Nice video. People don't understand the importance of buying proper parts, especially for those older gen Bmws. I'm working about 10+ years on BMWs (early 90 models till mid-late 2000s, M50, M50TU, M52, M52TU, M54 and M47/M57. Mostly I got M52TU/M54 E46, E39). Aftermarket camshaft sensors, crankshaft sensors and mass air flow sensors SUCK. You have to buy OE sensors from the Bmw dealer. Yes, it is expensive, but they also last very long and your headaches are over. For the M52TU/M54 you can buy the Continental (earlier Siemens/VDO) mass air flow sensors. They are OK. O2 sensors are good from Bosch, or of course OE from Bmw. Until 2018-2019, you could buy aftermarket HELLA camshaft sensors for the M52TU/M54, they also had an erased Bmw-Logo on the sensor. Those sensors were good, but today Hella sensors (camshaft, crankshaft) are crap, and they also got a new part number.
Great to see that the Engine is runing as it should. My experience with After market sensor (position sensors, MAF‘s etc.) are really bad, had to learn the hard way that only original BMW sensors are working. Please continue with producing such great Videos ✌🏻, I‘m sure that aslong you keep buying necleted BMW‘s you will never run out of content 😂.
@sebastiangrosch1333 @sebastiangrosch1333 Thanks! Yeah video production will not halt anytime soon and I've got enough ideas for many broken BMW's, so a lot of content is coming your way :)
Nice video, excited to see the stuff about ur brothers car. I plan on changing my rear quarters aswell as i recently got all underside rust repaired. Only got a rusty quarter left now.
@Supraifyification Thanks ! I'm also excited to see how it turns out. I've haven't really welded body panels before, but have a bit of experience with the welder :/ I just hope it looks halfway good :) Good luck to you and your quarters!
@@DailyDrivenClasssics Thank you :) im sure it will be fine. Im paying someone i know to do it as i don't have confidence in myself welding. I think a hard part will be blending the paint without painting the whole car.
Hello, nice video I like work which you do but I have an idea why hella didnt work, In my opinion when you order from the dealer sensors they look and use VIN to set the correct part number and if there is som change from manufacturer ,program will notify them so they sell you exactly correct part with correct internal charakteristic of messurment but when you go on basic sites with autoparts their car database is very very poor and often happen that sensor which you shoudnt use they offer you like this is correct part for your car you can order from these sites but after pretty good research. so i think OEM parts are good just to find the correct one
@@petersakal582 thanks! Maybe you are right about that theory, but in my case its not applicable. Even at the dealer I ordered without a Vin :/ But it would make sense. Many people think aftermarket sensors have poor quality control.
I've Had bad experiences with aftermarket sensors in the past, so it's OEM for any sensor or critical engine component. Undercarriage parts I don't care. Even more pricey parts seem to break prematurely. Somethings wrong with parts quality these days.
Some BMW's are pickier than others, I've had success and failures with aftermarket parts. for example my 540i will not even start with a chinese maf sensor but my X5 with the same engine will happily start and run just fine with the chinese sensor
very nice video, i have a problem on my e46 where it shakes very bad on a cold start but as soon as the water temp gauge is out of the blue area the engine runs perfectly, do u maybe have an idea what it could be? Cam sensors as well perhaps?
@@m9ij could be many different things. Just like on mine its probably a conbination of air leaks and maybe bad plugs/ coils or and other things. You best bet is to buy a bluetooth scanner and go from there :)
@@DailyDrivenClasssics but wouldn't an air leak cause it to always run bad and not just when its cold, the spark plugs and coils are brand new and the problem is still there :/
@@m9ij during cold starts the mixture is set richer by the ecu, so air leaks affect the idle more during cold starts. I would start by eliminating the possibilty of air leaks with a scanner and check the O2 sensor values. When you dont have air leaks, theres many other things that could affect it, but i dont think cam sensors would only affect the engine in a cold state but all the time( at least thats how my car behaved)
@@DailyDrivenClasssics with a smoke tester? Yeah the o2 sensor had a some weird values, my mechanic said the problem won't be any sensors but the clearance of the valves in the valve "tubes" is too big, so on a cold start where there is not as much compression as when the engine is warm the valves are kind of not sitting right, but when the engine is warm the compression presses them into the right place, would you say that makes sense or would u say i should just change the o2 sensors, sorry for the big text
@@m9ij O2 sensors are rarely the cause best bet would be to lend a smoke testor and eliminate air leaks. Since you have 02 values that dont end up its 99% air leaks, when the values also dont make sense when engine is warm
Yup, if those sensors aren't within a gnats nagger of the original BMW parts electrical tolerances then the engine won't work properly. Maybe it's so BMW can make money or maybe it's why these old engines run so darned well. Who can tell?
I've thought about a similar theory where bmw programmed something in the software to not let aftermarket sensors run properly. How else would it affect other electrical systems🤷♂️. My abs and throttle body issues went away after I changed to original sensors :/
@@DailyDrivenClasssics Yeah, that's what i meant. To know the cause, you need to change things one by one. After changing 3 parts i wouldn't say it's correct to diss one of those three. I'd like to believe that manufacturers like Hella, Continental and similar are providing high quality. And, at least in diesel, according to BMW repair manual, the ECU can begin fuel injection only if the ECU sees that both crankshaft and camshaft sensors are working correctly and providing appropriate signal. If one of those sensors would die while driving, engine will not shut down, it will be in limp and drive until shut down. Then it won't be able to restart. So this would point to one of the cam sensors just being bad. Correct me if i'm wrong.
@@Ziurkyss well I'm 100% certain it was the crank sensor since i checked after each sensor changed. I first did exhaust cam then crank and then intake cam. And after the crank sensor it made the engine start better, stop misgiring and dtc went away. Also its really common on these engines to have these symptoms woth aftermarket crank sensors.
@@DailyDrivenClasssics oh ok, you didn't mention that you tried it between changing each sensor or i missed it. All good then. It's really sad to see such great companies go down then... Soon you won't be able to trust anything...
@@Ziurkyss yea my bad shoulve clarified that. Actually had footage but decided to not put it in the video since it felt repetitive. But many people complain abiut parts quality the last few years. Seems to me like most companies try to maximize profits and not care about quality
Nice video. People don't understand the importance of buying proper parts, especially for those older gen Bmws.
I'm working about 10+ years on BMWs (early 90 models till mid-late 2000s, M50, M50TU, M52, M52TU, M54 and M47/M57. Mostly I got M52TU/M54 E46, E39). Aftermarket camshaft sensors, crankshaft sensors and mass air flow sensors SUCK. You have to buy OE sensors from the Bmw dealer. Yes, it is expensive, but they also last very long and your headaches are over.
For the M52TU/M54 you can buy the Continental (earlier Siemens/VDO) mass air flow sensors. They are OK. O2 sensors are good from Bosch, or of course OE from Bmw.
Until 2018-2019, you could buy aftermarket HELLA camshaft sensors for the M52TU/M54, they also had an erased Bmw-Logo on the sensor. Those sensors were good, but today Hella sensors (camshaft, crankshaft) are crap, and they also got a new part number.
@@darioc.4414 thanks for your lengthy explanation and your experience. I screenshotted your comment for future reference :)
Great to see that the Engine is runing as it should. My experience with After market sensor (position sensors, MAF‘s etc.) are really bad, had to learn the hard way that only original BMW sensors are working. Please continue with producing such great Videos ✌🏻, I‘m sure that aslong you keep buying necleted BMW‘s you will never run out of content 😂.
@sebastiangrosch1333
@sebastiangrosch1333 Thanks! Yeah video production will not halt anytime soon and I've got enough ideas for many broken BMW's, so a lot of content is coming your way :)
Nice video, excited to see the stuff about ur brothers car. I plan on changing my rear quarters aswell as i recently got all underside rust repaired. Only got a rusty quarter left now.
@Supraifyification
Thanks ! I'm also excited to see how it turns out. I've haven't really welded body panels before, but have a bit of experience with the welder :/ I just hope it looks halfway good :) Good luck to you and your quarters!
@@DailyDrivenClasssics Thank you :) im sure it will be fine. Im paying someone i know to do it as i don't have confidence in myself welding. I think a hard part will be blending the paint without painting the whole car.
Thanks for the encouragement :)
Finally we got the engine running right :) What are your experiences with aftermarket cam and crankshaft sensors? Let me know!
what a pain... but so cool to see the engine finally purr like a kitten.
@TheSaemiProduction Doing this job without a lift is bad, but now that it's done the engine runs so smooth. Definetely worth it :)
Hello,
nice video I like work which you do but I have an idea why hella didnt work,
In my opinion when you order from the dealer sensors they look and use VIN to set the correct part number and if there is som change from manufacturer ,program will notify them so they sell you exactly correct part with correct internal charakteristic of messurment
but when you go on basic sites with autoparts their car database is very very poor and often happen that sensor which you shoudnt use they offer you like this is correct part for your car
you can order from these sites but after pretty good research.
so i think OEM parts are good just to find the correct one
@@petersakal582 thanks! Maybe you are right about that theory, but in my case its not applicable. Even at the dealer I ordered without a Vin :/ But it would make sense. Many people think aftermarket sensors have poor quality control.
I've Had bad experiences with aftermarket sensors in the past, so it's OEM for any sensor or critical engine component. Undercarriage parts I don't care. Even more pricey parts seem to break prematurely. Somethings wrong with parts quality these days.
@Juntasification
@Juntasification I agree. Big quality control issues with car parts these last few years :/
Some BMW's are pickier than others, I've had success and failures with aftermarket parts. for example my 540i will not even start with a chinese maf sensor but my X5 with the same engine will happily start and run just fine with the chinese sensor
@kowboykel665 Read similar stories on forums. This whole thing with aftermarket sensors on BMW's is a bit weird :/
GGs ! what's next ? 😀😀
@@firedustman somebody skipped the last few seconds of the video 😉
very nice video, i have a problem on my e46 where it shakes very bad on a cold start but as soon as the water temp gauge is out of the blue area the engine runs perfectly, do u maybe have an idea what it could be? Cam sensors as well perhaps?
@@m9ij could be many different things. Just like on mine its probably a conbination of air leaks and maybe bad plugs/ coils or and other things. You best bet is to buy a bluetooth scanner and go from there :)
@@DailyDrivenClasssics but wouldn't an air leak cause it to always run bad and not just when its cold, the spark plugs and coils are brand new and the problem is still there :/
@@m9ij during cold starts the mixture is set richer by the ecu, so air leaks affect the idle more during cold starts. I would start by eliminating the possibilty of air leaks with a scanner and check the O2 sensor values. When you dont have air leaks, theres many other things that could affect it, but i dont think cam sensors would only affect the engine in a cold state but all the time( at least thats how my car behaved)
@@DailyDrivenClasssics with a smoke tester? Yeah the o2 sensor had a some weird values, my mechanic said the problem won't be any sensors but the clearance of the valves in the valve "tubes" is too big, so on a cold start where there is not as much compression as when the engine is warm the valves are kind of not sitting right, but when the engine is warm the compression presses them into the right place, would you say that makes sense or would u say i should just change the o2 sensors, sorry for the big text
@@m9ij O2 sensors are rarely the cause best bet would be to lend a smoke testor and eliminate air leaks. Since you have 02 values that dont end up its 99% air leaks, when the values also dont make sense when engine is warm
Yup, if those sensors aren't within a gnats nagger of the original BMW parts electrical tolerances then the engine won't work properly. Maybe it's so BMW can make money or maybe it's why these old engines run so darned well. Who can tell?
I've thought about a similar theory where bmw programmed something in the software to not let aftermarket sensors run properly. How else would it affect other electrical systems🤷♂️. My abs and throttle body issues went away after I changed to original sensors :/
Hmm. You replaced one sensor and it didn't help. Then you replaced 2 more different sensors and put the blame on that poor lil crankshaft sensor?
@@Ziurkyss nono :) first i changed crankshaft sensor with hella-> didnt change anything. Then i replaced all 3 with original bmw and then it was fixes
@@DailyDrivenClasssics Yeah, that's what i meant. To know the cause, you need to change things one by one. After changing 3 parts i wouldn't say it's correct to diss one of those three. I'd like to believe that manufacturers like Hella, Continental and similar are providing high quality. And, at least in diesel, according to BMW repair manual, the ECU can begin fuel injection only if the ECU sees that both crankshaft and camshaft sensors are working correctly and providing appropriate signal. If one of those sensors would die while driving, engine will not shut down, it will be in limp and drive until shut down. Then it won't be able to restart. So this would point to one of the cam sensors just being bad. Correct me if i'm wrong.
@@Ziurkyss well I'm 100% certain it was the crank sensor since i checked after each sensor changed. I first did exhaust cam then crank and then intake cam. And after the crank sensor it made the engine start better, stop misgiring and dtc went away. Also its really common on these engines to have these symptoms woth aftermarket crank sensors.
@@DailyDrivenClasssics oh ok, you didn't mention that you tried it between changing each sensor or i missed it. All good then. It's really sad to see such great companies go down then... Soon you won't be able to trust anything...
@@Ziurkyss yea my bad shoulve clarified that. Actually had footage but decided to not put it in the video since it felt repetitive. But many people complain abiut parts quality the last few years. Seems to me like most companies try to maximize profits and not care about quality