E46 330 Tourings - What to look out for

[geeks]

Hi Guys,

If all goes to plan the Abarth will be off this week and replaced by an E46 330 touring I have been offered at a pretty reasonable price. Anyone got any good advice as to what to look out for on them? I am aware of the usual arch crust, vanos issues and ccv leaks but as the old saying goes "you dont know, what you dont know!" so just looking for some general advice from the collective, it's an auto if that makes any difference and yes its a petrol

[geeks]

PurpleTurtle said:

Cooling system is the main one after those.

Expansion tanks can crack, lots of people do a lot of preventative maintenance. Various videos on YouTube or write-ups like this:

https://www.bmw330ci.net/maintenance/completecoola...

Great cars - lucky to find one, they are becoming rare. Gonna do a Readers Cars thread?

Ah yes, this one I know about from my E36 328, cheers for the link

RedWhiteMonkey said:

Check the rear subframe for cracking, although if you are looking at a car now chances of it cracking have already passed or it has been sorted.

Boot floor you mean?

helix402 said:

RedWhiteMonkey said:

Check the rear subframe for cracking, although if you are looking at a car now chances of it cracking have already passed or it has been sorted.

Subframes don’t crack. It’s the floor. I have two threads on here for E46 330d Tourings which will cover most E46 common faults (apart from petrol engine issues-they will be in my 328i thread!)

Cheers for that I will go hunting for them. I wasnt sure if the boot floor cracking issue affected the tourings or not.

[geeks]

Just to follow this up as we all hate it when the OP goes AWOL. I bought it yesterday, really happy with it, a couple of niggles to look at but nothing massive. Lovely to be back in a car with a straight 6, such an addictive noise. I am off for a lunch time cruise now just because I can

[geeks]

Cheers, I will indeed get one up and running shortly.

[geeks]

For those who are interested in such things my readers car thread is up https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...