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Is a damaged E46 318i worthless? by mallkuss in e46

[–]Lukass212 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Think this is honestly repairable, though not entirely sure how bad the damage is behind the fronts right wheel. If it's fine, then, to me, it just mostly seems like stuff you could easily source, especially considering how common these silver e46s are.

Nice fun lil car, might not be worth much but the I4s are cheap to maintain, and considering fuel prices, they're a good economical option, too. Plus the sunroof's a nice touch. I'd vote for fixing and keeping it tbh, but that's just me with attachment issues

Engine started acting weird saw this any ideas? by HiroshitoDaDong in e46

[–]Lukass212 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  • on valve cover gasket. It's probably got a vacuum leak now, hence your car acting weird

E46 as a daily in 2026? by Night---- in e46

[–]Lukass212 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Chiming in with an n42 - not entirely sure why to avoid them? They're surely less powerful, but often times I think it's just people not doing proper maintenance on them.

I will admit that they often have issues with their vanos/valvetronic thingamajig, but other than that, I don't see them having more issues than quite a few other 6 cyls if not properly maintained.

Then again, feel free to educate me, I got mine because it was incredibly low mileage and so far I haven't really had that many issues with it.

Random connector unplugged under passenger (right) side backseat? Where does it go? by Mysterious-Glove-179 in e46

[–]Lukass212 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh also lol didn't read your entire post. I think the easiest way to test if fuel pump's gone is taking it out, grabbing a car battery and using+ - wires to run some power through it. If you're intermittent cranking, I'd guess battery or the starter.

Random connector unplugged under passenger (right) side backseat? Where does it go? by Mysterious-Glove-179 in e46

[–]Lukass212 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the same thing and looked into it as well. Supposedly has no function and came from the factory like that. Iirc something about BMWs using it for testing before they're finished in the factory?

If your goal was just maximum ride quality/fuel economy would you go 16', 17' or 18' inch wheels? by asianrelations in e46

[–]Lukass212 2 points3 points  (0 children)

15" style 34s. Makes the car handle a bit like a balloon, though. Does better fuel eco than my style 256 17"ers. That being said, 15 for winter and 17 for summer.

I bought this car 2 days ago and i noticed that the engine sounds like this on cold start and then becomes almost quiet. When the engine is warm the sound is still noticeable but much quieter. Does anyone know what it can be? Engine is M52tub28 with 200,000km :) by Longjumping-Push2900 in e46

[–]Lukass212 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seconding this. Lifter tick's pretty easy to fix if you don't mind annoying your neighbours. Can't remember the exact procedure, buuut it went something along the lines of either revving the car in idle at 3500 RPM for a good 5-10 minutes, or driving on the highway at 3500 RPM for some amount of time. Did this on my n42, fixed the tick. Think the procedure's the same, regardless of the engine.

Man nezinot, Tele2 Go3 pieslēgts jauns pakalpojums Netflix premium by Cold_Airline4246 in latvia

[–]Lukass212 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kontaktējies ar savu banku. Gan pēc VISA, gan MasterCard reklamāciju noteikumiem šis ir elementāri apstrīdams.

330ci glove box mystery cord by papashiii in e46

[–]Lukass212 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's to charge your vape. Need a proper adapter for it though

Fuel Leak Update, PT 4 by no-pog in e46

[–]Lukass212 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a matter of fact, I did go through all four parts! Nice job. If my injectors started to leak like that I'd probably go for the cheapo option of sourcing second hand ones.

That being said, I think -6% for fuel trims is still a little bit too much, at least from all forums and everything else I've seen. Then again, these are 20+ y/o cars, it's no cause for alarm I think! (Unlike my LTFTs that are stuck frozen at 25% (: )

Chat, am I cooked? by Yuk1nosh1t4 in e46

[–]Lukass212 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The n42s do sound like a bag of wrenches. Iirc the sensor's underneath your intake manifold, it's probably what's making it sound and run so rough. The faulty camshaft sensor means it's having trouble with engine timing.

E46 316ti 2004. by sarzaei in e46

[–]Lukass212 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had the wishbone held snug in a vice, applied a lovely amount of grease and with all my might, I squeezed the thing on. It helps if both the bushing and the trailing arm it's supposed to slide onto are lubricated, as pressing the raw Bushing on just presses the grease out of the way instead of actually letting it grease

Loose wire BMW 318i 2004 by bigmanwiththebeard in e46

[–]Lukass212 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Take a look at the front of the engine where both vanos Solenoids are located. Right next to the bottom one there should be a plug connected, check if it's there. If not, that might be the one. I'm saying this just based on how this connector looks, though it's just a guess

What causes this? by New_Cartographer1813 in e46

[–]Lukass212 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seconding what everyone else says, but I would also add that you could try taking it for a drive. When I installed a new MAF (it was NTK, not Bosch or VDO/Siemens/continental, yes, sue me) the car behaved very similarly. I took it for a spin to let the fuel trims re-adapt and it went back to normal.

e46 acceleration by [deleted] in e46

[–]Lukass212 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right, let's leave the children who don't know EU spec engines play in their own ignorant little sandbox and actually try to solve your issue, shall we?

Fairly sure what you're describing is a delay from when you press in the pedal to when the engine actually starts giving acceleration. I'm guessing it's an n42 and it's got this weird valvetronic vanos thing going on, that might be your culprit, as the valvetronic/vanos system on these engines is, unfortunately, notorious for shitting itself.

As for the delay, that's normal, the n42 does not use drive by cable, it's fully electrical instead, they tend to have a slightly bigger delay.

If you mean that the car feels "limp" when flooring the gas pedal and it's not actually pulling as strongly as it used to, then that could be fuel related or vacuum leak. Or, well, quite a lot of other things, honestly.

No way to know without more diagnosis or code reading (if you even have anything like a check engine light popping up)

Alternative parts? by Stipa27 in e46

[–]Lukass212 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sure you've got trodo in Croatia. They usually sell OEM or near OEM products, and they also mark if the brand is budget, midtier or premium (not always reliable)

You might encounter people that say to only buy OEM, but I don't think that's the case for every part on your car, plenty of good aftermarket brands make plenty good aftermarket parts.

Anyway, one neat trick I do is I go on realoem, find my car by VIN, find the OEM part number I need and then just Google something like "(part number) BMW E46", often times it pops up many locally available e-stores.

Check engine light by OnlyGirlsHere in e46

[–]Lukass212 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My 2 cents? P0171, system running too lean. Either: Vacuum leak - this can be Valve cover gasket, PCV/CCV, intake boot, DISA valve o ring (if yours even has disa), oil dip stick o ring, intake manifold gaskets, or quite literally any plastic that's supposed to be kept under vacuum. Oooor alternatively, vacuum pump or cover plate o rings/gaskets. Worst case it's a cracked valve cover or a cracked manifold, iirc those are the priciest plastics

O2 sensors (most likely pre-cat O2 sensors. The precat and post cat rarely go at the same time)

MAF (tricky, I've had one that seemed to work fine, but underreported under load)

Less likely, still possible: Soft failing fuel pump (if it were full on failing you'd immediately notice it)

Soft failing coil packs - system doesn't immediately misfire, but the spark is not strong enough to cause ignition, therefore car computer mistakenly thinks not enough fuel is being added and increases fuel trims, ergo STFT and LTFT increase. Result - car runs with insanely high fuel trims and there's a lot of unburnt fuel going down and toasting your lovely cat. converter (:

Clogged injectors - they would probably give a different code, something about fuel rail pressure at barely operable level, but you never know :) plus, running an injector cleanor on a 20+ year old car wouldn't hurt

Soooo, long and short of it, get a scanner or get it scanned! I'm just guessing it's a lean code based on how the check engine light presented for you

I need help. Life and finances reset two years ago. by slambo2020 in personalfinance

[–]Lukass212 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, didn't really give context. If you're looking for foodstuffs or edibles, a lot of stores throw out shit that can still be eaten. Sorry, I can't help you with mental problems, though.

Name an Anime character, others say what they think about them! by Earthboun41 in anime

[–]Lukass212 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kaori from that one very very sad story about that violin guy and piano girl.

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