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Morning Brian Welcome to the Forum The BMW straight 6 is one of the worlds great engines and the beating heart of your car is one of those. With good maintenance it will give many years of happy ownership. Are you a home mechanic or do you prefer others to do the oily bits? ENJOY your Beemer Dave

👍 Great news Dan hope it all comes together Dave

Morning Bill If memory serves (dangerous at my age) Bentley published repair manuals in the US worth checking As an old engineer with a need to know I have always had manuals for every car I have owned (even the new ones under warranty) Then in the 90's when all marques moved towards Diagnostic program's technical and service information was included in these program's hence your PDF problem. On my old laptop I have copies of Mercedes Star, Volvo, BMW, Toyota and VW Audi. All because I have owned or family have owned these Marques and even when they were Dealer serviced it is good to know what is happening. I have experienced one of my Mercedes that I scanned and was showing 2 faults both gearbox related going for regular service telling the service manager about the Gearbox issues, then on collection being told they could find no fault only to re-run my scan and the faults were still there and still present ?? It took quite a fight to get them to correct the issue which without diagnostics they denied were there. Good luck with your search Dave

Morning Willie Welcome to the Forum Apart from a genius in BMW's design department deciding to put the chain at the rear of the engine meaning work on the chains and tensioners is an engine out job !! However the well published issue's tended to be with the early 4 cylinder engines more than the 6 cylinder's. My experience of these engines comes from my brother inlaw having now owned 5 x 5 series touring 2x 530d 2x 535d and his current 540d xDrive. All his cars are ecu tuned all have had full BMW Dealer histories to ensure the best trade in. All his cars have run to 200k + to help the car we carry out 5k oil and filter changes and a general inspection. Apart from some EGR and swirl flap issues with the early cars (all taken care of under warranty) there have been no issues. In fact his first 535d was purchased by one of the BMW Tech's at his Dealership who still owns it. Dave

Morning Chris Welcome to the Forum Very nice Enjoy Dave

Hi Shaun All the accessories should go to sleep when the car does, the cigarette lighter doesn't. So any accessory power feed should be OK just check the fuse map. The dash cam I have in my X5 has run off the Torch supply for 5 years with no issue Good luck finding the solution Dave

Hi Larry Welcome to the Forum You need a Diagnostic session even an intermittent fault will be recorded as "Fault not Present" but it will tell you what it was/is Dave

Morning Bill Now don't go dragging us Brit's into BMW's dodgy decisions 😆 I have copies of BMW Diagnostic programs on an old Laptop BMW 1.4.0 and BMW ISTA/INPA which includes technical repair information, the downside it doesn't get BMW updates. Not an issue as most of the BMW's I see are friends and family and are a few years old anyway. Total cost was less than $100 US A couple of sites I use in conduction with the Diagnostics are www.realoem.com BMW online parts list just put the last 7 digits of your Vin in the search box it will bring up your model then look in the relevant section, makes sure you get the right bits. I also use www.pelcanparts.com great site with excellent "How Too's" complete with pictures it's a US site so it will have the steering wheel on the side you like 🤣 Hope this is a help Dave PS Just checked Ebay and there are copies of ISTA/INPA for £55 (about 80 or 90 dollars)

What a mess have you contacted BMW customer services ? You surly can't be the only one ? Dave

Morning Shaun When fitting my brother inlaws dash cam originally I took power from the Torch charging point in the glove box and fitted an inline fuse. The cam has been moved several times over the years the last refit was into his current 540d Touring this time I took power from the Sun Visor light power supply again with an inline fuse, Your 430d has fuse boxes in the glovebox under the bonnet and in the boot the fuse box in the boot should have a fuse chart folded away. Any of the Accessory fuses should be OK to piggyback from Hope this helps Dave

Morning Christof Lucky boy enjoy it when you get it. There has always been and always will be debates on fuel and these days I guess people will fill up at the cheapest station particularly in todays climate plus now we have E10 fuels as well.. My 4.6is has covered 160k at 92k I rebuilt the engine due to the plastic chain guides failing. The car has always been run on regular with a tank of premium every 5th fill up, there is a fair mix of Supermarket brands in there as well. When I stripped the engine the OEM honing marks were still clearly visible in the bores and there was very little carbon build up, which is a testament to the quality of modern fuel and oils. At the rebuild I upgraded the cam and throttle body with Dinan items from the States and a remap to gain the best use of them. Now at 160k a month ago I had the old girl on a rolling road she showed 363hp at the wheels, average mpg has always been between 18 and 19mpg. I am old but I don't drive like Miss Daisies chauffeur winter the car gets plenty of mild off road use and tows a horse trailer most summer weekends A bit of a long winded way of saying give it the best you can I think oil changes at a minimum once a year are more important THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS ENJOY YOUR BEEMER Dave

Morning Martin Welcome to the Forum A diagnostic scan is needed using something like INPA or BMW 1.4.0 as your issue could be with 1 or more of the system components or a failing LCM If you are a DIY person then I would get a copy of BMW 1.4.0 which you can load onto a Laptop. iI is simple to use and will give Dealer level access and information all scan information is in English so no codes to interpret. If the fault is with one of the units then it can be repaired (Google) or replaced. Today there are several replacement systems available that are in fact cheaper than the OEM equipment. If however it is the LCM failing a replacement can be sourced and contrary to BMW coded to your car (BMW 1.4.0) Dave

Morning Teresa A BMW specific Scan tool such as INPA/ISTA or BMW 1.4.0 will allow you to see and investigate all control modules individually. Because of the configuration often faults in one will throw faults with others as they share information. A recent scan on my own X5 using BMW 1.4.0 showed a DME fault Mass Air Flow. Solution New one fitted a Fault with the Auxiliary Water Pump. Pump tested fine earth issue found and fixed. PDC fault rear center right sensor (As I have a reverse camera not yet fixed) All descriptions are as shown on the fault screen so no guess work or code interpretation. Dave

Morning Martin That sounds like a loose connection or faulty loom particularly if it is random. Lots of searching with a multi meter I am afraid? Fingers crossed it is just a loose connector or something similar Dave

Morning Andrew Not that I am aware of What have you checked? Lamp units for corrosion ? Bulbs ? Loom through lower tailgate to body ? Dave

Morning Welcome to the Forum My guess would be the lower steering joints. First try some lubrication on the 2 universal joints if the noise goes you will know where the issue is. It will come back though so think about changing the lower joints look at www.realoem.com put the last 7 digits of your Vin into the search box then look in the steering section. The small exploded drawing should help you see where it is. Good Luck Dave

Morning Sanchez Welcome to the Forum That is an interesting idea, there are a number of things that come to mind that would need consideration. There are I am sure regulations somewhere about how secure the batteries need to be, but that aside How much will extra batteries weigh? I don't know the weight of the battery pack currently in your car but extra weight will effect handling and brakes. I wonder if the current batter pack could be substituted for one with a larger capacity, say 70 kWh increased to 100 kWh I think we need an EV specialist on board here Dave

Hi Teresa I have tried to help with your earlier post So first question What Diagnostic system are you using to scan the car? If it isnt BMW specific you may struggle a BMW specic system will tell you what and where in English not just a code. Next question. When you scan can you identify all the control modules (this may be a failing/failed FCM/LCM) Back to my original answer what condition is the battery in? Dave

Hi Martin Welcome to the Forum When you say defaults to the start of what you were playing are you streaming music through your phone using something like Sptify or CarPlay ? Or are you getting issues with CD or Downloaded music on a memory stick? Dave

Morning Teresa Welcome to the Forum If it's throwing so many codes my first thought is Battery dying particularly if investigation shows the sensor faults to be spurious. Make sure the battery is fully charged minimum 12.8v engine off measured at the charging points under the Bonnet 14.4 +v measured at the same place engine running. Clear all faults then rescan see what comes back. If you have been scanning with the engine off that won't help as it will be draining the battery. Any returning codes can then be investigated Check the battery date code, the battery on my X5 died suddenly, when I checked the battery code after change it was manufactured in Dec 2002 so OEM and 18 when it died 😲 Hope this helps Dave

Hi H Welcome to the Forum Very pretty You have done it now !! Many weekends cleaning and polishing ahead to keep her pristine 🤣 ENJOY Dave

Morning Adam Welcome to the Forum Sorry don't appear to be able to download your attachments With regard to the rattle it could well be timing chain related which was a fairly common problem around your car/year. Sadly as the designers put the chain at the back of the engine it is an engine out job to do all chains upper and lower. Dave

Morning Daniel Sadly I think the bean counters have killed off the days when a full loom was fitted to every car. Check www.realoem if you haven't already, put the last 7 digits of your Vin into the search box it will bring up your model then search the audio section. That will give you an Idea of what to look for plus the small exploded drawings may help Not sure what system you have fitted which may also dictate whether they fitted an amp connection. You could check a Vin de-coder to see what was originally ordered Dave

Morning Only 25 years and the coating rubs off !! 🤣 Seems the only sound solution would be new ones Dave

Morning David Welcome to the Forum If you are going to disconnect the battery make sure you know how to open the boot (trunk) manually first 😆 Not sure if you will lose settings in the car over a 5 or 6 month period, you may have to get the battery re-registered Disconnecting the Battery won't stop it going flat, we have a holiday home where I keep an old estate car, I connect the battery to a Ctec intelligent battery charger the Ctec is plugged into a 7 day timer comes on over night once a week. If the charger see's a full battery it does nothing. Dave