swiss E46 B3 3.3 X touring
swiss E46 B3 3.3 X touring
Hello everybody,
I'm moving to Switzerland, and hopefully will get a car, and certainly a B3 3.3 x touring like this one.
I would greatly appreciate your comments, tips, advices about what to look for/inspect when I will visit and see the car.
Many thanks in advance.
vincent
I'm moving to Switzerland, and hopefully will get a car, and certainly a B3 3.3 x touring like this one.
I would greatly appreciate your comments, tips, advices about what to look for/inspect when I will visit and see the car.
Many thanks in advance.
vincent
2002 B3 3.3x touring No 100
Don't discount them, Simons highlighted problems he's experienced with his, so go and buy it as a used car, no rose tinted glasses even though it is a B3 3.3.
Lovely car, when do you go over?
Lovely car, when do you go over?
Former BMW CC 7 register chairman
2000 e39 B10 V8 Touring
1985 e23 B10 (sold)
1995 B3 saloon switchtronic (sold)
2000 e39 B10 V8 Touring
1985 e23 B10 (sold)
1995 B3 saloon switchtronic (sold)
DSC pressure sensors broken, oil level sensors, window regulators, rusty rear brake lines, trailing arm bushes on the rearvblanche wrote:Thanks....hmmm, maybe not then
which are?simon13 wrote: Plus all the usual e46 probs.
Thanks
RE the e34 Ix, the inner ball joints are the same as are the rear wishbone bushes
i LOVE my e46 b3s, i think its twice as fun to drive as my e36 B3. The chassis communicates to you in a way that makes it feel like a big e30. You always know where you are with it
The E46 had service points every 14-15k milesvblanche wrote:Hi, I saw a grey 2003 B3 3.3 x touring with 130,000km (80,000 miles). What kind of inspection should be done at this mileage? inspection II? Where can I find the inspections schedule? Many thanks, Vincent
These cycled between Oil, Insp 1, Oil and Insp 2
However, Insp 1 and Insp 2 are essentially the same thing since ALPINA started recommending that the spark plugs are changed every major Inspection.
Therefore (in miles):
0 - delivery
1200 - ALPINA running-in check
15000 - Oil
30000 - Inspection
45000 - Oil
60000 - Inspection
75000 - Oil
90000 - Inspection
And here is the service checklist
Charles
Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order
B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!
Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order
B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!
Many thanks for your post.Charles wrote:The E46 had service points every 14-15k milesvblanche wrote:Hi, I saw a grey 2003 B3 3.3 x touring with 130,000km (80,000 miles). What kind of inspection should be done at this mileage? inspection II? Where can I find the inspections schedule? Many thanks, Vincent
These cycled between Oil, Insp 1, Oil and Insp 2
However, Insp 1 and Insp 2 are essentially the same thing since ALPINA started recommending that the spark plugs are changed every major Inspection.
Therefore (in miles):
0 - delivery
1200 - ALPINA running-in check
15000 - Oil
30000 - Inspection
45000 - Oil
60000 - Inspection
75000 - Oil
90000 - Inspection
And here is the service checklist
2002 B3 3.3x touring No 100
For the first 180k miles of its life, my car was serviced according to the original schedule listed above - with no apparent problems whatsoever, despite running on what Simon delicately describes as thin piss.vblanche wrote:Hi, what do you recommend? Thankssimon13 wrote:15k oil services is madness, way too long especially on that thin like piss 0-30 oil they're supposed to use.
After the engine rebuild at 180k, I have switched to changing the oil every 7k miles or so, with a full Inspection every 4th change.
Charles
Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order
B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!
Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order
B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!