im not impressed with my new m3!!!!!!!&#33

[westy 614]

Bentley manual dosn't cover euro M3s.

M52 vanos is completely different system.

[j_tomo 0]

so what manual covers my m3?

the vanos on that 528 is very diffferent to mine

3L m3s must have there own design

having a bit of trouble trying to find 5 replacement springs

cheers

jeremy

[Greg111 13]

You can usually buy W/S manuals from the dealer.

[hybrid 1039]

Just easier to do it yourself parts wise ...

Guido at BM workshop is the only independant (outside of the dealers)I know of that actually has the specail tools to do vanos.

Although Gavin @ hi Velocity can actually do it too .. just he doesnt have the tools handy ... (he gets them of guido when he needs them )

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?mo...hg=11&fg=15

edit: not sure where and what in greymouth area however sorry.

[j_tomo 0]

in that parts diagram just listed it doesnt show any of the problem bits

there is a seal in the r/h cylinder and broken springs in the l/h side above oring 6

as far as i can see nothing needs to be timmed so i cant see the need for special service tools

[hybrid 1039]

cool dude .. open it up and find out

[j_tomo 0]

time to change the topic to I LOVE MY M3!!!!!!!!

its a completly different car pulls hard from idle to redline

non servicable item my a@se cost me less than $500 to repair (how ever it was off the road for a month)

the most obvious fault would be a loose solder connection on the top solenoid (at the front of the vanos unit theres a funny shaped plate held in with 4 cap screws and has wires coming out the top and bottom)

if you think your beemas a bit lacking in the go department follow the two wires mentioned under the vanos unit take the black plate off thats held in with two 10mm nuts find the wire conections and test the resisstance of each they should be the same

ive taken a few pics i could write up a procedure if anyones interested

jeremy

[Greg111 13]

Glad it's all go now, sounds like an easy fix too.

[hybrid 1039]

Badass dude ... yeah the write up would be appreciated as im sure there is a few of us that will need to sort this out soon enough.

[btccm3 1]

time to change the topic to I LOVE MY M3!!!!!!!!

its a completly different car pulls hard from idle to redline

non servicable item my a@se cost me less than $500 to repair (how ever it was off the road for a month)

the most obvious fault would be a loose solder connection on the top solenoid (at the front of the vanos unit theres a funny shaped plate held in with 4 cap screws and has wires coming out the top and bottom)

if you think your beemas a bit lacking in the go department follow the two wires mentioned under the vanos unit take the black plate off thats held in with two 10mm nuts find the wire conections and test the resisstance of each they should be the same

ive taken a few pics i could write up a procedure if anyones interested

jeremy

yeah man that would be sweet, mine has been feeling a bit down on power at the moment might be whats wrong with mine.

[Grant 4]

Excellent nice work. It is great when something relatively innexpensive to fix, can make the world of difference.

Well done,

Cheers

Grant

[Greg111 13]

Yeah i'd be keen to read a write up about this matter just incase this happens to me (touch wood...damnit wheres some wood)

[j_tomo 0]

write ups on its way, ive been too busy working and enjoying the beema lol

[crazyarab 6]

Good on ya man, great news!

You had us all worried for a while there lol.