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Morning allĀ 

while checking the old girl over the weekend (x3 2007 2.0d )

I discovered these fault codes šŸ˜±

on a bit of research I discovered that it could be either so thought Iā€™d ask for a bit of adviceĀ 

Forgot to mention that on start up it doesnā€™t fire up straight away ,it takes 5 seconds, but not lumpy on tick over, runs fine straight away,once Iā€™ve started it once the rest of the day itā€™s fineĀ 

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Hi Graham

Did this job early this year on a friend of the family's 320d same year as yours. He brought Beru (OEM) Glow plug controller and 4 glow plugs if memory serves Ā£120Ā 

He brought the controller following advice from his garage (BMW Specialist) who were booked up and couldn't fit it in for weeks. We had one reluctant glow plug but some heat and plenty of Freeze and Release penetrating fluid and the little devil gave up in the end.Ā 

Like you poor starting and smoke at start up now first time every time and he swears it's quieter ??Ā 

Dave

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2 minutes ago, Greydog said:

Hi Graham

Did this job early this year on a friend of the family's 320d same year as yours. He brought Beru (OEM) Glow plug controller and 4 glow plugs if memory serves Ā£120Ā 

He brought the controller following advice from his garage (BMW Specialist) who were booked up and couldn't fit it in for weeks. We had one reluctant glow plug but some heat and plenty of Freeze and Release penetrating fluid and the little devil gave up in the end.Ā 

Like you poor starting and smoke at start up now first time every time and he swears it's quieter ??Ā 

Dave

Hi daveĀ 

thanks for the reply šŸ‘

do u happen to no where the module is located off the top of your headĀ 

as Iā€™ve been reading itā€™s a bit of a pig to get toĀ 

ive managed to find module(beru)and 4 glow plugs ( bosh) for 150

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Hi Graham

I found a decent 1/4 drive socket set wich is small enough and skinny enough to get in at the two holding nuts was the answer. And yes it is a job that rates 5 * on the PITA listĀ šŸ˜‚Ā While you can reach the thing from above it was necessary to get at nuts from below so under trays off and car on stands front wheel off helps (well it did me)

Dave

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1 hour ago, Greydog said:

Hi Graham

I found a decent 1/4 drive socket set wich is small enough and skinny enough to get in at the two holding nuts was the answer. And yes it is a job that rates 5 * on the PITA listĀ šŸ˜‚Ā While you can reach the thing from above it was necessary to get at nuts from below so under trays off and car on stands front wheel off helps (well it did me)

Dave

Thanks šŸ™Ā 

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