lumpy idle...
  10. General BMW Discussions
    Ive got a 330d e46 2005, when starting in the morning when cold it starts fine no missfire but theres an ever so faint metalic knocking-taping sound and it goes away after 5-10 mins of ideling, i only hear it as i sit by my front door when its running. Is this normal or what? Ive had a...
  11. BMW 1 Series - Tech Talk For All Gen Of 1 Series
    Hi all my series 1 120d m sport 2006 reg has done 56,000mls soon as the cold weather starts like this week when i first start the car i get a puff of smoke this happen last winter come the warmer weather it stops i have been told that it is soot but why no soot in the warm weather.My question is...
  12. BMW 3 Series Forum - Technical Talk on the BMW E46
    Hello everybody!

I have done some searching in regards to an issue I have with my 2002 e46 320CL SE and have had no luck. Basically I drove 1.5 hours with no issues on the weekend. When I went to leave the destination, the car started fine though one or two cylinders were not firing, the engine...
  13. Auto Electrical Forum
    Recently purchased a 1 series and have noticed 7-8 high pitched beeps just after it starts? Not happening when starting with start stop function, no warnings showing at all on display. Any ideas?
  14. BMW 3 Series Forum - Technical Talk on the BMW E46
    started the car this afternoon and it was miss firering. it was not running right at all. I gave it a couple of blips of the throttle and it was perfect. A little bit of smoke was ejected from the exhaust but was gone when the car was back to running correctly? never has this happened before...
  15. BMW 3 Series Forum - Technical Talk on the BMW E46
    Posted about this a few weeks ago, the noise was annoying me so i decided to have the timing chain tensioner replaced. It did nothing to quieten down the noise. It comes when i start the car and when the car gets hot i can hear it - like a tractor under my bonnet. Any ideas anyone? Video...
  16. BMW 3 Series Forum - Technical Talk on the BMW E46
    Hello all, I've had my 316 TI ES (04 plate) for some time now. all was well when i first got it but now when i start it up it makes an awful sound, a little like a truck starting up. Its petrol not diesel. This noise goes away but when the car gets hot it comes back. It can only be described as...
  17. BMW 3 Series Forum - Technical Talk on the BMW E46
    hi so I just got rid of my e36 and bought my mates mint 51 316i e46 saloon, as it was going for a steal. the car only has one fault. his gf overheated the engine a while ago so he had to replace it, he replaced it with a same engine but with less miles. (original 118k new one 74k) but he said...
  18. BMW 3 Series - Tech Talk For All Gen Of 3 Series
    Hi all, since driving on the motorway 2 months ago the car takes longer to startup from cold start in the mornings. Usually it started straight away (1 sec), but now it takes longer (3-4 secs). The car has been fully serviced (plug, filters, oil etc) and I was hoping this would resolve the...
  19. BMW X Series - Tech Talk For All Gen Of X Series
    hi, just joined the forum and probably for the wrong reasons. im having trouble with my X5 3.0d smoking on startup. what im hoping is that someone will pop up and say they had the same problem and what the solution is. so here are the symptoms, blue smoke after a period of 2/3 hours of the car...
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