[2one3E90]

Originally Posted by Mosaud1998

The fluid or the power steering resv?

Fluid flush and fill like jack and jill

[Mosaud1998]

Originally Posted by 2one3E90

Fluid flush and fill like jack and jill

How do you flush it out? I replaced the tank and fluid in like Jan or something of 2021

[ryan stewart]

Originally Posted by Mosaud1998

The fluid or the power steering resv?

The reservoir should be changed at 75k apparently because it does contain a filter in the bottom, guess the pump draws and the rack pushes back up through the return hose.

Guess the fluid itself is recommended 75k or two years, but of course BMW now says its "lifetime."

[Mosaud1998]

Originally Posted by ryan stewart

The reservoir should be changed at 75k apparently because it does contain a filter in the bottom, guess the pump draws and the rack pushes back up through the return hose.

Guess the fluid itself is recommended 75k or two years, but of course BMW now says its "lifetime."

I was at 71k when I changed both.

I guess I'll change the fluid again in 2023 along with the coolant

[2one3E90]

Originally Posted by Mosaud1998

How do you flush it out? I replaced the tank and fluid in like Jan or something of 2021

My tech did it. Dont know but 60 well worth it. I drive it hard so both of my e90 see alot of steering usage especially in AutoX

[Mosaud1998]

Originally Posted by 2one3E90

My tech did it. Dont know but 60 well worth it. I drive it hard so both of my e90 see alot of steering usage especially in AutoX

$60 for a flush?

The fluid cost less than that

FCP that shit and it's free

[2one3E90]

Originally Posted by Mosaud1998

$60 for a flush?

The fluid cost less than that

FCP that shit and it's free

Yeah ima get the NGK plugs from there. I let my indy do almost everything. I change filters tho myself LOLOL. I wanna do plugs myself i have a torq wrench the click $20 one from harbor freight pittsburg'

[Mosaud1998]

Originally Posted by 2one3E90

Yeah ima get the NGK plugs from there. I let my indy do almost everything. I change filters tho myself LOLOL. I wanna do plugs myself i have a torq wrench the click $20 one from harbor freight pittsburg'

I got my plugs off FCP. NGK https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/bmw...-plug-e90-1208

I have a torque wrench but never used it on the plugs. I just snuggly tighten them down.

AND DO NOT USE ANY GREASE

[feuer]

Both windshields cracked in single week. Won’t pass tech at the track this weekend so had to be replaced. The crew from Mega are fantastic!

[Mosaud1998]

I did something I thought I'd never do.

Removed both drivers and passenger seat to vacuum the carpet... the carpets literally brand new under the seats. No food crumbs, dirt, or stains anywhere.

The first owner/PO took really good care of this thing. It was his baby before I took it

[ryan stewart]

Originally Posted by 2one3E90

My tech did it. Dont know but 60 well worth it. I drive it hard so both of my e90 see alot of steering usage especially in AutoX

You can drain it completely by removing one of the banjo bolts from the rack but you could also just probably siphon out the bottle with a turkey baster and put new fluid in after cycling the rack, its going to suck the new fluid back down and push old fluid back up. Youre going to be somewhat diluting the crap but its basically operating like a coolant flush, you do it often so you dilute the crap to the point it doesnt matter.

[2one3E90]

Originally Posted by feuer

Both windshields cracked in single week. Won’t pass tech at the track this weekend so had to be replaced. The crew from Mega are fantastic!

Let me see better view of car I like it. Lemme see

[E92_William]

Simple stuff, made a drain for the parts washer and cleaned up a bit an mtech 1 bumper I had bought at the junkyard and realized shortly after it wouldn't work for an E46 coupe lol.

Has anyone here done an electric fan conversion on an e46?
(I know this is E90post but some people here have that generation too)
My concerns with that conversion are the lack of a fan shroud that the oem mechanical fan has and that it goes from a mechanical clutch fan and auxiliary fan to just a single fan from the manual car and Im not sure if it can keep the transmission cool long term down here. Wondering because I can just get one cheap at the yard and not have to deal with the mechanical fan in the way all the time which also needs a clutch so it doesn't sound like a UPS truck

[tcphoto]

I put an MTech2 bumper on my old E46 Convertible and loved it. I understand that you can delete the puller fan also if you go with an electric fan on the E46, you should look at E46Fanatics for a tutorial. The elimination of the fan clutch will also take stress off the water pump shaft. Here's a picture of my old E46 with Style 197's.

[unixnerd]

Originally Posted by tcphoto

I put an MTech2 bumper on my old E46 Convertible and loved it. I understand that you can delete the puller fan also if you go with an electric fan on the E46, you should look at E46Fanatics for a tutorial. The elimination of the fan clutch will also take stress off the water pump shaft. Here's a picture of my old E46 with Style 197's.

My 2001 325Ci had a viscous coupling, 2002 325i touring had the electric fan instead. Only time I ever had trouble with a mechanical water pump was my E36 328i, viscous coupling went in the middle of nowhere. By the time I'd gotten to somewhere with tools it had killed the water pump bearings.

[feuer]

Originally Posted by 2one3E90

Let me see better view of car I like it. Lemme see

This car?

[2one3E90]

Originally Posted by feuer

This car?

Noo the other one couldnt see all of it. Its white with Apex

[feuer]

Originally Posted by 2one3E90

Noo the other one couldnt see all of it. Its white with Apex

Oh, you want to see the single turbo!

[Mosaud1998]

Originally Posted by feuer

Oh, you want to see the single turbo!

Sexy

[browny23]

over the pond in the UK on my 06 330d that i bought a week ago, i changed an injector cyl6, blanked swirl flaps, and egr/egr cooler delete then tried to start the car and burnt out my starter motor so then changed the starter

[E92_William]

Well the reason I'm on the fence about it is concerns with the electric fan being designed to work with a manual e46, being retrofitted to work with an automatic transmission one which has obviously one more thing for the fan to work cool down. But it seems nobody has had issues running it so I'll be on the hunt for a used one at the yard, or I'll weigh if it's better to just buy a fan clutch for this. Too bad the mtech 1 bumper won't work for the coupe so will have to sell rip.

Bought an oil cooler heat exchanger from an x3 at the junkyard today along with the hose to guide myself. Seems a lot easier than I thought to retrofit, just need the different coolant hose and can reuse the n54 filter housing I have sitting around.

[colorado.e9x]

Added coolant again. Leaked more than I thought it did, had to add a quarter of a gallon. Been slacking on refilling it since I'm draining it for the rad, hose, and overflow tank r&r tomorrow. I forgot to order a new cap for the tank Just going to need to clean up the old one real good with a toothbrush.