Ettiene's 330i

[Slant]

Yeah, I regret selling my e46. One of the best chassis bmw made.

 

[osiris]

Pushed?????? is she not starting?

she looks new? raise:

 

[that_guy_Ettiene]

Pushed?????? is she not starting?

she looks new? raise:

No she is perfect, just don't want to start her up to reverse 4m into the garage.
Will take her out on Sunday for a longish drive to charge the battery and let the oil properly circulate and heat up.



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[Dewald Basson]

Pushed?????? is she not starting?

she looks new? raise:

No she is perfect, just don't want to start her up to reverse 4m into the garage.
Will take her out on Sunday for a longish drive to charge the battery and let the oil properly circulate and heat up.



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Garage Queen :tease:

 

[zizo911]

Wow! What a beauty. I've always loved the E46 model.

 

[that_guy_Ettiene]

Bee driving her to work and back the last week and she just ticked over to 222kkm.
Solid as a rock.

Btw, the temp showed 39,5 when I got home! Freaking heatwave is insane!

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[yush1]

Going strong. BTW, very hot day. :smilebounce:

 

[that_guy_Ettiene]

Just before my December break I decided it was again time for some preventative maintenance.

This time I decided its the DISA valve that will be changed.
Remove the old DISA (Noticed that the lower hex bolt is missing)

Old one was not in that bad of condition , usual seal that is no longer really a seal and the flap is starting to come loose.

Replaced the DISA valve with an OEM BMW one (read: expensive AF) but dealer had no stock of the missing hex bolt.

Car definitely felt more responsive, especially in the lower end of the rev range.

Drove around for a couple of days and pulling away from a stop sign felt a suddenly loss in power.
Instantly my hart sank..


Immediately plugged my OBD dongle in and gave me two codes.

1. P0014 and, (Intake Cam Positioning sensor)
2. P0015. (Exhaust CPS)

Luckily I had ordered both the sensors with my DISA valve as the where next on my list of preventative work to be done.

Replaced both sensor, Intake side was a bit of a PITA, and cleared the codes.

Battery was disconnected when the sensors was being replaced.

Day after went for a drive, this time with my OBD dongle connected already.
Within 2km the car threw out a error, this time only P0015.

Car has a slight "miss", "uneasy" idle and feels like a 1.8i under 3900rpm and then suddenly a huge jump in power after 4000rpm.

Can it point to a VANOS issue?


Ps. I think she is unhappy with me because I want to sell her in the near future, need a N54/N55 in my life!.

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[osiris]

did some searching and I found this:

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Seems like it could be your vanos solenoids on e46 it could be "Exhaust Camshaft Sensor Problems". but it could also be a few other things. I know this is an e90 but the error points to the same thing.