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E46 help. Please

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  • dastuzD
    dastuzD
    dastuz
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    #12

    I know I'm late to the party and this recommendation is also potentially late...  I know on my S-motor I replace the micro filter on my Vanos unit roughly once a year.  It's super cheap, super easy to do, and I know a few people who have had a lot of luck with that preventing Vanos issues.

    $0.02

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    • ThatRatRodProjectT
      ThatRatRodProjectT
      ThatRatRodProject
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      #13

      dastuz said:

      I know I'm late to the party and this recommendation is also potentially late...  I know on my S-motor I replace the micro filter on my Vanos unit roughly once a year.  It's super cheap, super easy to do, and I know a few people who have had a lot of luck with that preventing Vanos issues.

      $0.02

      Thanks for the info. I will also clean that filter.

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      • ThatRatRodProjectT
        ThatRatRodProjectT
        ThatRatRodProject
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        #14

        Well I went threw cleaned everything rest the codes. Drive about a 175 miles and SES light comes back. Plug in the scanner and it's the secondary air bank one and secondary air bank two. I have replaced the smog pump. Checked the evap valve with a vacuum pump. It was between 15" and 18" of vacuum so that's fine. So I then checked the vacuum control switch. No vacuum. Replaced the line and the switch. Still no vacuum. So next step was I check to see if I was getting power at plug for the vacuum control valve. There was power at the plug. I then tested the valve it self ran power to the control switch and the valve opened. I blew in one end air came out the other. Then I put it all back together and check it again this morning. Still no vacuum. Yes I check the fuses. Any help would be great. Good thing no more cam sensors check engine light.

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        • B
          B
          B C
          wrote on last edited by
          #15

          Standard protocol is to send donuts to those in the thread that contributed to a diagnosis

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          • ThatRatRodProjectT
            ThatRatRodProjectT
            ThatRatRodProject
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            #16

            Snap said:

            Standard protocol is to send donuts to those in the thread that contributed to a diagnosis

            Alright sounds fair

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            • KaiserRollsK
              KaiserRollsK
              KaiserRolls
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              #17

              Or get lost and eat them yourself

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                Daggerty
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                #18

                Are you checking for power by grounding it through the circuit?

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                • B
                  B
                  B C
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                  #19

                  Daggerty said:

                  Are you checking for power by grounding it through the circuit?

                  No, you dont get any donuts

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                  • ThatRatRodProjectT
                    ThatRatRodProjectT
                    ThatRatRodProject
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #20

                    Daggerty said:

                    Are you checking for power by grounding it through the circuit?

                    No exactly sure what you mean. Grounded to the chassis or to the plug.

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                      Daggerty
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                      #21

                      Are you grounding it through the plug?

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                      • ThatRatRodProjectT
                        ThatRatRodProjectT
                        ThatRatRodProject
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                        #22

                        Daggerty said:

                        Are you grounding it through the plug?

                        Yes

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                          Daggerty
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                          #23

                          What power reading are you getting through the plug.

                          when testing vacuum are you using your vacuum pump to build the vacuum in the system, or just to read it?

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                          • ThatRatRodProjectT
                            ThatRatRodProjectT
                            ThatRatRodProject
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                            #24

                            I just took everything apart and put it back together. And the vacuum line was pinched on the valve cover everything is working correctly now.

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                            • patsbimmer1P
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                              patsbimmer1
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