E46 subframe mount torn from floor...

[Coog]

Sure nearly every modern car is spot welded together! Personally I'd prefer a seam myself though.

Good luck with the project!

 

[Bryan]

Yea but that isn't spot welding - that's just tacked.

 

[thefool1983]

Eventually got this sorted there the other day....

Some pics:

Boot floor and Box section cut

Mount removed

All fixed up and painted

This video shows the mount moving when the clutch was lifted with the brakes on! Scary stuff!!



To get at the bottom he had to drop the subframe as far as he could without disconnecting brake pipes etc. To do this he had to loosen and remove the exhaust.
If anyone is ever doing this give me a shout and I will keep ya right. Easy enough job - although lots of welding required!

 

[pablo]

Excellent work mate

 

[ewok]

i dot know how bmw got away with this flaw

 

[Coog]

How do you mean ewok? I thought they fixed thousands and thousands under warranty?

 

[CW E46]

well done!

 

[ewok]

How do you mean ewok? I thought they fixed thousands and thousands under warranty?

No they fixed them under a good will gesture and they stopped doing it supposedly 2 years ago but i am trying to say its a safety hazard trade and standards should have made them recall all cars to be fixed not just cars with a perfect service history

 

[thefool1983]

No they fixed them under a good will gesture and they stopped doing it supposedly 2 years ago but i am trying to say its a safety hazard trade and standards should have made them recall all cars to be fixed not just cars with a perfect service history

Hear here - they should have fixed them all - the design is not fit for purpose. They are all failing from fatigue failure rather than corrosion or wear. But I tried at the time to get them to fix mine but they weren't interested at all. Both Bavarian and BMWUK.

 

[Coog]

Not good at all. Looks a tidy job chum.

She still going alright bar that?

 

[pablo]

not like its unique, swirl flaps, vanos, turbos etc etc.

 

[thefool1983]

not like its unique, swirl flaps, vanos, turbos etc etc.

True pabs - but as someone said to me the other day. BMWs/Mercs used to be 2 or 3 times the price of yer average Ford years ago. Now they maybe 1.5 times teh price. Hence corners have to be cut and quality is affected. This is the modern way!

 

[pablo]

dont start me on E46s.

 

[thefool1983]

Not good at all. Looks a tidy job chum.

She still going alright bar that?

100% now. hopefully get another few years outta her yet....

 

[ewok]

not like its unique, swirl flaps, vanos, turbos etc etc.

true true Pabbs but this is a structural defect that the engineers fecked up or a metal quality issue.
Imagine going round the nurburgring track giving her loads and then a full catastrophic failure you would be toast and the e46 would be the new widow maker

 

[pablo]

Id defo rather pay for that repair than a new engine because a little plastic flap came off tho. £500 vs £5000 (ish )

 

[ewok]

The joys of an oil burner lol

 

[pablo]

Never again lol.

But

The e46 petrols have a disa valve. Same sheite. You're safe tho Ms don't have them.