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You need to read up on what Valvetronic actually is before you start messing with anything. The N46 engine is a dog. Just drive it until it eventually terminally fails and then scrap it. Dont try to mess with it or "improve" it.

Hello, Anyone tried to disable the valvetronic system on N46? I was planning to just disable it. In the net, some say it is good and some say it will just do a limp mode. Any experience guys? Thank you.

This has probably been mentioned a hundred times, but - people who market their car as M Sport package because they had three of the kidney grill fins painted red/blue/white and bought an M steering wheel.

My Camry Hybrid is supposedly 82c also. And is original PA66 components and no leaks of any sort (except happiness) at almost 510km. Should probably think about giving that a water pump...

Yeah Renault era Nissans are bad for it, eg timing chain covers which isnt a cheap repair labor wise. I prefer the older style gaskets they used on the 80's BMW's etc. They may not seal for as long as rubber type ones but they tend to seep rather than go brittle and leak badly.

The author/s of the first of the two articles referenced above seem intent only in espousing the wonderful imported concept of "induced demand". The second article takes a rather more thoughtful approach, and within the opening paragraph mentions several relevant factors affecting the apparent phenomena. Just jumping on the "Nature abhors a vacuum" wagon and damning all new roading as bad, is unhelpful. There are many factors that need to be considered, not the least of which would be the movement to remote working for many office employees. Conditions that exist in other more populous and mobile countries cannot simply be interpolated and assumed to apply to conditions in NZ. I have recently made several trips out of Wellington using the new Transmission Gully expressway as far as Levin and further. There is absolutely no doubt that the money was well spent. And why ? Because the new route bypasses all the small towns and the congestion they caused. Plus a great deal of the local traffic between those towns has now been removed from SH1. This same "miracle" improvement could easily be implemented in the Wairarapa, but apparently there are not enough important people living there. So cheap out and don't solve the problem as lifestylers and urban refugees boost the local commuting population. A road tunnel has been mooted for 50 years or more, but never seriously considered even when the machinery has been sitting idle in NZ. Thus the Rimutakas will continue to be a commuter nightmare in perpetuity. Of course, inner city traffic and suburban traffic in the major cities is a different issue, and can be treated as such. With population growth, an abundant supply of cheap vehicles, and the distance between industrial areas and residential areas, it may be possible to make a case for induced demand. But the cure does not lie in stopping improvements to the roading network. Cheers...

Has traffic now returned to the insane for our population levels? Or is it especially bad? The roadworks and speed limit changes in my region are so bad I am actually considering catching the train to Wellington for work. NZTA is just choking the Wairarapa. All the politicians current and future are against the changes yet NZTA is doing whatever they want.

Accidentally got another after being less masochistic for yonks. Cleaned it, made the wife clean it. Will probably clean it some more. And then count all the fun issues that come with E61 life. Does fit the car seat better than the TT did...

Question on my listing, person can't figure out from my description if the clutch has been replaced. They copied and pasted the description into their question. Can you, Sherlock Holmes, deduce whether the clutch has been replaced? Also I despise the use of a random number of dots to space out text.