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bmw e46 problem

  • 23-02-2013 6:25pm
    #1
    sabii29
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17 ✭


    Hi guys,i have a problem for my bmw e46 2003 2.5 petrol.When i start engine and switch heating after while start come smell from heater and when i stop driving smell worse like burned rubber.When i switch off heater smell gone. What can be the problem. Just want to fix this problem,because i want to sell this car.Thanks


Comments

  • #2
    Jimdagym
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,844 ✭✭✭Jimdagym


    We don't like homophobes around here!!!


  • #3
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Open the bonnet and smell the engine bay? Does it smell of oil? Is there oil on the left hand side of the engine as you look from the front?

    I'm thinking it could be a failed rocker cover gasket, purely guess work, but it happened to mine and you get a string smell of oil coming into the cabin.


  • #4
    sabii29
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17 ✭sabii29


    Jimdagym wrote: »
    We don't like homophobes around here!!!
    sorry,didnt mean that.


  • #5
    sabii29
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17 ✭sabii29


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    Open the bonnet and smell the engine bay? Does it smell of oil? Is there oil on the left hand side of the engine as you look from the front?

    I'm thinking it could be a failed rocker cover gasket, purely guess work, but it happened to mine and you get a string smell of oil coming into the cabin.
    ok,thanks,i will go and check.


  • #6
    keithsfleet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,072 ✭✭✭keithsfleet


    Most likely culprit, if it's happening when the heater is blowing, is the heater core. Pain the the bankside of a job.
    Doyour windows fog up easily?


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  • #7
    sabii29
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17 ✭sabii29


    sabii29 wrote: »
    ok,thanks,i will go and check.
    checked,and looks like you right.around how much it will cost to fix it?
    20130223_184027.jpg


  • #8
    keithsfleet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,072 ✭✭✭keithsfleet


    Wipe up the oil and run the car for a while then check again would be my advice.


  • #9
    sabii29
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17 ✭sabii29


    keithsfleet wrote: »
    Wipe up the oil and run the car for a while then check again would be my advice.
    thanks,i will try now.


  • #10
    keithsfleet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,072 ✭✭✭keithsfleet


    It's not out of the ordinary for 10 year old cars to accumulate a little bit of oil around the rocker cover especially those straight 6 engines. I can't imagine a few drops of oil to give that bad a smell.
    Saying that though, those engines do run hot and overheat very easily leading to warped heads. Keep an eye on the temperature.


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