The E46 M3 Journal
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Wonder what the cause of this was? New shoes always feel good!
Joke guys, the cause for the need of rear tires...
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You had one bad coil? Trust me...replace all 6. If one goes bad...the other 5 will go soon after.
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Rigged this up.
Parts used:
-7/8 craftsman 12pt 1/2" socket.
-11 zipties.
-heavy duty hose clamp.
-magic
@DrLeadFoot
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#6 misfire keeps on popping up about every 500 miles on the check engine light. I need to do plugs next.
@DrLeadFoot
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I got the coil from BMW so I think the boot came on it.
The exhaust system was tweaked a bit from the headers. A lot of pressure is put on that one mount so they break due to me not getting the muffler tweaked the opposite way. This is on my to do list now because the muffler is cracking to due the pressure.
Moral of the story is spend the $$$ on the Super Sprint headers from the get go.
@DrLeadFoot
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You had one bad coil? Trust me...replace all 6. If one goes bad...the other 5 will go soon after.
This is dumb advice. So say one control arm ball joint goes bad, your suppose to replace the other side as well? Please give me all your old parts when you do this. I'll use them when my car breaks.
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This is dumb advice. So say one control arm ball joint goes bad, your suppose to replace the other side as well? Please give me all your old parts when you do this. I'll use them when my car breaks.
I sure would replace the other side. I always do things like that in pairs
Just like if you have one bad rotor, you do both -
This is dumb advice. So say one control arm ball joint goes bad, your suppose to replace the other side as well? Please give me all your old parts when you do this. I'll use them when my car breaks.
I have observed 4 out of 6 coils fail on a Honda J-series within a 6 month period. bigjae may have experienced something similar on his own car and is simply trying to offer helpful advice.
cool your fuggin tits.
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This is dumb advice. So say one control arm ball joint goes bad, your suppose to replace the other side as well? Please give me all your old parts when you do this. I'll use them when my car breaks.
OK. Well...I guess my 12 years of driving and maintaining E46s is telling me the wrong answer. But carrying 6 spare coils to the track has saved me a tow home twice. Just sayin'.
And when one control arm with a non replaceable ball joint goes bad...you actually are supposed to replace both sides.
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Timmy gets a little opinionated sometimes. Don't mind him.
I will be replacing the #4 coil because it doesn't "snap" over the plug and sits loose. #sketch
@DrLeadFoot
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The exhaust is getting pretty annoying. I know this won't go over well with some but I am leaning towards my exhaust guy welding a muffler up.
Needs to be done soon. I need two of me to make more time!
@DrLeadFoot
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Timmy gets a little opinionated sometimes. Don't mind him.
I will be replacing the #3 coil because it doesn't "snap" over the plug and sits loose. #sketch
I know i do...haha. Backyard mechanics annoy me sometimes. I see no problem carrying spare coils but not uaing them until one actually fails. Also #3 coil boot is probably your issue not the whole coil. But maybe you want to carry 3 sets of spares just in case.
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I had Dan the Exhaust Man weld up the B&B muffler and all is quite on the Eastern Front except when thy beans are given.
@DrLeadFoot
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This is dumb advice. So say one control arm ball joint goes bad, your suppose to replace the other side as well? Please give me all your old parts when you do this. I'll use them when my car breaks.
Always do stuff in pairs!!! if the car is already on stands and you have the tools out... why not!?! Also if one is going bad, the other is normally not all too far behind...
1984 BMW 528e - SETA and manual swapped! M50 to come!!!
1988 BMW 528e - Need parts?
1991 Chevy C1500 (mighty 350 with TBI and Wisconsin weight reduction package)
1996 Mazda Miata (SOLD!!!)
1996 BMW 325i (Donor car)
1998 Chevrolet Corvette (BEAST)
2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee (BROKEN)
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The #6 misfire has been silent for about a week. But if it comes on again I have a new injector waiting to install.
Also have new coil for #4 because the current one doesn't snap onto the plug. It just sits there.
@DrLeadFoot
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