markoneswift 1 Report post Posted April 21, 2016 (edited) Hey all, after some searching and a near purchase of a 320i, my son has now purchased a 2002 318ti and is in love with it. I'm an IT engineer by profession and pretty handy with some spanners so I'm here to get some tips and tricks fir fixing up the wee beastie for him. We have a couple of issues that I'll post about in the relevant sections but basically, we have all the ABS warning lights lit up like a Christmas tree and the car is throwing secondary air injection error codes from the ECU. We got a great price on it though, so hopefully these are not going to be too damaging to fix ! Edited April 21, 2016 by markoneswift 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E36_Turbo 84 Report post Posted April 21, 2016 Welcome to the forum mate! Can't go wrong with a ti, shall be a lot info / help from the community, cheers! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
polley 916 Report post Posted April 21, 2016 Sell it before it gives you anymore grief and get a 6 cyl one. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qube 3570 Report post Posted April 22, 2016 should have joined the forum and asked around *before* going off and buying a car anyways welcome! photos please Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TermiPeteNZ 1318 Report post Posted April 22, 2016 Welcome! Prob need to get the ABS unit repaired - by 'the guy in Nelson ) which is a few hundred bucks. Just doing this for my E53 X5... could just be a wheel sensor. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olaf 3317 Report post Posted April 26, 2016 yes indeedy, welcome to Bimmersport! You should find a fair ammount of info here on the N42 power plant. Although it was launched to much fanfare and was a bit of a techernogical masterpiece, it has turned out to be a bit of a reliability liability, for oil leaks, valve stem seals, timing chain & guides, thermostat (overheating)... so tread carefully. The e46 itself is a great platform (I'm biased), and if your N42 turns out to be a lemon (here's hoping not!), you can get your lemonade by employing "BMW Lego", and substituting 325i or 330i running gear (There are threads here too)... to make a seriously grin-inducing hot-hatch sleeper 325Ti or 330Ti. Don't be alarmed at the somewhat savage welcome, folks here are very helpful though do exhibit strongly held beliefs and do call it straight. cheers! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
