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    Hi, I recently had problems with the cooling system on my m43b19. I changed one hose and drained the coolant. I did my best to bleed the system. Once the car started it would get to optimal temperature when idling, but when I was riding the temperature was getting lower, sometimes averaging...
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    Hello first post here because I'm tierd of this problem. I have changed the thermostat, water pump, lower temperature sensor and aired the system to the best of my ability. No milky oil either. My problems is that at idle and stand still the temp gauge goes to dead center but no heat into the...
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    Hi all, I bought a 2000 E46 323i a few months ago, in overall very good condition. During my first longer highway trip after the temperatures dropped (it was around-3 degrees celsius or ~26 F), I noticed that the temperature gauge dropped to just below the first mark, but remained above the...
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    Hi guys, i bought my e46 a few months ago and had no troubles at all, but recently its gotten very cold and i've noticed that the car only comes up to temp when its idling and drastically drops when i start driving and never comes back to temp until i stop driving. i also have no heat at all...
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    Hey y’all, I’m new to the forum and havent found any issues like mine exactly. My engine recently almost blew. the wife stretched her 13 miles overheating. Thankfully the engine survived. The serpentine belt snapped off the pulley and mixed up the fan badly. Needless to say, my alternator belt...
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    Hello guys! A few months ago I had a completely dead battery around 1V. It was 70Ah, so the new one I got was 74Ah if that makes a difference. After that, I also changed the interior fan control because that was actually draining my battery in the first place. All was fine until I noticed that...
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    2005 325i 5 speed Was driving on the highway and noticed my temperature was all the way in the red, pulled over and looked under the hood to find no leaks or cracked reservoirs. After waiting about 10 minutes I attempted to start the car, it took a noticeably longer time to start (not very...
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    Hey guys soo with all the coolant problems on e46s and the dummy temp gauges that bmws have, i was wondering how to install an aftermarket precise temperature gauge. Dont wanna play the waiting game untill it overheats, i wanna be able to check coolant temperature easily, And i was wondering if...
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    A little bit of a story: I was driving home from chipotle and noticed that my battery light had come on. I thought this might be from my alternator, as I had been hearing a weird sound coming from the engine that would point to that. Then, I looked and my temp gauge was all the way in the red...
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    Was wondering what the appropriate coolant/engine temperature range is in *F. My car is running at, what seems to be a high temperature range (240*F-275*F), but my coolant gauge says it is perfect (right in the middle of cold-blue and hot-red). If it is true about my suspicion, what do you...
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    :help: ok car is 02 330ci with 158k recently replaced WP, drivebelt, tensior and idler pulley. i have heat that works just fine, but have a coolant leak that appears to be coming from upper rad hose or possibly leaking from ET, i take care to check the coolant level and keep it up to par though...
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    Evening forum, Just had a load of work done on the car, it had a coolant light issue. Wouldnt stop coming on. It eventually went down the road of having new thermo, rad cap, coolant bottle, head gasket and some sort of exhaust pipe that split when it blew. I havent had the car long and its my...
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    Okay so I bought a 2003 BMW 330ci with 130,000 miles on it...i was driving it and i hear this loud POP and next thing I know the car is steaming with gases from the left side of the hood (me in the car facing the steering wheel)....once i have it back to my house, i take apart the left side to...
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    My '03 330xi seems to be keeping the engine temperature where it should be, however every once in a while my temp gauge will jump straight into the red (pegged) and then after a while jump back down to what it really is. My question: is this a symptom of a bad coolant temp sensor (is that how...
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    So this past weekend, my check engine light was on.... Before I could go take it to get codes read, it turned off. And yesterday it was about 80 degrees outside and the outside temp gauge read 120 degrees! But before that the outside temp read 55 degrees but it was definitely warmer than that...
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    My 2001 BMW 325ci's temperature gauge reads -40 degrees. I am just wondering how to fix the problem or fix the gauge. Thanks for the responses!
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    I have a 2000, 328i. Went out to the car this morning tried to unlock with remote, and nothing. Unlock it manually and try to unlock the doors with the inside power unlock button, and nothing. Car seems to be completely dead. Try starting, Nothing, not a click or a sound. Turn the key to...
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