Latest thoughts on e46?

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Mike W.
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Re: Latest thoughts on e46?

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Fedaykin528e wrote: Jun 16, 2022 4:07 PM So far pretty good! Known or emerging issues are a slight flutter/misfire on light throttle on the highway, variable steering near center, and a broken rear spring. The VANOS itself hasn’t been touched in 260k, but no symptoms of failure. No OBD2 codes.
If the Vanos hasn't been touched in 260K, I would do it preemptively. M52TU was the worst in symptoms for bad Vanos, followed by M52, with M54 being the mildest symptoms. But I bet it's bad, even if it's not that bad. For an afternoon and a hundred bucks, do it. It might not make a huge difference, but it will make some, and if it hasn't been done, and you just bought it, you don't know what it should be like.
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