The pump impeller is not plastic, its a composite. The notorius failures of plastic impellers was with the m50/m52 engines in E36. M52TU and M54 have a composite impeller. The steel impellers are actually worse because they are harder to balance and bearings in the pump usually fail earlier. Also, check the radiator on the bottom if its bowed out, that is usually the first sign of a failing radiator on an E46. If the radiator is original its smart to change it anyway, mine broke on the connection with the upper hose when I tried to slide my E46 About coolant temp, you can see exact temp in the OBC menu. Hold the left knob on the cluster until it changes to 1.0, click it until 19, wait for it to change to 19.0, click it again, go to 7.0 and there is your coolant temp
Don’t forget about the heater lines under the manifold. Wouldn’t be a catastrophic failure and you’d definitely notice it but you wouldn’t be able to do it at a drift event unlike a radiator hose.
10:00 you don’t have to open them up for installation. They say in the service data to leave it and to listen for the audible snap when it clicks over and locks on.
hey joel, this was a great video man! everything is done perfectly other than that metal bleeder screw on that expansion tank! it may seem like a great option but bmw made that screw plastic as an intentional weak point in the cooling system. If you were to overheat or over pressurize the system, it would melt or blow out the screw, with the metal screw in place it will either blow out the top of blow the tank in general! hope this helps!
Both block and head are aluminum… you’ll be surprised tho it takes a few overheating issues for it to warp.. of course depends how long it overheats for
you really gotta check the head i thought mine was fine but the head is cracked it still runs fine and never smoked or leaked oil and i never overheated it
might sound crazy but i wish the vids were even longer
Same longer videos are more detailed
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Joel was born with waves and airpods in his ears
“Can’t go in dry boys” on god
The pump impeller is not plastic, its a composite. The notorius failures of plastic impellers was with the m50/m52 engines in E36. M52TU and M54 have a composite impeller. The steel impellers are actually worse because they are harder to balance and bearings in the pump usually fail earlier.
Also, check the radiator on the bottom if its bowed out, that is usually the first sign of a failing radiator on an E46. If the radiator is original its smart to change it anyway, mine broke on the connection with the upper hose when I tried to slide my E46
About coolant temp, you can see exact temp in the OBC menu. Hold the left knob on the cluster until it changes to 1.0, click it until 19, wait for it to change to 19.0, click it again, go to 7.0 and there is your coolant temp
21:24 made me laugh it totally reminded me of the ignore the spill orange juice video
Most underrated UA-camr love the vids man.
Don’t forget about the heater lines under the manifold. Wouldn’t be a catastrophic failure and you’d definitely notice it but you wouldn’t be able to do it at a drift event unlike a radiator hose.
Love the e46 context ! your the guy I always go to when ever I run into problems with my bmw
He Really putting off putting the axles in the e30
10:00 you don’t have to open them up for installation. They say in the service data to leave it and to listen for the audible snap when it clicks over and locks on.
One tip when bleeding the coolant is you can squeak the hoses to suck some coolant in and purge air out.
Came for the car, stayed for the personality lol
Hell yeah, same bro. This dude is awesome. Very humble
mad content, make sure you don't get clipped on by the cops with the footage you're putting up, love your work bro
I appreciate the trouble you went through to get good lightning :)
hey joel, this was a great video man! everything is done perfectly other than that metal bleeder screw on that expansion tank! it may seem like a great option but bmw made that screw plastic as an intentional weak point in the cooling system. If you were to overheat or over pressurize the system, it would melt or blow out the screw, with the metal screw in place it will either blow out the top of blow the tank in general! hope this helps!
I almost died laughing when the drain plug snapped 😂
Bro that's fucked up....
Sike!!!!!! Hahahaha I was dying!!!!!! Been there done that! 🤣
You just reminded me to do some preventative maintenance on my e46
Glad to see that thing getting the love it deserves!
Love your content dude. Pls keep making this wagon a beast cause it's been giving me inspo for working on my 323ci
i was yelling, put a bucket under to save that expensive ass bmw coolant 😂
dude it’s been brick the past couple days haha, lovin the follow on the drift whip :)
Both block and head are aluminum… you’ll be surprised tho it takes a few overheating issues for it to warp.. of course depends how long it overheats for
I recommend to reinforce the rear subframe
Do wrap or paint, this thing in a different color would be so sick!
W video W UA-camr
Since the e46 is manual now, you should make a video on reinforcing the subframe
I did my water pump, belts and flushed my cooling system the other week
Nice, I will need to do that on my e36 as well
Love the vids man
12:00 🙃 moment
My e46 overheated like 3 times and it was still good I guess I was lucky
I have an e46 and I'm gonna do the same thing.
2:20 just buy a Milwaukee under hood light
Hey Joel what’s the parts website you goto to find the part number 🤞🏾????
Can’t go in dry my boys 😂
5:00 technically bmw does have a green coolant that is compatible.
you really gotta check the head
i thought mine was fine but the head is cracked it still runs fine and never smoked or leaked oil and i never overheated it
question: do you have a welded diff? sounds like it
You got a link to the cooling system kit you bought?
Hey man where did you get that torque wrench I just bought an e46 so I need one
the coolant I buy for my bmw comes already mixed
nice!
Do I need something to replace the fix on 325xu
Maintenance?! On a BMW??!!! Never heard of it
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how tf you get 4 winter tires and wheels for 125??
ebay turbo? :)
2.5 ? Or 3.0?
Hi joel
no minecraft videos still. it is what it is
Joel never replies to the comments 🥺
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can’t go in dry lmao