The "WTF is wrong with my E46 now?" thread.

[nicknab]

Outside Saintfield.

Pretty close to me then! Happy days [emoji106]

 

[davey-dimples]

What happened?

Belt came off I think

Lost power steering and battery light came on coming out of the town onto the M2, continued up the hill section to try and at least get off at Sandyknowes to get onto a side road.

Car started losing power and overheating going up so I tried to nurse her to the top of the hill to coast down the hard shoulder to the roundabout at least, didn't get that far!

Just hoping that I haven't cooked the engine and I only need a belt replaced!!!!!!!!!

 

[Coog]

Sounds like the belt for sure. I'm sure it'll be grand!

 

[davey-dimples]

Sounds like the belt for sure. I'm sure it'll be grand!

That's what the AA guy said so its put my mind at ease a bit ... I was googling away in the recovery truck and making myself panic

(im the type of person who googles symptoms for everything when either me or my car is sick and then starts rationalising that I have Ebola...)

 

[svensktoppen]

Car started losing power and overheating going up so I tried to nurse her to the top of the hill to coast down the hard shoulder to the roundabout at least, didn't get that far!

Had exactly the same with the Honda, water pump/alternator belt came off and it got a bit steamy, cough... New belt, top up coolant, job done

If it were the Rover it would have been a different story, lol

Should have stopped straight away though, never drive when the engine is not right. Could be harmless or fatal, you just never know. I stopped in the middle of the Portaferry roundabout in Newtownards in morning rush-hour, lol, got a few "encouraging" comments by passing traffic, lol

 

[davey-dimples]

Had exactly the same with the Honda, water pump/alternator belt came off and it got a bit steamy, cough... New belt, top up coolant, job done

If it were the Rover it would have been a different story, lol

Should have stopped straight away though, never drive when the engine is not right. Could be harmless or fatal, you just never know. I stopped in the middle of the Portaferry roundabout in Newtownards in morning rush-hour, lol, got a few "encouraging" comments by passing traffic, lol

I know mate, should have stopped right away on hard shoulder but I remember it happening to the other half and she got a few hours driving in her 206 before it died and then it went ok - never thought about it being connected to waterpump etc as well

To make things better I rang Agnews myself as I knew if the Police did they would probably charge me some kind of admin fee for their "services" and I have Agnews saved in my phone from previous cars being moved about the country for me...

To top it all off, I forgot Im with the AA now though because that's who I insured with...

 

[Coog]

All kinds of fail there Davey lol

 

[davey-dimples]

All kinds of fail there Davey lol

Yup haha

The AA fella was really decent though, even gave me a lift home from Falcon Road to Antrim when I don't even have onward travel with my AA policy

 

[svensktoppen]

Good job well done there, at least you remembered your name

Agnews are really good for moving things around locally, reasonably priced as well.

AA are great if you have relay, especially if further away. But they do take their sweet time. Anything from 30-60 mins for the van to get there, and then usually a couple of hours for a tow truck to show up. Once past the call centre they are usually very helpful though.

 

[Coog]

Plenty of experience Sven? Lol.

 

[svensktoppen]

Their best customer, lol - or maybe that should be their worst

 

[colin84]

Belt came off I think

Lost power steering and battery light came on coming out of the town onto the M2, continued up the hill section to try and at least get off at Sandyknowes to get onto a side road.

Car started losing power and overheating going up so I tried to nurse her to the top of the hill to coast down the hard shoulder to the roundabout at least, didn't get that far!

Just hoping that I haven't cooked the engine and I only need a belt replaced!!!!!!!!!

Have you had a look at the pulleys and tensioner? It has happened to me before in a 330d and it ended up being the crankshaft pulley had fell apart. I just sold a mate a 320d and noticed his was cracked and in a bad state as well. The pulley has a rubber dampener in the middle that wears over time.

 

[davey-dimples]

Have you had a look at the pulleys and tensioner? It has happened to me before in a 330d and it ended up being the crankshaft pulley had fell apart. I just sold a mate a 320d and noticed his was cracked and in a bad state as well. The pulley has a rubber dampener in the middle that wears over time.

...expensive?

 

[colin84]

...expensive?

I stupidly went to BMW for mine because I couldn't find one elsewhere at the time in a hurry, was something like £250! I've seen them since for around £100.

 

[davey-dimples]

Looks like @colin84 wins the cookie... just off the phone with the Garage and they said it looks as if a pulley seized and the belt got ripped off

Thankfully doesn't seem to be any major damage so a new pulley is on and they are just waiting on the fan belt to fit for me this afternoon

So glad I wont have to spend another days commute in my mates Hyundai Amica, as decent as it was of him to lend me it for the few days I was off the road - its still a **** box on wheels that is terrifying to drive on a motorway above 50mph! lol

 

[AMG]

Learnt that when replacing rear shocks to replace the top mounts at the same time! Replaced the 2 shocks last week, and rubbers have popped out of both mounts since!

 

[Antoin]

Looks like @colin84 wins the cookie... just off the phone with the Garage and they said it looks as if a pulley seized and the belt got ripped off

Thankfully doesn't seem to be any major damage so a new pulley is on and they are just waiting on the fan belt to fit for me this afternoon

So glad I wont have to spend another days commute in my mates Hyundai Amica, as decent as it was of him to lend me it for the few days I was off the road - its still a **** box on wheels that is terrifying to drive on a motorway above 50mph! lol

Any telltale signs that the pulley is about to get fecked?

 

[davey-dimples]

Any telltale signs that the pulley is about to get fecked?

Ill ask when I collect it but Im sure the injector leak off pipe splitting and spraying diesel everywhere didn't help any of the rubber mounts about my engine bay....


Other than that a shudder and suddenly very stiff power steering is a very common side effect

PS That is most likely my old belt lying on York St/M2 junction lol

 

[Rover Repair]

Can I post in this thread as my Rover 75's are about 75% e46 lol.

 

[Alan_B]

Any telltale signs that the pulley is about to get fecked?

I replaced a tensioner in my old 330 as it sounded dry. Was a pain tracking down the right part though, something to do with a change in design. With the tensioner being spring loaded its easy to pop the belt on and off.

 

[chapletown]

Been having my traction control light coming on lately and tracked it down to a dsc sensor on the abs pump. Dealer only part - 102 quid - dear wee buggar lol

 

[davey-dimples]

Been having my traction control light coming on lately and tracked it down to a dsc sensor on the abs pump. Dealer only part - 102 quid - dear wee buggar lol

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Mine seems to come on easily so either im not used to RWD and the torque of the engine or something is up with a sensor

Usually only when going round corners/bends and especially on bumpy ground but sometimes not even going very fast ... weird|!

 

[j44nty]

I blacked out all lights on my dash 4 years ago and have never had one problem I KNOW OF. bar an abs sensor. I also have to change a rear arm as the bush is now non existent and it rattles about on the bolt so badly the radio will no longer drown it out. still free motoring for 4 years though. Gonna treat it to 2 new wings and a rattle can finish next month when I do the rear arm and hopefully she will limp to work for another 4 years lol.

 

[davey-dimples]

I blacked out all lights on my dash 4 years ago and have never had one problem I KNOW OF. bar an abs sensor. I also have to change a rear arm as the bush is now non existent and it rattles about on the bolt so badly the radio will no longer drown it out. still free motoring for 4 years though. Gonna treat it to 2 new wings and a rattle can finish next month when I do the rear arm and hopefully she will limp to work for another 4 years lol.

Mine doesn't limp, she slides to work

 

[Antoin]

Mine seems to come on easily so either im not used to RWD and the torque of the engine or something is up with a sensor

Usually only when going round corners/bends and especially on bumpy ground but sometimes not even going very fast ... weird|!

I found that a wee stone had jammed in the ABS ring on the hub which caused traction control to kick in at strange times.
Check which wheel sensor is throwing up the fault and give that one a wee clean out.