It's a pretty easy job in an E46 with that engine. Make sure you clean well and torque to spec!
It's a pretty easy job in an E46 with that engine. Make sure you clean well and torque to spec!
Should it be easy? Yes! Did a T45 torx bolt head strip when I looked at it wrong? Also yes! Did I order mechanical tensioner when I needed hydraulic? Third yes!
couldn't get the idler pulley off tonight (stripped), so I pulled the thermostat and water pump. New water pump is in- old one turned okay but it looked like the seal was flattened out and starting to ooze some coolant past.
I pulled tensioner as well, and it looks like I'll have to order a replacement for that before I can get that portion back together.
Edit: I had read online that hydraulic/mechanical were interchangeable so I ordered the kit with mechanical. While working, I couldn't see how. Looking back at the pictures tonight it looks like there's a "bracket " bolted onto the oil filter housing that I can remove and allow the Mechanical tensioner I have to bolt up..
I put most of a can of brake clean and a few rags on it tonight: some of it is starting to look like aluminum again!
tomorrow or next weekend I'll look to tackle the stripped torx bolt, not sure what I'll do yet but my backup option is to try welding a nut on (as awful as that sounds).
No updates, but here's all my junk in one place. Brought home a free playset for the kids, and that required moving some cars around!
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