Off to get the 530d remapped shortly--ALL DONE--Its Superb
29-06-2011, 11:38 AM
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My E55 AMG has just been written off so I am looking to replace with a 530d. Seems like a good choice going by this thread. Any useful links to buyers guides, areas to look out for, spec/trim levels etc etc??
29-06-2011, 02:50 PM
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29-06-2011, 03:26 PM
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Well today i have done a few little jobs that Simon told me to do when he remapped it...
One was to clean out the EGR valve which i have done and it was full up with shit....will do the inlet at the weekend...
Also blocked it off and the car feels a little more responsive low down.....It just gets better.
Also went to BMW and ordered a new Crank case Breather as apprently the OE ones are dogshit and BMW superseeded them with a "Vortex" style one..... when thats in i will fit it....
One was to clean out the EGR valve which i have done and it was full up with shit....will do the inlet at the weekend...
Also blocked it off and the car feels a little more responsive low down.....It just gets better.
Also went to BMW and ordered a new Crank case Breather as apprently the OE ones are dogshit and BMW superseeded them with a "Vortex" style one..... when thats in i will fit it....
29-06-2011, 07:39 PM
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bearing in the vacuum pipe and push the pipe back on
also done the inlet aswell, took the `swirl flaps `out and put the blanks in
put the later e60 vortex crank breather in aswell,
all done in a couple of hours....other mods k+n filter,bigger intercooler,de-cat from the turbo,and live map
from end tuning..
car is 2001 e39 530d se auto.
cheers paul
30-06-2011, 06:12 PM
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30-06-2011, 06:14 PM
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They are superb cars imho.....
I guess they can be tuned to whatever your budget is but the usual is a remap, followed by decat.....anymore and its gearbox/clutch upgrade time i would say..
30-06-2011, 07:56 PM
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Yeah the x35d engined cars are still a 3.0 engine, but have a twin turbo set up... if your budget can stretch to one of those, then I'd go for that and slip a cheeky remap on that instead.
Edit: they are Auto-only though, so if you must have a manual, then you'll have no joy with the x35d models.
Cheers,
Grant
Edit: they are Auto-only though, so if you must have a manual, then you'll have no joy with the x35d models.
Cheers,
Grant
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30-06-2011, 11:23 PM
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Tiff
Just been and picked mine up and its got an odd issue.
You ever leave it parked and when someone goes near it, it beeps like hell, but whenever the person moves away, it appears to stop?
Driving me mad as next door has two night owl cats which love sleeping on our drive.
Just been and picked mine up and its got an odd issue.
You ever leave it parked and when someone goes near it, it beeps like hell, but whenever the person moves away, it appears to stop?
Driving me mad as next door has two night owl cats which love sleeping on our drive.
01-07-2011, 11:05 AM
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Found it in the manual.
Press fob once to activate alarm, press twice to deactivate the internal sensor. Meant to be used in area's such as on a ferry etc when the motion sets it off. Appears the cats do too, disabled it, all OK.
Press fob once to activate alarm, press twice to deactivate the internal sensor. Meant to be used in area's such as on a ferry etc when the motion sets it off. Appears the cats do too, disabled it, all OK.
01-07-2011, 11:18 AM
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Tiff, did you get all the power straight away, or did it take a few dozen miles of driving for the ECU to finnish learning and it kept getting quicker?
I've found when I remap the BMW diesels that you tend to get a decent increase straight away, but it then continues to rise as you drive it about for a while till it then levels out again.
I've found when I remap the BMW diesels that you tend to get a decent increase straight away, but it then continues to rise as you drive it about for a while till it then levels out again.
01-07-2011, 11:36 AM
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Chip......
I seemed to be straight away but now you have mentioned it, it does seem to of gained a little over a few hundred mile. I will keep an eye on it
I seemed to be straight away but now you have mentioned it, it does seem to of gained a little over a few hundred mile. I will keep an eye on it
01-07-2011, 04:38 PM
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rich, 10k seems top money for one, you can get some high mileage early E60s for that.
6k seems to be about the norm for a sport.
personally i'd want the sport as it looks SO much nicer than the SE. no visual differenced between it and the M5 apart from the exhausts afaik
6k seems to be about the norm for a sport.
personally i'd want the sport as it looks SO much nicer than the SE. no visual differenced between it and the M5 apart from the exhausts afaik
01-07-2011, 04:42 PM
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rich, 10k seems top money for one, you can get some high mileage early E60s for that.
6k seems to be about the norm for a sport.
personally i'd want the sport as it looks SO much nicer than the SE. no visual differenced between it and the M5 apart from the exhausts afaik
6k seems to be about the norm for a sport.
personally i'd want the sport as it looks SO much nicer than the SE. no visual differenced between it and the M5 apart from the exhausts afaik
01-07-2011, 06:15 PM
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Simon is going to chip/map my 320d m sport on the 22nd of this month hope it lives up to what's been said , my engine is the 150 bhp version he says when it's done it should be around the 185ish bhp and about 390torques so should be fun drive to work
01-07-2011, 06:58 PM
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PM sent, my 636d has been remapped and is mental. If you fancy a drive or ride in it let me know as I am fairly local in Sittingbourne.
02-07-2011, 10:14 AM
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You will love it mate
13-07-2011, 11:23 AM
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A decent one here with the bits already done
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2836121.htm
Another
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2852901.htm
Last one I could find
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2701345.htm
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2836121.htm
Another
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2852901.htm
Last one I could find
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2701345.htm
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13-07-2011, 11:31 AM
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A decent one here with the bits already done
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2836121.htm
Another
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2852901.htm
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2836121.htm
Another
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2852901.htm
You do get alot more car for you money though if you go for petrol so I am looking at one aswell as a diesel just to make my mind up.
13-07-2011, 11:39 AM
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Me either tbh but Scotland from the south is taking the mick a bit for a daily driver. 
Done an overnighter though to get my 3dr but thats different. I'm not driving 8-9 hours to get out of a car and be disappointed and have to drive it back home.
Done an overnighter though to get my 3dr but thats different. I'm not driving 8-9 hours to get out of a car and be disappointed and have to drive it back home.
13-07-2011, 01:10 PM
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22-07-2011, 07:48 PM
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had it remapped by simon today top bloke to deal with, did not really get a feel for the car when i was on the test drive but on the way home i gave it a bit and it feel so fast now so much torque hard to believe a diesel could be so quick
04-08-2011, 02:15 PM
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Tiff, when you cleaned the EGR, is there a pipe that is a vacumn? How did you deal with that, or did you just remove it and leave it off?
Tiff, when you cleaned the EGR, is there a pipe that is a vacumn? How did you deal with that, or did you just remove it and leave it off?
04-08-2011, 02:21 PM
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Anyway, This link might help you:
http://home.tiscali.nl/luuk60/
the little black and blue hose that's connected to the EGR. it controls the EGR valve its a vacuum controlled valve that means if u disconnect the vacuum hose the EGR valve stops working (what I did is diconnect it) this means no dirty stuff will ever go thru my EGR or manifold. The EGR is meant to lower emissions from the exhaust by burning the exhaust gasses again. As im not a real envioronment freak and pay 300 euros in taxes every month(in Holland) I figure they can plant some tree's from the 300 euro, I care more for my car then the little more CO's in the air(bad man I am its ur own choice to do this or not!!!
its ur own choice to do this or not!!!
04-08-2011, 02:50 PM
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Could you not have had the EGR deleted from the map?
ive been playing with my E46 320D, I`d guess its over 200bhp now, double de cat, EGR deleted, K+N, swirl flaps removed, and a custom map,
Im about to fit a front mounted larger intercooler and then tweek a tad more boost into the map, but it goes like hell now, pushes 140 in no time
great fun for power sliding about with all the torque! only down side is it runs out of revs to quickly in the lower gears, and the power just stops if you hit the limiter
i had it at 85mph on cruise from Blackpool to London, and it returned 61.7 mpg aswell
ive been playing with my E46 320D, I`d guess its over 200bhp now, double de cat, EGR deleted, K+N, swirl flaps removed, and a custom map,
Im about to fit a front mounted larger intercooler and then tweek a tad more boost into the map, but it goes like hell now, pushes 140 in no time
great fun for power sliding about with all the torque! only down side is it runs out of revs to quickly in the lower gears, and the power just stops if you hit the limiteri had it at 85mph on cruise from Blackpool to London, and it returned 61.7 mpg aswell
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04-08-2011, 02:58 PM
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Also replaced the Crank Case Breather....the one i took off was FULL of shit and gunked up...WELL worth changing
Here is a quick pic of it as i have painted the wheels and just had the roof wrapped in gloss black....
STILL loving the car.....AWSOME in every way....
04-08-2011, 03:01 PM
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its such a good all rounder, looks cool as its the coupe version, and returns average around 40mpg during the week in traffic etc,lots of toys, lots of room, eats motorway miles, and is great fun out your own.
its by far the best all rounder ive had,
its by far the best all rounder ive had,
04-08-2011, 03:53 PM
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you dont get what i mean
in a petrol car you can hang a car on the limiter sideways no problem, my M5 used to live there lol
in mine if i get sideways but run out of gear the power just stops,its far from a softcut limiter, i get all my grip back and slingshot across the road i dont think it helps that it does have lots of grip, and massive wide tyres tbh lol.
in a petrol car you can hang a car on the limiter sideways no problem, my M5 used to live there lol
in mine if i get sideways but run out of gear the power just stops,its far from a softcut limiter, i get all my grip back and slingshot across the road
i dont think it helps that it does have lots of grip, and massive wide tyres tbh lol.
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