Joel61

Just now, jonoe30 said:

Sounds exactly like a broken fan clutch as its moving in time with engine revs. The clutch allows the fan to spin freely when disengaged until the clutch expands thermally and locks the shaft to the casing, rotating the fan in time with the engine. There's nothing electronic involved it's operation.

If you're replacing it yourself remember it's reverse threaded and you'll need a thin wrench to get at it. When you pull it out you'll need to carefully lift the fan and shroud out at the same time. There's lots of how-to's on youtube you can watch.

Awesome! Thanks so much for clarifying this for me. Is there anything I need to look out for when buying a new fan clutch? 

Hi guys

So I recently picked up another E46 320I and I am having a problem.

It seems the clutch fan is always engaged. 
When the car is off and cold I can't manually spin it, where on my other E46 it can spin freely.
When I start the car up, it sounds like a bus, with the fan spinning really fast and pushing out a lot of air which I can feel when I put my hand over it. Where with my other E46 it start spinning slowly like it should when I first start the car up.
When I let the car warm up it still seems to be spinning very fast and does not slow down from when I initially started the car and, when I give it some gas it sounds like a bus taking off.

Now my question is, is the fan clutch buggered and should I replace it, or would it be something like the temperature gauge that is reading wrong causing it to stay engaged?

Thanks

P.S If you need anymore information or a video, please let me know

Looking for a E46 2001 bonnet. Preferably red. 

Anyone selling or anyone know any places where I could pick one up? 

Looking for a E46 2001 front right headlight or headlight cover (plastic lense) 

And cheap places to look or anyone selling? 

Thanks for the offer @Michael. but I have fixed the issue.
---
So I have fixed it. This is what I did:

Just checked the voltage and it's at 11.74v so basically dead flat. I'm charging it up now so hopefully that was the problem. I will let you guys know in about 6 hours

Id check the sunroof drain tubes aren't blocked for starters. Im sure there is plenty of info on google about how\what to check.

I check that a month or two ago and it was clear so I doubt it has anything to do with that

Check battery terminals are tight.

They are tight

Sounds like you got water leaking somewhere, probably onto control modules. Has it got a sunroof?

yeah my thought too, but I'm not sure where.

Edit: Didnt see that last part. Yes it has a sunroof

So first off here is the video so you know what I am taling about:

• Indicators (they work but don't show on gauge cluster)
• gauge cluster
• middle screen spazzing out
• can't get car out of park sometimes.

Says traction control is off even though it's on

This is the first time it has happened and it has been raining today (car lives outside) so I am guessing thats the reason why. Something has just got wet. So at the moment I am going to leave it till the morning to see if it fixes itself.

Any ideas what has gone wrong or what is shorting out so I can fix this and prevent it from happening again?

Car: E46 320i 2001

Thanks!

Interesting, I have the same issue. What are the side affects to not fixing this? I presume just you don't know when your oil is low?

Common fault- thermal level sensor in sump

Do you know how much they normally are and where I could get one from?

Hey everyone

So every so often my yellow/orange oil light comes on, then when I turn my car off its still on. Once I turn it back on again it goes away and and doesn't come back for a while. I checked the oil and it seems to be full. Does this mean I have an intermittent sensor?

Great project. Like the way that it issues little room in the dash and the apps your using.

The issue you where having with the Dacs is the factory amp was expecting balanced audio so running a unbalanced output of 2 volts doesn't give enough drive. The BMW balanced amp input is expecting close to 8 volts . So basically you get 5 watts per channel peak.

you get android head units now?

You can, but I made mine, the ones you buy are about 3x the price of mine though

Yea sorry i wrote while i was still watching the video. And i agree sadly haha will look at a Samsung note or something thats nice and big but not to big.

Sent from my LG-D802 using Tapatalk

I like apart from the loc of the headunit. been looking at ideas for the e36 but cant think of much apart from an iphone or ipod touch.

Loc? And it would have to be an android phone instead of an iPhone or ipod as you can t use anything like tasker on that, but yeah an android phone would work for you, it just might be a bit to small. You can always install apps that change the DPI to make everything bigger so buttons are easier to hit and text is easier to read

Edit:

Oh just worked out you meant location...

I wish I could fit one in the dash of an E36 but it would require some modification of the dash since it's only 7.5 inches wide not 7.87 and the A/C controls would need to be relocated.

Sent from my LG-D802 using Tapatalk

what are the rough costs involved to do this?

(all prices are in NZD)

Nexus 7 (second hand) = $90-100~

Bezel = $30 (from ebay)

Secondary head deck = $70-150 (depending on what features you want, or if you already have one it's free)

USB car charger = $3

And I think that's everything

So compared to existing units it is much cheaper.

With my parts, it was about $200~ (prices may of changed since then)

Sent from my LG-D802 using Tapatalk

Hey, so I thought I should share a video I made awhile back with you guys here.
If you have any questions just ask

(Installed in a 2001 e46)

Thanks for letting me know guys, so in my case I am looking for the sedan version (hence the "i")

Hi, not sure where to look so I will post here. Is anyone selling an E46 M-Sport Front Bumper?

P.S Preferably silver


(Silver 2001 320i E46)