BMW E46 320d starter motor, crank.sensor, glow plugs, alternator replacement, swirl flaps blanking..

[@vickchauhan3044]

Best informated and detailed video on KZbin helped me lot thanks

[@stuartpage1343]

Hi all 2004 BMW E46 330d changed starter motor yesterday. Fairly straightforward job.. Disconnect battery. Removed engine cover. Removed pollen filter and drip tray. Removed EGR intake 4off sockets headed bolts. Removed injector connectors 6 off and then folded its wiring loom over to nearside engine bay. Remove manifold. Remove 4mm diameter vacuum hoses 3 off Remove glow plug control box but leave plugged in, this gives room for the starter motor to be with drawn use a 3/8 spanner to remove 2 off starter motor fixing bolts (wd40 first) and it's 3 off electrical connections .. starter motor will now come away.. reassemble in opposite order.. you will find a few connectors to disconnect while you do the work but the all come apart and go back easily.. No need to go under car..no need to remove coolant hoses.. no need to remove dipstick..4 hours start to finish..car was labouring on start and running battery down.. it is now back to rights..happy E46ing.. Thanks Alex and Andrew.. and to STTS for posting video

[@ayeshamailey1271]

great video my friend

[@EkremOncirak]

Thx for this pice of art u made here.

[@jonathanthorne6174]

Awesome video, fairplay

[@Banklife_Lee]

Brilliant video.. This has really helped me. I'm at the final 2 bolts to get the starter motor off can I ask how long your flexi 10mm spanner you used is? I've tried to do it with a standard 10mm rachet spanner but I'm struggling to get the leverage with the small spanner to get them loose. I'm going to order a flexi spanner but they seem short at 16cm

[@straight_to_the_point7869]

Hi, Thanks, i would say my flexi 10mm ratchet spanner was about 16cm as well, for leverage try to improvise and use a piece of metal pipe over that spanner to extend it or any other similar improvisation idea (piece of wood and soft knocking with hammer etc.) Hope that helps. 👍

[@stefanrusu2067]

Couldn't the starter motor be removed from underneath the car without removing anything from top of the engine?

[@judibrown3504]

Thank you so helpful

[@straight_to_the_point7869]

No problem, Happy New Year 2021.👍

[@judibrown3504]

@@straight_to_the_point7869 Thank you same to you and yours.

[@hagopsarkarian]

Hi. Thank you for making this video. If I may ask, how much was the car's driven milage (in kilometers if you know) on the gauge befor you changed the starter? Thank you for answering in advance :-)

[@straight_to_the_point7869]

Hi, Thanks, car had over 300k