BMW 3 Series E46

since 1998 release

Repair and operation of the car



BMW 3 Series E46
+ BMW 3 cars (E46)
+ Current leaving and service
+ Engine
+ Cooling systems, heating
+ Power supply systems, injection and release
+ Engine electric equipment
+ RKPP and transmission line
+ Automatic transmission
+ Coupling and power shafts
+ Brake system
+ Suspension bracket and steering
- Body
   General information and security measures
   + Leaving and repair of damages of a body
   - External elements of a body
      Removal and installation of a front bumper
      Removal and installation/check of shock-absorbers of a bumper
      Removal and installation of a rear bumper
      Removal and installation of the back shock-absorber
      Removal and installation of a cover of a fairing
      Removal and installation of a forward wing
      Removal and installation of a cowl
      Adjustment of a cowl
      Removal and installation of a trunk lid
      Adjustment of a trunk lid
      Removal and installation of the lock/cylinder of the lock of a trunk lid
      Removal and installation of a gas-filled emphasis of a cowl/trunk lid
      Replacement of moldings and emblem of model
      Removal, installation and adjustment of a door
      Removal and installation of facing of a door
      Removal and installation of the lock of a door
      Removal and installation of the cylinder of the lock
      Removal and installation of the external handle of a door
      Removal, installation and adjustment of a window
      Removal and installation of the power window
      Removal and installation of the electric motor of a window regulator
      Removal and installation of a mirror of an external look / sound signal of high-pitch tone
      Removal and installation of glass of a mirror
      Removal and installation of the case of a mirror of an exterior
   + Internal elements of a body
+ Onboard electric equipment
+ Schemes of electric equipment



External elements of a body

Removal and installation of a front bumper

Front bumper

1 — a bumper beam
2 — facing of a bumper
3 — an opening cover for towage
4 — the lower lattice
Has various execution depending on model
5 — a cover of a fog light
6 — a lattice insert
7 — an insert of a lattice of automatic transmission
8 — a level
9 — a lining
For fastening of registration plate

10 — the assembly plug
11 — a bolt, 40 N • m
12 — a bolt
Only for aerodynamic package
13 — the assembly plug
14 — sealing laying
15 — a support left
16 — the shock-absorber
17 — a remote plate


The front bumper is executed in such a way that it maintains without damages head-on collision at a speed up to 4 km/h. At the same time energy of blow is perceived through the aluminum beam which is inside and two hydraulic shock-absorbers. Shock-absorbers fasten to two easily replaced deformed elements, so-called shock boxes. At a speed up to 15 km/h energy of blow is perceived by deformation of shock-absorbers and shock boxes in such a way that damage of a beam of fastening of the engine is excluded.

 REMOVAL

1 Turn off fastening bolts-2 peaks of an arch of a wheel-1-.

Turn out an additional bolt in a forward part from below. The bolt on an illustration is not shown.

2 Disconnect and remove a forward peak of an arch of a wheel.

3 Turn off fastening bolts-3 bumpers-1-to shock-absorbers from below through two openings-2-. 4 – registration plate, 5 – a fog light. The otvorachivaniye requires Torx head, for example, of HEZET-880-Mlg-Torx-E2 with the extender HAZET-8822-10 and if necessary a tetrahedral adapter 958-2 about 5/8 by 1/2 inches.

4 Pull a bumper and a rasstykuyta shtekerny connections of sound signals a little at the left and on the right.
5 Rasstykuyte shtekerny connections of fog lights if they are available.
6 Take out a bumper by means of the assistant forward.


 INSTALLATION

7 If necessary complete a bumper.
8 If it is necessary, put on covers shock-absorbers. The cover often at removal remains in fastening of the shock-absorber.
9 Establish by means of the assistant a bumper horizontally. Join shtekerny connections of sound signals and/or fog lights.
10 Insert a bumper into side guides and press back.
11 Expose a bumper in parallel to a body and fix by the moment 40 N • m.

12 The distance between a bumper and a body has to make And = 5 ± 1 mm. Otherwise remove a bumper and adjust bumper height at shock-absorbers.

13 Height of a bumper is regulated by rotation of plastic inserts with an internal hexagon-5-in shock-absorbers-1-. 2 – nuts, 3 – nuts, 4 – connectors.
14 Insert forward peaks of arches of wheels and fix them by bolts.