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Hi I am new to being a mechanic and trying to diagnose and fix my 320ci on my own but I'm having trubble figuring out what's up with my engine. I am burning a lot of oil and have an on and off missfire on cylinders 1&2. I have done a full oil change and coolant flush along with cang8ng the oil...

I recently bought this BMW Scanner and when I try to plug it into my 2003 e46 sedan, I get the "connection error with EWS" "connection error with IKE" messages and it doesn't read any of the modules. On some forums the solution has been to solder pin 1&2 and pin 7&8 but when I opened my adapter...

Hi, 2003 320i facelift, RHD. my ambient Temp reads +50Deg and -40Deg(when raining or when I run through a puddle of water) anyone know exactly where the sensor is located, I know it in the area of the left front wheel-fog light area

Hi everyone, I have this oil light coming on every time I turn off the car, sometimes it pops up and disappears as I am driving. As well as the Coolant light sometimes pops up and disappears as I am driving. I recently had an oil and filter change at 121k km, both oil and coolant levels are fine...

Just got my 1.4.0 scanner up and running ran a scan and now am looking at a laundry list of errors, wondering if anyone could give some help on working threw these far as what the issues may be and possible fixes whats import or not etc, Or even just where one would start. This is what came up...

Hello, My 2004 BMW e46 1.8i isn't starting but cranking (sometimes almost starting..). I've been trying to fix it for some time now, but I'm stuck.. I read it could be caused by a faulty fuel pump, so I changed it. Still not starting. The valvetronic is recently changed, so shouldn't be it...

Hi everyone I recently bought a 99’ 323i and have been struggling to figure out what the problem is for 2 weeks now. So I decided to turn to this site in search of help. My problem as of now is that the starter won’t turn. I recently replaced the starter and alternator due to damage to these...

This morning, I sent my brother to go grab spark plugs for our 2004 325xi. We swapped them following a tutorial step by step (I've also done the same procedure on another E46 with no problems) Long story short turns out we didn't have the correct plugs. What made me realize this was the fact...

I'm getting a muffled sounding vibration from the rear end at highway speeds . Not very violent at the moment but don't want to wait long . Also , when the car is cold and you put it in drive and especially reverse then hit the brakes I'm getting a grinding metal on metal noise. It sounds very...

Ok here is the deal. #1 I have a coolant light on. So I started diagnosing. I think my thermostat is stuck closed for these reasons , first the top radiator hose gets hot & the bottom stays cool during normal operating tempature. Two is the heater is not blowing hot air when running normal...