Crozzy

As per title, no longer needed as I'm heading overseas. Pickup in Wellington

I got a set of AP Sportfahrwerke lowering springs from Speedfactor as I was wary of the trademe sets, and wanted to buy from somewhere with a warranty. Evan and the team are very knowledgeable and can help you with any questions you may have. They were $350 including shipping and have a great feel to them. They also stock shocks and struts if you're looking to do those at the same time too.

Speedfactor do sets for $350 including postage

Pulled from my 2001 e46 330ci for a manual conversion. 182k on box, shifted smoothly as it should. Includes torque converter.

$800 $600, located in Porirua, can be shipped.

Will list on TradeMe in a week.

The acceleration with the 3.38 is fantastically responsive, and great for onramps or when you're wanting to do some really spirited driving, but I've found myself not always wanting to drive the car like I used to, takes too much effort. Anyone got a diff off of a manual lying about that I can take off your hands? If so, name your price

Cheers

Looking to replace the clutch fan on my e46 after a manual conversion. Thought I'd look second hand before ordering new. Anything around from a vehicle being wrecked?

Just a little update to end the thread in case someone one day encounters the same issue. I have only just solved it now as the car was working fine regardless and as such it wasn't exactly a pressing issue to fix. That being said I had some time today to try again and I managed to clear the error by changing the last line of the ASC fsw_psw from manual back to 'automatik' to see if it would make her happy. Low and behold, it worked! No more dash lights, huzzah!

8 hours ago, Dogballs said:

You should only need to remove option $205 and then “process car”  ...

Cheers for the reply. From what I gather removing option $205 is for facelift models, prefacelifts have to play around with hex codes as I have done unfortunately. Seems to be heaps of documentation for coding the former and very little for the latter.

It also seems to be advised not to use "process car" and instead code only the modules you actually need to to reduce the risk of communication loss and destruction of modules.

I'll have another play around today and see if I spot anything obvious that I missed the first time. Thanks again, appreciated!

After completing the hardware side of the manual swap on my 2001 (prefacelift) e46 330 I've gone ahead and attempted the coding as well. It seems to have been mostly successful, I no longer have the cog icon on the dash, however the ASC is disabled due to fault 151 (Coding Issue). After many hours attempting to Google-Fu my way to a solution to no avail, my next stop is to see if anyone here has any ideas. Here are the steps I took.

Used NSC-Expert to write modified VO to EWS and KMB modules. (Removed checksums, changed SA last digit from an 8 to 0, recalculated checksums)

Used NSC-Expert to recoded KMB, EWS and ASC modules with a blank FSW_PSW.

Used INPA to clear all adaptations in DME.

Car drives normally otherwise, no faults in the DME

22 hours ago, Mad_Max said:

I should have one, will check on Sunday  ..

That would be superb if you could! I've been looking around for about a month now and while the sedan inner taillights are very common it seems the coupe ones are near on impossible to source. Only other option is to get one from overseas from what I can tell.

As far as condition goes, I feel anything would look better than this eyesore!

Turns out finding coupe boot lamps for the e46 is a real mission. Should've fixed the peeling seal when I noticed it..

6 hours ago, Eagle said:

You can get a single mass conversion solid flywheel kit off Speedfactor for ~1k last time i checked.   

DKM brand stage 1 which is uprated from stock, i couldn't find much info on it but Evan and the team know and support their products better than most.

Superb, thanks for the info! I'll keep them in mind

My current thought is this kit https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-parts-accessories/bmw/clutches/listing-2386561821.htm?rsqid=5c867f979e6b4f5a882bc335b0d66d0d-001

Thanks for the replies! 

17 hours ago, Dogballs said:

That flywheel in the ad you reference is stuffed. - don’t bother going there. 

Ahh, cheers. I cleaned the flywheel I have off and gave it a tickle with the copper hammer and that freed it up. Did the old teeth marking to check the play and it's beyond spec and making a funky scratchy sound so in the bin that goes. Think I'm gonna just bite the bullet and pick up one of NZAD's lightweight flywheel and clutch kits off TM, do it once do it right and all that.

Cheers!

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-parts-accessories/bmw/engines/listing-2393077392.htm?rsqid=d6ebce0a401c4491ac6b5d9a7c6cdc18-001

Kia ora guys and gals.

Been planning to do a manual conversion on my 330ci for a while now, got a conversion kit from the wreckers but the flywheel is heavily corroded and seems to be seized internally so I figure there's no point putting it into the car. This E46 M3 flywheel on TradeMe seems to be a suitable replacement, however no matter how much research I've been trying to do I can't find a definitive answer on if it will work. The internal diameter seems to be the only thing I would think would cause an issue, but it looks to be the same as the non-m counterpart.

The clutch doesn't matter, I'll ditch that part or get a new friction disk with the suitable spline, I'm only unsure on the flywheel. I'll probably chuck a lightweight flywheel in down the line, but just looking for something to chuck in for now so I can get the conversion done.

Hoping someone more knowledgeable than me will have some insight! Cheers

Final update for this thread, in case someone encounters the same issue as me and stumbles across this thread:

This Saturday I went back to pick-a-part and grabbed the hydraulic tensioner I spotted the weekend before. Here's it off the old block. $11

And the old mechanical tensioner and pulley I pulled of my motor

It seems the tensioning spring in the mechanical unit was worn and making an unpleasant sound. It was doing its just still, but admittedly did sound a lot like a failed pulley. Worth saying though, if you think you have failed pulleys and you still have the mechanical tensioner, you''re better off replace the whole thing with a hydraulic tensioner.

Unrelated, I also picked up a oil level sensor from another wreck at pick-a-part for $29 as the one in my vehicle is faulty. Figured it was worth the try to see if it works by replacing my definitely broken one next service. I'll be sure to replace the o-ring though.

Anyway, that about wraps things up. Thanks to those that offered insight and/or advice, helpful as always.

Chuuurr!!

2 hours ago, M3AN said:

I think I paid $15 or $20 for mine from Zebra when I replaced the mechanical one on my 328

Thanks for the info. I took a quick trip to Pick-a-Part this arvo and managed to find ONE e36 with the hydraulic tensioner (I checked against the kit you attached, seems identical and should fit the e46 too) installed instead of the mechanical, but unfortunately I didn't have any tools on me, and by the time I go to the shop to grab them and head back it'll be closed.

Looks like a mission for next weekend!

Alrighty, I finally got some free time, so update time:

I pulled the fan and shroud off and took the belts off to check the pulleys. They didn't seem too bad turning them by hand, but as I had the replacement pulley on anyway I put that on the tensioner as the noise is definitely originating from there. After putting the belts back on it's still unfortunately making the noise. Out of curiosity I removed the belts and ran the engine for a bit and the sound is definitely from something driven by the belts. After a bit of listening through the screwdriver-scope and some observation, it appears the tensioning spring itself is the cause of the noise. Is this possible? At this stage I'm planning to purchase a whole new tensioning unit but I thought I'd see if you guys had any thoughts. Would it be worthwhile spending the extra bit for the hydraulic conversion?

Cheers!

Update: Thanks for the replies, much appreciated! Took the intake scoop off and moved the air filter out of the way to get better access to the belt and pulleys, and used the screwdriver scope (Thanks @Eagle) and it's definitely the tensioner pulley! The idler pulley seems to be alright.

I've ordered one and will fit it when it arrives. I really should've checked them when I did the waterpump/thermostat job..

Cheers guys!

Kia ora team,

So the old 328 has developed a less than fantastic gurgley whine in the engine bay. It's most noticeable at idle, particularly in Drive, and doesn't occur at all until the engine is warm. While stationary if you put the vehicle in Park the sound reduces dramatically.

My ear-omitor says it's coming from somewhere near the power-steering reservoir, but I can't place it exactly. The fact that it only happens once the engine is warm makes me think it's a fluid, and the power-steering fluid was looking a bit muggy so I sucked it out and topped it up with fresh fluid while going back and forth to full lock on the steering. I did that about 4 times, and although the fluid looks cleaner (although admittedly still cloudy) the sound remains. Could it be air bubbles stuck in the power-steering still? Or perhaps the reservoir needing replacement (I understand they have inbuild filters)?

Since in the 20 odd years of this model being around I can't be the first person puzzled by this sound, so I figured I'd see what you guys think!

Cheers!

9 hours ago, Olaf said:

Sorry I missed this man.  I have a couple of full bottles of BMW Blue Coolant could have sorted you out.  I take it you've sourced what you needed by now, @Crozzy?

Yep, all sorted now, cheers mate!

43 minutes ago, kiwi535 said:

i cant understand that,although its not unusual.The mitsi dealer parts dept was not open in the weekend either.The Toyota dealer however is a different story altogether,although that may have been special as they had just had the workshop floor "replaced" so they were there this morning

Does make it a bit of a pain for people that work weekdays during their open hours such as I do. Checked Google to see if they were open, and kind of assumed them being open meant they were fully operational, but I understand them needing to give staff time off. Just wish I had known before hand - partly my fault for not calling in to ask I suppose.

1 hour ago, Young Thrash Driver said:

Cant help sorry, but- 10 litres!!! It is supposed to be mixed 50:50 with distilled water, so 3 bottles (4.5 litres) will be heaps.

Yeah sorry, that's kind of what I meant, 10L worth of coolant

50 minutes ago, kiwi535 said:

parts department closed.!!?!?!? i am sure they will have bottles of coolant on a shelf!Maybe even in the showroom!

I know right! Didn't think it'd be that hard but apparently they can't do it.

Ended up going to Repco and getting Penrite green coolant. It's approved for use by BMW so should be a suitable replacement, even if it's only until I decide to replace it later down the line with OEM stuff

Hey guys

Long story, but, I was planning to change out my thermostat, waterpump and coolant over the long weekend. I've got all the other parts sitting here, but I just went down to Winger BMW and low and behold their parts department is closed on the weekends so I can't get the coolant. Bugger! So due to poor planning on my part, I'm left to either buy aftermarket coolant or save the maintenance for another time.

I'd really like to go OEM on this one, so by any chance does anyone in Wellington have about 10 litres of BMW coolant they're willing to sell to me? A long shot for sure, but can't hurt to try!

Cheers

Thanks for the info guys, much appreciated. I've been to Winger and priced up the coolant/waterpump/thermostat so that's the next project once work starts up again in the new year. I managed to score a decent (albeit also high k's) second hand shock from Pick a Part just to get me through a WOF and running for now, I'm looking around at new shocks to redo all of them, after the engine is happy. I'll do the mounts and such then too. Currently she's overcooling on the motorway (sadface) so really want to address the thermostat first.

Ran the codes on the scanner at work (forgot to say, I'm a heavy diesel apprentice) and I'm getting code 123 for Electronic Thermostat Control which I'm guessing is due to it not closing properly, should be sorted with the replacement. There was a couple old misfire codes too, but I cleared them and drove for about 100kms to do some chores, scanned again and haven't come up again thankfully, may have been old. I'll check the plugs when I get a chance anyway.

Then I need some new rear tyres, these ones are a great manufacturer but the left rear is very unevenly work, bad alignment, and there's no chance the other is going to pass another WOF, so time to retire (pardon the pun) them soon.

But if a list to get through, but we'll get there!

6 hours ago, FIAT 131R said:

Did the previous owner do the CCV and the vacuum hoses

They weren't very helpful with the history of the car sadly, I'll have to give it all a look over once I get the change.

9 hours ago, BozzaFC said:

Cool car! With the shocks, I would probably recommend OEM for consistency?

Thanks! 

1 hour ago, Olaf said:

Hi Jacob, and welcome to Bimmersport!  Not only have you bought the e46 (the best 3er IMHO), but you've also bought the best colour** too! 

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Wow, lots of great info, really appreciate that. Planning to visit Winger today to price up the coolant stuff. Not gonna lie, I was considering using other coolant as oem stuff is typically more pricey, but if it's a reasonable price as you say then I'll use that for sure.

Will try make it to that meet if I'm back from my holiday in time. How do you subscribe to subforums? (noob)

I've spent more than my fair share of time on realoem the last few days, brilliant resource, thanks for the tips.

And finally, yes she's on 002s, the rears are getting low, but an excellent tyre and definitely impressed me at the viewing to see them, made buying it easier.

Thanks for the warm welcome guys, appreciate it. Have a good new years