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one of bmw's finest engineering. a dream to drive B)

was a dream to drive for a month, until water pump started leaking, waiting till weather gets better to change it

Welcome aboard Mickey... Lovely example ;)

thanks, had it a few months and now the water pump has started leaking :angry:

Me again. Should it also have a cover over the manifold outlet.

on the e46 it has a cover over the inlet manafold

cool

ok just read in the manual for the e46 "the system is only actice during cold starts (up to 33c coolant tem) and only operates for 2 minutes"

so should be ok

Thanks DMW.

Would this effect power? Would it have been removed as part of a recall? Its an 05 plate but has spent most of its life parked or short trip as its on just done 20k miles (genuine) from new from a BMW dealer in Croydon.

Seems odd that it looks to have had something there and now its not. Unless they have used it as a donor part for another car and

by-passed my one. :blink:

this engine is fitted to e46 as well and i just checked in the work shop book i have.

i think it should be fitted to your model because if bmw had removed it they would not have left the bracket behind.

on performance it should have no effect, but it is to make the cats heat up faster, so with it not fitted can it damage the cats?

i think the item that goes there is called secondary air pump or something like that , is function is to get the catalytic converters up to operating temperature faster on start up

very cool, i have same wheels on mine have to get them refurbished to look as good as yours.

have 9 bmws then i got my ultimate dream bimmer