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@@alexderkach_ thank you!

I explain this in the video, but basically: The car has 500.000km and the swirl flaps, apart from having lots on carbon build up on them, are fine. But why? Well, in my case is because they've been disconnected at the actuator level. The little vacuum hose that goes from the control valve to the swirl flap actuator is cracked, so the swirl flaps never move, they stay in the OPEN position all the time. In this position, they experience minimum drag from the intake air, so the risk of any of them getting loose and entering into the combustion chamber is minimal. Apart from that, my car has not been remapped. So the levels of boost are stock or even below stock. And on top of that, as I mention in the video, the little screws the hold the swirl flaps are riveted from the back. I tried unscrewing one of them and I had to apply A LOT of force in order to get it out, deforming the back of the screw in the process. So with all that said, I'm pretty confident the flaps are not going to cause any issues whatsoever. And even if something does go wrong, the one that's going to fail will be the one I tried to unscrew.

501400 km

@@alexderkach_ What motor?

M47D20, 2.0L, 150hp, 5-speed

​​​@@alexderkach_500kkm..Not bad... Did you inspect timing chains and sprockets? In my case sprockets were worn out as much as their theeth got a tiger claw shape. And some of them were broken off even. This was on 305kkm. The mileage is original.

No, didn't inspect any of that. In my case, simply because it's not worth it. At this point, if the car decides to let go I'll simply accept it. Why? 1) I paid 750€ for it 6 years ago and 2) because it's getting increasingly more and more difficult to own this car due to environmental restrictions.

Thanks for pointing this out. Yes, the engine mounts are gone, but the weird circular motion you see on video is actually due a phenomenon called "aliasing", because the camera is sampling the video at 30fps. In real life, the engine shaking is more violent and it oscillates at a higher frequency.

@@alexderkach_ very interesting, I also heard a vibration in the interior which lead me to believe it was engine mounts

The vibration you heard from the interior is, in part, because of the worn out engine mounts, and also because of trim pieces of the interior that got loose over time. BMW made these cars to be very reciclable by using some kind of glue to put a lot of stuff together. This car spent 20+ years living in the hot and sunny Spain, so the glue got so dry that it stopped glueing. As a result, the door pockets for example, get loose and start resonating with the low frequency vibrations that come from the engine at idle (which is, once more, exaggerated by having collapsed engine mounts). But, when you cruise at normal speeds, with the engine sitting at 2200 rpm - you hear nothing. I kinda go into this in a video I made called 'it's not just a "rattle"'.

Great video! Very clear and helpful. I want to do this on my M57 engine and presume it’s pretty much the same with two extra cylinders?

Thanks! Yes, the M57 is pretty much the same but (as some people say) with the correct amount of cylinders

Did some more research into this and I think the next step will be to change the gearbox oil. Apparently the 5th gear detent got stuck, so maybe it can go back into place once some brand new hot oil circulates through there. If not, I’ll leave it as it is.

5A fuse

Thanks!!

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Uhhhh guys

@haylanhead5820 don't worry, I changed the oil filter every 5k... sometimes 7 if it's a busy month 😊

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If this happens to you ever again you may wanna try the duct tape method to roll the window down

@@alexderkach_ Thanks I'll look it up. When it happened and I called around and the locksmiths or tow companies would not touch it because it was a BMW so I was on my own.

Danke schön!

Yes, that way it'll be much easier to detach the hand brake wire from the handbrake shoe. And then you'll have plenty of room to release the wire from the wheel hub assembly altogether

Maybe it’s time for me to set up an Etsy account. Would you accept buying it there?

I would, just done the superglue method yesterday.

Ok, I’ll look into it and update you in a pinned comment on this video.

Thanks! I took a look at your channel and that 316ti looks gorgeous on the snow

Perhaps some "anti-resonance" 450kg glue can fix it

prolly the cluster is from another car, bc i refuse to believe it did that much haha.

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Thanks for the insight. The idler pulleys are fine, the harmonic balancer was replaced not too long ago. If I had to take a guess I'd say it's the engine mounts trying to tell me that 500.000km is kinda too much

@@alexderkach_ Fair enough. My car has 441,000 km on it. She still runs like a dream.

@@9-3nick that sweet sweet M47

I didnt figure out how idler pulley cause resonating? Which engine is your car? Thank you

@@alexderkach_ engine mounts 100%, My winter car is also m47 compact with 380k :D, you can set the idle slightly higher with diagnostics, I set as high as I could, it feels better

Thank you! Really appreciate it <3

Thanks! I really appreciate it 🙏🏻