Stu @ Claims Care Centre

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my 330d has problems

1) it starts every morning fine but if i stop it for some reason when i leave it 10 mins it wont restart i have to wait 45mins then it will start up again, but from cold it starts every time. there is no leaks or holes in pipes.

2) my blowers have stop working my control panel is working but its not blowing any air ie wont go up or down etc and in this weather its bloody hot

DanW@FastFord

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Maybe you could drive around on a really hot day and sue BMW for heatstroke! Where there's blame...

saph4be

carlo

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Blower will be the heater resistor they are about £80 quid also known as the hedgehog very common.


2nd fault is most likley the pre supply pump on the floor also very common or a injector either way you will need to get a diagnostic test for this if the fault comes up for fuel pressure regulator or low fuel pressure its defo the pre supply pump

fordrs2005

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theres alot of people think there experts on here......

but where they know anything is another matter

T3ORA

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the heghog as carlo said about 40 from GSF

and try a cam sensor in it, we had on at work do the same, put a cam sensor in it and it was mint,

tabetha

There's stacks of pressure from pre supply when it won't start.
tabetha

T3ORA

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and you am

carlo

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Im not a expert but i work with them every day in life.

The cam sensor would bring a eml light on most times the lift pump dosent.

A way to check if its a injector is clamp the end of the spill pipe hose & take the hoses off if it trickles out the top the injector is ok if it poures out really bad that injector is fucked.

carlo

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Obviously when you turn it over you will see if it trickles out or poures out

saph4be

are they bosch injectors mate in these?

T3ORA

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ha ha thats were your wrong,this never brought the light on or brought up a code,we all ready changed the crack sensor,but made no difference

worth a try like i said

markk

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I think you guessed and it just hasnt re-appeared - yet,

Cam and crank phase is a serious emissions related issue, mil would certainly be illuminated.

T3ORA

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i dont work on bmw mate, vw's

well put it this way,that was a year ago and it worked,the car has never missed a beat since

carlo

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I did say most times but the light will almost certanly come on with a cam,crank sensor if the fault is not currently present the light will go out but in the diagnostic print out it will say it has occured so many times but fault currently not present..

I work for a bmw dealership with upwards 45 cars in per day so see a fair few.

markk

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Fair play, then if the VAG group is your thing then you should know why i say that

Stu @ Claims Care Centre

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also it does on full load in high gears hesitate in power like get a flat spot for 2 seconds the ok for few seconds and does it again could this be linked to the starting problem

carlo

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Yes mate although i stand by my statment if its hesitating when your driving & it was the crank sensor the light eml light would come on. Knowing how bad these cars are i would get someone to check the ppre supply pump if it turns out to be that replace the fuel filter as well. dont be fooled by how mych fuel comes out the pump there was a x5 inn andy gallachers that was pumping fuel out & looked mint but wouldnt rev much past 2.5k turned out to be the pump. They are that bad for going we have one in the workshop that we try first before fitting one because the fault codes dont always lead you to the pump

Stu @ Claims Care Centre

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how hard to change pre pump and were is it?

carlo

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What year is your car ? the pump is under the panneling in the floor depending on what year the filter is i the engine bay in the early models or in the later models the filter is in line with the pump on the floor.

carlo

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Plastic panneling next to the chassis leg round about the gearbox tunnell. Would have a quick test done to the car tho my work charges £45 + vat for the initial diagnostic quick test.Not sure what a dealership near you would charge they vary.

Stu @ Claims Care Centre

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its a early 2000 model

i see the fuel filter on the right side of engine with a pipe and sensor ontop of the filter?

Stu @ Claims Care Centre

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Rac put there computer on it and couldnt find a fault!

carlo

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Defo not the crank sensor then as that will always log a fault even if its not present.
yeah thats correct the early cars have the fuel filter in the engine bay my bet would be the pre supply pump think they are about £250-£300 out a dealership not sure about a factors tho im sure euro car parts will do it alot cheaper

Stu @ Claims Care Centre

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thanks mate ill do the hedghog tommorrow.
ill change the filter also
just a bit worried about taking it to bmw as there a bloody rippoff here and i dont know any other workshops who are good on bmws my bmw just hit 200,000 now lol still drives like new

carlo

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200k thats good going mate yeah i know my work is £96 per hour plus vat.

let me know how you get on even pm me after changing the filter & when your in buying the filter & the hedgehog (didnt know the factors did them) would save you a bit of doh if they do. I would enquire about the pre supply pump when your in there just incase

Stu @ Claims Care Centre

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ebay is your friend for the hedgehog

i will let you know, what does the pre pump looklike? a normal pump?

carlo

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Long thin pump

carlo

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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-DIESEL-FUE...3A1%7C294%3A50
pretty sure this is the fella im off sick the now so cant cross reference the part numbers for you

Stu @ Claims Care Centre

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carlo

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Thats the one mate also called lift pump

carlo

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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-E39-E46-X5...3A6%7C294%3A50
another one here with a better pic

andrewg

this is from a 330 i was doing tonight




butterfly broke and went throu the engine bent a valve and slightly marked the bore but thought it would be ok ,, put the head back on and it was breathing like mad!!

so thought must be that mark on the bore, took the engine out got it lined etc back together and found the because it had been exhausting throu the bent inlet valve it burnt a hole in the rocker cover so it would of been getting boost presure rocker area!!

carlo

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Forgot to say when you phoned me andy my work has been working on a E39 police car that done the same as the one at your bit & the car got decommisoned (sp) because we couldnt find the burning oil whats the bets thats what it was