Project E46 330i Touring

[evnmopwr]

I need to do something similar...apparently the remote antenna is in the rear hatch and is routed thru those wires as well...My remote has completely stopped working and also had the glass hatch popped open randomly (it has stopped now tho), but only when the car was unlocked, thankfully/weirdly.

Just seems like such a catastrophically fiddly and boring job, cant find the motivation to sort it out

yeah the antenna lives under the Spoiler. Thats Easy to get to.
The crap about repairing this Wiring is:

1. you have to CUT OPEN a part thats NLA
2. you need Stick fingers to beable to repair the wires properly and nicely.

Good luck with the Fix man.
im going to find a good pair of grommets and im going to get an auto Elec friend of mine make me a repair kit.

These are the Repair kits available, With courier, Comes to +-R4000 delivered. :|

This is the VEMO Repair Kit
RIght rear - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/162471168303
Left Rear - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/372234515621

Schmiedmann Repair Kit
Right Rear - https://www.schmiedmann.com/en/bmw-E46/1955603-new?product=SCM2016046-2TN
Left Rear - https://www.schmiedmann.com/en/bmw-E46/1955602-new?product=SCM2016046-1T

But will see what i end up doing

 

[evnmopwr]

Got home Safely last night, Coolant temps did not breach 99deg.
When i got home i done 2 tests.

1. I pulled Lower coolant hose temp sensor
- Expected result : The DME supposed to activate the fan at Full blast as a failSafe
- Outcome : The fan did nothing. Did not spin or try to spin

2. I pulled the Pressure switch plug on the AC Dryer
- Expected result : The DME supposed to activate the fan at Full blast as a failSafe
- Outcome : The fan did nothing. Did not spin or try to spin

so i Knew now for sure that the fan was not getting the HighSpeed Signal from DME.
It only spun at like a low/moderate speed. But Never HighSpeed.

Since BMW wants exactly "R8548.07"incl VAT, for a new fan, i started hunting for a Second hand Original BOSCH one.

Everyone i contacted did not have. :|
And of all the millions of E46 parts cars i had, I have no idea why i never kept atleast 1 for myself as a spare.

March 2027, im going to bite the bullet and by the OEM fan from BMW. so its on Spare parts list for 2027.

For now, I needed a replacement fan to get the car going.

Called masterparts to see what brands they had instock
Thermacool - R2800
- Price and unknown name is a No Go for me.

Called Diesel Electric
Mahle - R5200
- I wanted to Buy this one as Mahle is the OE Manufacturer for these but if im spending 5k+, i might aswell buy the BMW bosch one.
- So i passed on this

GoldWagen
VIKA - R3200
- Done some research on this brand in the past and Just no thank you.

Tier 1 quality brands, in the budget range is either Mahle, Febi or CoolXpert.

I went on Goldwagens website partsfinder and i saw alternative Fan FEBI brand.
PartNumber: 31220B
E46fanantics mentioned it needs to say "Germany" on the label then its a German made product and not repackaged Chinese nonesense.

I messaged a contact of mine at GW and he Mentioned there is only 1 in CPT at the Strand branch.
and he confirmed its Germany labelled product.
Price - R3850 and i managed to get a decent discount on the item

Got delivered to me ( Thanks GW WoodStock for getting it from Strand for me, And then delivering it to my home )



installed The Fan and Repeated the 2 tests
1. I pulled Lower coolant hose temp sensor
- Expected result : The DME supposed to activate the fan at Full blast as a failSafe
- Outcome : The fan only spun at like 20%. (Worried)
- Remembered there is no AC gas in the system so the Pressure sensor would be reading Zero pressure.
- This explains why it only spun 20% and not Full blast.

2. I pulled the Pressure switch plug on the AC Dryer
- Expected result : The DME supposed to activate the fan at Full blast as a failSafe
- Outcome : The fan spun up to 100% full blast

Trek this morning to work in moderate traffic and happy to report, Temps remained between 93deg - 97deg.
it touched 98deg once at the Bellville Taxi rank robots thanks to those Clowns blocking the intersection but It immediately dropped to 93deg.

And the Spare parts list Keeps growing.

 

[evnmopwr]

Old bmws I tell you.... The gift that keeps on giving....
Key fob stopped working. Would not lock and unlock.

I changed the battery and it did nothing.
I tried pairing the key and it done nothing.

Noticed the "clown nose" light on rearview mirror would not activate once i locked with the key.
So figured it must be wiring again. :|

Last time i fixed the rear left for the microswitch wiring.
now it seems the OLD repair on rear right decided to play up.

I ended up cutting the Entire rear right rubber boot off out of frustration and could not find the break in wires.
2 wires go to the FZV antenna. I ended up cutting them and putting New extention wire.. ( Red/Purple which is the 12V wire and the White wire which i cannot remember what it is )
Key still would not work.

Seems When the GM5 module Loses comms with the FZV antenna for a certain period of time, it apparently drops whatever Key it has registered.
I ended up having to Pair the key again and thankfully it worked.

Month end i Will be ordering the schmiedminn Repair kits for this as it looks so ugly wrapped up in Insulation tape

 

[Benji]

I never use my glass hatch opening, but recently have had to use it extensively, and guess what? My remote works now...so I definitely have a similar issue to yours, mine just seems to be self healing

 

[evnmopwr]

I never use my glass hatch opening, but recently have had to use it extensively, and guess what? My remote works now...so I definitely have a similar issue to yours, mine just seems to be self healing

And mine seems to love self-harm. LOL

feels strange when remote does not work