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BMW e46 problem - garage suggestion?

  • 07-04-2009 9:49am
    #1
    jon1981
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    hi i have a 05 e46. lately the car is having problems starting. I do the turing the key in the ignition trick 3 times and it works... (anyone care to throw a suggestion as to how this gets around it? )


    anyway...can anyone recommend an independent garage in the kilmainham/inchicore/clondalkin area that might be able to diagnose this?


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  • #2
    Anan1
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    AC Car Sales, I think they're still off the SCR.


  • #3
    bonham23
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    sounds like a faulty cam position sensor.
    try Ac cars or chelmsford motors.


  • #4
    Cyrus
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    yep, ac or chelmsford :)


  • #5
    jon1981
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    bonham23 wrote: »
    sounds like a faulty cam position sensor.
    try Ac cars or chelmsford motors.


    expensive? :confused:


  • #6
    Cyrus
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    id imagine an hour labour and the part, when i got mine changed on an old e46 i had it was over 400 quid but they changed the maf aswell, id imagine 250-300?


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  • #7
    jon1981
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    Cyrus wrote: »
    id imagine an hour labour and the part, when i got mine changed on an old e46 i had it was over 400 quid but they changed the maf aswell, id imagine 250-300?

    cool, i want to check this is actually the problem first. dont suppose you know how doing the key turning trick by passes this?


  • #8
    Cyrus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,472 ✭✭✭✭Cyrus


    no idea,

    wont take anyone too long to figure out what it is, gary in chelmsford is very good, used to work in murphy and gunne, very reasonable labour rates


  • #9
    Eoin
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    bonham23 wrote: »
    sounds like a faulty cam position sensor.
    try Ac cars or chelmsford motors.

    That happened to me before Christmas - car took a while to start, and traction control warning light came on.
    Anan1 wrote:
    AC Car Sales, I think they're still off the SCR.

    They are indeed, just a little further away from town than their original premises.

    @jon1981 - they have autologic diagnostic tools there, so they should be able to diagnose the fault pretty quickly.

    www.accarsales.ie/location.aspx


  • #10
    ronaneire
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    jon1981 wrote: »
    hi i have a 05 e46. lately the car is having problems starting. I do the turing the key in the ignition trick 3 times and it works... (anyone care to throw a suggestion as to how this gets around it? )


    anyway...can anyone recommend an independent garage in the kilmainham/inchicore/clondalkin area that might be able to diagnose this?

    Straffan Motors 01/6278171... Call him and he will tell you over the phone what the problem might be and he will quote you.


  • #11
    captainosull
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    Is the car a diesel?


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  • #12
    jon1981
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    captainosull wrote: »
    Is the car a diesel?

    it is indeed!


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