Tips And Trick: Buying Bmw e46

if want to buy e46, about his inspection list like this: 

1. lift the car use elevator / hydraulics: 

2. look for the point of leaking point oil / oil seep marks remaining. 

2a. in matic oil tub 
2b. around the crankshaft, its position right in front of the 
2c matic oil tub . under the machine. if there is seepage under the engine, the possibility of "vacuum oil pump / oil filter housing / rocker cover" seal seal it already leak.

3. all clay bushing arm front condition, left right. still rapet or already oblak / hole 

4. all checks seepage of oil on the four sides of the shock breaker / shock absorbers. if there is seep / remaining seepage of oil, it means skok is almost certainly broken. 

5. check the rest of the oil on the tip of the exhaust / rear tip muffler, if there is a lot of dry oil residue, most likely the engine mbeluk. 

6. Take the car from the elevator / hydraulic. 

7. open the hood, if can ask the same permission to have to open the existing engine cover bmw logo

8. check seep oil around the rocker cover, look from the front, to his right poker skok driver / driver. on the side of the machine there is a tray, clay trays pake flashlight / lights, kalo there seep means seal rocker cover or possibly vacuum oil pump already leak.

9. check also seepage of oil in the surrounding of housing oil filter.

10. starter the car, listen to the sound of strange sounds that arise from the vbelt surroundings (the position of the cover is still open) try playing the a / c on off, and note the disturbing sounds. if there is a sound that is not fair, most likely laker tensioner / stationer him ask for change. clay his rear exhaust, is it out white smoke when stepped on the gas pedal? alert i machine mbeluk.

11. prepare a thin plastic bag. Remember to ask for the same permission I had for this experiment. fitting the flame engine, open the engine oil cap, then paste the plastic bag to the surface of the oil filling hole, close to the meeting, see if the plastic bag is sucked strong into the hole? if yes means there is something wrong with oil separator mbl.

12. Return to common equipment and functions, check all lights and low-tilt low-key headlamps, cold a / c or not, sounds in damaged roads, power windows and audio functions, wipers and washer.

while running the car feel its girbox matic performance, whether the movement between the teeth is still nimble and smooth or if already slow and "jendul". try also tiptronic 5speed performance, is still functioning properly.

check the indicator in spido meter, does all the flame and die normally? 
12a. SRS indicator will flash when ACC position, then die sometime after its. 
12b. (), triangle (traction control), eml (check engine), abs, brake pad (O) yellow, battery indicator / battery, oil indicator, will flash after contact ON, and off after some long. but for the EML indicator, the battery, and the oil will die after the engine is turned on. 
12c. check the gear indicator on the speedometer, do not see the gear image on the screen, the girbox address is not healthy.

13. tampering dot. this is a crucial issue. pay attention on the speedometer, on the LCD / bottom screen where the odometer and clock are displayed

take a good look at it, if there is an orange dot right next to the "km" it's called tampering dot. this point will appear if the car's computer system detects a mismatch between the car's odometer / mileage recorded on the speedometer with mileage recorded on some components in the car. that is, it is possible that some parts of the car's electronic module have been replaced with other copotan modules, the modules have been serviced, or worse, the miles on the speedometer were changed intentionally, in this case "low plane kilometers"

14. if after 13 points above still hesitate, immediately check to bmw the nearest dealer, do general check-up with owner's approval. ask for a kilometer read in the car keys (bmw e46 car keys keep valid data kilometers of the car, so for a spider kilometer in spido ever in the puter, it will not match the kilometers read in the car keys.) read it using special tools available on the SA table .