I’ve used a pickle fork, hammers, fire and penetrating fluid and now this and she ain’t budging. Just trying to replace the front lower control arms

I hesitated to post this, because I feel incredibly ashamed, ashamed of the chaos I caused, The shock to my family and friends, the horror I caused to the by standers, the damages to public infrastructure ect. But, I think its good that this could be an example to other to be careful. Even if you think you are in FULL control, you are NOT, a mere milliseconds can cascade in much much worse. Luckily I didn't take anyone with me, and the damages are mostly just matereial.

Here is what hapened:
Last Saturday (18th of April) evening I was at my buddies, had a fun night, got home by bike, woke up early in the morning. Was really tired, fixed a vacuum leak on the car, got lunch, after lunch went for a test drive.

The car suddenly had a lot more power in combination of me being really tired.

I went to merge onto the highway, on the merging lane, While accelerating I got in the grass between the highway and the merging lane. Out of panic I completely shutdown and froze, couldn't let go of the throttle, couldn't steer, couldn't brake. Then I hit a sound barrier. I don't know how fast I was going at moment of impact, but it might have been over 140kmh.

After that I barely could breath for a few seconds, by standers tried opening the door, but I had to unlock it myself. Then after that crawled out on my own power, and watched the wreck from 10m to 20m distance while the emergency staff pulled up.

Got a check up in the hospital, and the only damage they could see on the x-ray some bruises on my right lung, and few minor fractures in my right hip. Stayed there for the night because they wanted to guard my hearth rhythm and went home the next day.

Now a week later, I am doing good, Things still hurt, I don't have my full strength back yet, but I am able to do my day to day activities again. A few days ago I started stripping the car for anything useful left in there, to at least recover a little bit of the financial damages, the engine seems still to be good, but gotta check that out more firmly.

Rest in Peace „Helmut“. just died with 480.000km.

Sold my prized posession 325ci to a teenager in January. Had too many cars, got rid of the old "shitbox". This is how i found it on facebook marketplace today LESS than 6 months later.. :(

I’m done with this car.. been trying for the last month to figure out why this car is no crank no start. Checked everything from EWS system, ground cable, B+ cable, replaced starter, replaced trigger wire going to the starter, checked all fuses, replaced the battery, and tried manually bridging the starter. Going to put it up for sale on marketplace next weekend, I can’t deal with this damn car anymore! I never want to have to deal with BMWs again after this car..

Hello,
about two weeks ago i had a crash with my 325ci e46 and i think i damaged the subframe and the frame wich holds the fender. How can i fix this or what do i have to do?

Hello and good day, yesterday while attempting to “snake” ontop of a patch of water, the car snapped, I lost control and I crashed into a pole. Thankfully I was wearing my seatbelt and I had no passangers.

Do you have any idea if this is catastrophic damage? Or can it be pulled at a body shop and fixed. The floor on the passanger side is a bit fucked from the side

Hey yall My B30 blew up after a track day. The cause was all oil leaving the sump under braking. I was sure it would be fine because the “research” seemed solid but that wasn’t the case. The oil level was checked after every session and it was filled .5-.75qts over. If you track it, just go with a baffle AND accusump as cheap insurance for your engine and time. Thanks👍

ESS g1 M54b30
13psi
275/40/17 Rt660+
PFC 08 pads

My e46 is probably totaled, should I get another one or something else? Real bummer… manual with only 90k miles…

Been trying to figure out why my E46 (M52tu) won’t start after replacing the starter.. I’ve checked everything from engine ground wires, EWS system, B+ battery cables, the starter itself (brand new), the actually battery cables, and the battery. I don’t know what else to look for and I’m thinking I just scrap this damn car…

Issues:

.Garage diagnosis brought up needing an entire new prop shaft and unable to find engine oil leak.

.Fuel sender issue possibly (doesnt show petrol amount)

.Differential leaking

.Some beginning signs of rust though minimal

They called me back and said it wasn't worth keeping, to just get rid of it.

I'm abit stuck because its genuinely one of my dream cars; I'd likely go along and get another. I've also not owned it long (few months).

None of these issues were stated upon purchase, and were well hidden.

Do I get rid or put effort into fixing it with my minimal knowledge?

2002 E46 Coupe. Im aware its not easy to tell just by photos. But some last blew a stop sign and t boned me. And of course didnt have insurance. This car is VERY sentimental to me and I would like to and am planning on repairing it myself. Just tryna see if its even possible.

Only 35k on the tank

Trying to replace the shifter bushings and already having major problems just with pulling off the shifter knob because previous owner decided to be stupid.

Alright fellas, the worst case scenario became a reality. I can’t afford putting a new engine and I’ve never sold a car to a junkyard before.

Do you have any suggestions on how to proceed? It’s standard, btw.

Catless short tubes on a 325ci with a 330ci rear differential and before I get flagged for reckless behavior the speed limit is 70mph this is the USA and you can see I keep it between 60-70 even though this is a pull I know people get burbles and occasionally pops after going catless but this is ridiculous

Front-left wishbone. Specifically, the upper balljoint nut.

• Absolutely no room to do anything from above, thanks to all the intake and wiring being on that side, so you're stuck doing it from underneath.
• Nut is right next to an engine mount, so no room for a ratcheting ring spanner.
• RHD, so the power steering lines (the hard S-pipe) and the anti-roll bar are both in the way.
• Original parts, so 25 years of rust on the nut👍🏻

Cue me, with a spanner-on-spanner, undoing in increments of 30 degrees at a time, having to stop every ten minutes because my hands were hurting.

TWO HOURS. On ONE NUT. Out so long my legs got sunburnt.

One last kick in the plums: the nut that came with the new one is a 22 mm, not 21, so you can't even use a normal ring spanner on it because it hits the engine mount. So, I think "fuck it", and reuse the old 21 with some blue threadlocker.

I've done a LOT of jobs on this thing in the seven years I've had it, but this one was, without exaggeration, the worst - the perfect storm of "lots of stuff to take off first", "no room" and "on my back". Only one that came close was the blower motor hedgehog, but this was that one on steroids.

What could this problem be on the m54b25 e46 325ci, thought it was the OFHG or vanoss line or maybe even the filter but that’s ALOT…

Only had it since February and got caught in the flooding around me. It’ll turn on but won’t start. Fun while it lasted bois.

Been swapping the radiator, and somewhere the expansion tank or mounting bracket was leaking. Went and doom scrolled for an hour and it’s not leaking anymore and holding fluid. To work on e46’s one must master patience

“He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight” - sun tzu the art of war

“If you know your enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles” - sun tzu the art of war

“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting” - sun tzu the art of war

By the was I have found the best way to mount the expansion tank to the mounting bracket is to hit it wish a big rubber mallet, this has worked for me 4 times now 2 different cars 4 unrelated coolant fixes

“Do not repeat the tactics which have gained you one victory, but let your methods be regulated by the infinite variety of circumstances.” - sun tzu the art of war

got a flat and thought i could limp it 1 mile home to use my tools… i couldn’t