Olaf

HPR 5W40 excellent buying at $49 for a 5 litre pack. I thought I was doing alright with a 20 litre at $231!

this. is what you need.

good buying!

$5k and reliable for family service. Surely a Camry. Or a good well-maintained better-than-average e39 530i with bad paint.

Welcome @Antonio318i yes you've struck gold, the balance of the 4 cyl e46 is lovely, and the M43 is the one to have. Plenty of useful info on here, and plenty of love for the e46. You've got a bit of a unicorn with the manual!

After a scan - my first port of call would be battery. Modern BMW (like E60 onwards) very sensitive to voltage and bad batty the source of many gremlins. Be sure to code to the car if you change it out. You're into modern BMW ownership, you need a scan tool.

thanks mate will get amongst it

This - 100%

Sorry I missed this question all those years back. Fuchs oils/fluids were sold by BNT, I bought a 20l of DEXIII from them at a very reasonable price for my old Volvo 855-T5 years back. I'm fairly sure that's where Page were buying their fluid from. Here we are in 2024 and it looks like Penrite ATF BMW (Full Syn) is suitable for ZF6, ZF8, ZF9 (amongst others)... doing the research now. https://www.penrite.info/en/auto-transmission-fluids-atf/atf-bmv-full-syn

pics or it didn't happen!

Date: 15 Aug 2024 Distance: 213,120 kms 1. Oil Cap Replacement (pass); Tailgate Bump Stop Replacement (fail). Finally replaced the old oil cap with a new OEM item. It had been sitting on the hall table for months - kept forgetting it. Less successful was replacing the rear hatch bump stops... turns out no captive nuts, so not only a 20mm spanner for topside, a 20mm crowsfoot or stubby spanner is required for the inside (or remove the trim). Deferred. Here's a pretty pic

my image, M535i shark attack on south coast of Wellington, Nikon D810 with Nikkor 16-25 f4 VR, B+W Kassemann pol filter

yes.

My image. Hawkes Bay BMW, June 2023 iPhone 13 pro, with some careful editing in Lr.

Come to the light, mate. iPhone for you. 😁