My 330d Current and future plans*** update page 12 ***

[Nikhil]

With being on leave yesterday and being bored out of my mind I decided to de cat the Diesel as it was long overdue. I came across some other minor issues which I will address soon, a bit of a boost leak on the charge pipe, rear diff mounts look a bit tired and so do the engine mounts. In the coming months I will be addressing the following.

Remove and clean intercooler
Egr delete and clean
Oil separator to be replaced
Swirl flap delete
Fix boost leak
Replace all rubber mountings , including all suspension mounts engine mounts gearbox mounts
Rear silencer delete:fencelook:

All in all I love this car and it brings me smiles every time I jump in and drive it:inlove:. I highly doubt I will do any performance mods to it in future as it already has an Ac Schnitzer chip.

 

[Kyle]

Mods are addictive :fencelook:

 

[Naruto]

:thumbs:

 

[Sabretooth tiger]

nice list, I would see to those swirl flaps and boost leak first tho

 

[Nikhil]

nice list, I would see to those swirl flaps and boost leak first tho

Most definitely:thumbs:

 

[Andy1GP]

Nice one Nikhil! also more pics of the car are in order

 

[herr bmw]

:thumbs::thumbs:

 

[sash]

looking good Nikhil, prevenatative maintenance FTW

 

[Nikhil]

Exactly that Sash! Chances are that I will keep the car till about 180 000 km so for the next 4 years but I want it to be perfect even when the new owner gets it in 4 years time lol.oh and big thanks to Andy who has been putting up with my questions over the last few months and sharing his wealth of Diesel knowledge with me. :thumbs:

 

[Rayzor]

Well done bro, take care of your ride and your ride will take care of you :thumbs:

 

[Nikhil]

Ok so a bit of an update, I ordered the front and rear diff bushings , rear sub frame mounts and gearbox mountings today, I inspected them last week and they are not broken however they look a bit fatigued so no harm in the fresh mountings My Cd player has hit a mid life crisis and decides to give me a random “Cd Error” every now and then so I’m contemplating replacing it with a double din unit soon. I was also meant to do the Egr delete and fix the boost leak this weekend however I was suffering with the flu so I will tackle that this coming weekend. :=):

 

[spawn616]

i to want to do the egr delete, but it looks like so many covers to remove:thumbdo:

but i have done decat,and swirl flap,and chip,must clean intercooler sometime...

 

[Nikhil]

i to want to do the egr delete, but it looks like so many covers to remove:thumbdo:

but i have done decat,and swirl flap,and chip,must clean intercooler sometime...

Lol i think removing swirl flaps is harder than the Egr delete:fencelook:

 

[spawn616]

never ever,the mani is just bolts,the egr is clips and tiny places to reach and blocking off coolant lines,fitting blanking plates,oh lordy,id rather rebuild my honda motor:roflol:

 

[Nikhil]

Ok an update I did the EGR delete today and I was really surprised on the condition of it for a car with 150 xxx kms on it. the delete was really easy to do with only 1 hex screw that was a b!#c%!!! causing me to use lots of colorful words. anyway pics below.
Step 1:remove top cover and locate egr

Step2: remove the hex bolts (allow +- 30 min to remove the one on the bottom right):bangdesk:



Step 3 : remove clamp



Step 4:remove egr and clean
not as much filth as I expected to see






after cleaning





Step 5:fit egr the exact same way you removed it and black off vacuum pipe



with my ocd issues about having an oem look I used some high heat trunking to cover up the vacuum pipe



up next will be the ocv change:=): thanks for reading

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oh and I used carb cleaner and steel wool to clean the insides and just wiped with a clean cloth.:thumbs:

 

[///Moose]

Nice work bud, I need to sort mine ASAP :thumbs:

 

[Nikhil]

Nice work bud, I need to sort mine ASAP :thumbs:

let me know when you want to do it, I dont mind helping:thumbs:

 

[mo_s]

just wondering..so if you do an egr delete will this stop soot from building up on the swirl flaps?... :fencelook:

 

[Nikhil]

just wondering..so if you do an egr delete will this stop soot from building up on the swirl flaps?... :fencelook:

i would imagine so as no more exhaust gasses will be passed into the intake:idea:

 

[mo_s]

just wondering..so if you do an egr delete will this stop soot from building up on the swirl flaps?... :fencelook:

i would imagine so as no more exhaust gasses will be passed into the intake:idea:

I should consider this egr delete, clean up swirl flaps and leave..as the E90's never suffered from flap swallowing and without the soot I don't think you will have a prob.. thanks for the share and pics :thumbs: