I wanted air filter which can be maintained. I found pipercross air filter online for 40 eur. You must clean it every 30 000km. Stock filter is recommended to change every 30 00km and it costs aprox 20-30 euros. K&N costs more than 70 eur. It also looked like engine can’t get enough air into […]
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Installing pipercross air filter in BMW
Posted: 17th September 2019 by viljem_r in BMW X3 e83, Cars,bikes, vehicles, Garage, StartTags: airfilter, bmw, DIY, e83, e90, filter, flow, m47, m47n2, performance, pipercross, px1429, remmap, x3
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BMW 3FF0, P3263 error in DDE
Posted: 3rd May 2019 by viljem_r in BMW X3 e83, Cars,bikes, vehicles, Garage, StartTags: 3ff0, bmw, carbon, dde, diesel, DIY, dpf, egr, fix, garage, ista, m47, maf, p3263, power, repair, soot
Sudden loss of power and black smoke from my diesel. WTF!? I connected scan tool and get dtcs. OK I will disconnect a MAF and buy new MAF some other day. Well I wasn’t that lucky, same issues. Time to use tow service again. After a while car didn’t even want to start, that was […]
BMW m47 egr blanking
Posted: 17th January 2018 by viljem_r in BMW X3 e83, Cars,bikes, vehicles, Garage, StartTags: 2.0, bmw, bmw x3, diesel, DIY, egr, m47, x3
I cleaned egr and intake manifold 2 times on my bmw. Because I need to replace my glow plugs and also solve some thermostat leak, I also decide to block egr valve. I bought blanking plate on ebay. I drilled 6,5mm hole in it, because I hoped I won’t need remapping again. I also […]
BMW m47 2.0d thermostat replacement
Posted: 23rd November 2016 by viljem_r in BMW X3 e83, Cars,bikes, vehicles, Garage, StartTags: 2.0d, bmw, coolant, coolant temp bmw, diesel, DIY, dpf, dpf regeneration problem, e46, e83, garage, gates, m47, m47t2, main thermostat, replacement, temperature, thermostat
BMW m47 engine has 2 thermostats. One is main thermostat other is egr thermostat. Egr thermostat is easy to replace, main thermostat is a bit more work. If your temperature is not aprox 85-90 c in a few km then you have thermostat problem. Another indicator of bad thermostat is blocked dpf, high consumption, […]
DPF/FAP cleaning with DPF cleaner
Posted: 22nd April 2016 by viljem_r in BMW X3 e83, Cars,bikes, vehicles, Garage, Start, Technical stuffTags: bmw, bmw dpf, bmw e83, bmw x3, cartechnic, cartechnic dpf cleaner, DIY, dpf, dpf cleaner, dpf regeneration, fap, fap cleaner, m47
Engine suddenlly started losing perfomance, hesitating not running smoothly. I connected obd tester and found that DPF or FAP filter was jammed. I checked my options on a web and found out that the cheapest way is to try with cleaner in a can. All other options are professional and require spray guns and other […]
Bmw preheating unit repair-glow plug relay
Posted: 1st December 2015 by viljem_r in BMW X3 e83, Cars,bikes, vehicles, Garage, StartTags: beru, bmw, car repair, diesel, DIY, e46, e60, e83, e90, e91, glow plug, glow plug relay, inpa, m47, preheating module, preheating unit, show, solder
There a lot of BMW diesel with that faulty preheating unit. Here is how you can repair your BERU preheating unit. It is called also glow plug relay, but it is not relay any more, because it is not using anymore relays. One indicator for this unit is if you connected to obd tester (inpa […]