Great vid, I've had mined removed, I have noticed the effect of the swirl flaps being removed. Lack of low end torque, as the fuel isn't mixing as efficiently with the air no more, will try remapping
I'm going to be doing this exact job on the same 2005 1 series m47 next week. It looks pretty straight forward. I've got the car for a cracking price however I feel the glow plugs are in need of replacement and plan to do them at the same time. Do you by any chance have a video on glow plug removal on this engine?
No I don't, but is very easy. As soon as you remove the intake manifold off you'll have a good access to the glow plugs, I recommend you to change the glow plugs relay as well.
Indeed with the relay too! Get a ‘hitachi’ relay as they made them to withstand vibrations. If you have a glow plug fault with all 4 then it’s usually the relay but as you have to remove the inlet to get to them and the relay you might aswell delete the flaps @the same time! Dont forget to change the CCV filter! I do mine every service! It’s worth it! (Sits to the left of the injectors towards the back)
I have a E90 Alpina D3 M47 engine, is this something you would definitely recommend to do or have done sooner rather than later? The car has done 70,000 miles.
Mine has done 130k and is ok atm! Some do more and others less. Thousands are on the road and don’t fail! I have only seen one fail in 10years @a Bosch garage and that was a £5k job! Ducked the piston! Compressed the ring and lost compression!
@@UniqueMercenary with a very soft chip I got slightly better mpg and performance,the only downside is that(at least that's what I feel) the torque starts to hit a little later than before,but when it hits it hits harder.
I can tell you’re qualified mechanic! #donethingsproperly! Not many people put tissue down the intake! The only thing you missing is a wing cover bro ;) #boschstandards! Lol
@@Rick_Motorsport okey thanks about info. I live in sweden, now need find somewhere to buy this rebuild set. This country is stupid, only can order from ebay.
@@peterisrudens4013 if its difficult for you to buy the kit, you can use the original swirl flaps caps, just remove the swirl flaps, remove the metal part and then you end up wit a hole where the metal part was. Then you'll need to find a screw that covers the hole ( make sure it fits tight ) and use some silicone gasket to finish it, do that on all 4 and that's it. I done it once, because they sent me the wrong kit, so I had to do it that way and it worked perfectly. Hope that helps
@@Rick_Motorsport Yeah I disassembled everything and reconnected everything. cranked it until the batter die, then jumped it with another car and it eventually fired up. I noticed it took a while for yours to start too so i just kept cranking and it worked! 👍 I now have a coolant leak though! 🤣 Thanks for the vid and the reply you helped me a lot!!
Fantastic job mate very professional and an in depth review. You earnt my sub dude
Great vid, I've had mined removed, I have noticed the effect of the swirl flaps being removed. Lack of low end torque, as the fuel isn't mixing as efficiently with the air no more, will try remapping
I am done what you want to do but isn’t help the remap
Did you disconnect a fuel line? That struggling to start is a lack of fuel pressure
Hi George,
I've done the service at the same time and I've changed the fuel filter as well, that's why it struggled to start.
Thanks
@@Rick_Motorsport Thought so, makes sense!
20:02 good work
can this all be done with hand tools?
And then they start leaking ruining thé glowplugs And the controller .make sure you add some extra gasketsealant .
GOOD JOB PROFESSIONAL
Good job 👏🏻
I'm going to be doing this exact job on the same 2005 1 series m47 next week. It looks pretty straight forward. I've got the car for a cracking price however I feel the glow plugs are in need of replacement and plan to do them at the same time. Do you by any chance have a video on glow plug removal on this engine?
No I don't, but is very easy.
As soon as you remove the intake manifold off you'll have a good access to the glow plugs, I recommend you to change the glow plugs relay as well.
@@Rick_Motorsport yes I will change the relay also buddy thankyou very much any suggestions or tips or magic tricks to not snap the old glow plugs lol
@@bitsbobs4574 warm up the engine before attempting to remove the glow plugs, I normally leave it running for half an hour. 👍
@@Rick_Motorsport thwnkyou mate
Indeed with the relay too!
Get a ‘hitachi’ relay as they made them to withstand vibrations.
If you have a glow plug fault with all 4 then it’s usually the relay but as you have to remove the inlet to get to them and the relay you might aswell delete the flaps @the same time!
Dont forget to change the CCV filter!
I do mine every service!
It’s worth it! (Sits to the left of the injectors towards the back)
I have a E90 Alpina D3 M47 engine, is this something you would definitely recommend to do or have done sooner rather than later? The car has done 70,000 miles.
Hi,
Its very difficult to tell when the swirl flaps are going to fail, so I definitely recommend you to do it as soon as you can.
Thanks
OK thanks appreciate the advice, I will definitely add this to my "to do" list 👍
Mine has done 130k and is ok atm!
Some do more and others less.
Thousands are on the road and don’t fail!
I have only seen one fail in 10years @a Bosch garage and that was a £5k job!
Ducked the piston! Compressed the ring and lost compression!
So I've got a BMW e90 320d m47 163ps from 2006 ,what blanks size should I get for the swirl delete?22 or 33mm?
what was it? 22?
@@shahrose2383 22
@@shahrose2383 yes
thanks :) , any difference in performance or mpg after removal?
@@UniqueMercenary with a very soft chip I got slightly better mpg and performance,the only downside is that(at least that's what I feel) the torque starts to hit a little later than before,but when it hits it hits harder.
Where is IBS sensor on this model?
I can tell you’re qualified mechanic!
#donethingsproperly!
Not many people put tissue down the intake!
The only thing you missing is a wing cover bro ;)
#boschstandards! Lol
Did u have to remap it out or not ??
hi,
No you do not have to remap it if you do it the way I did!
@@Rick_Motorsport ok thanks
Hi mate what size was the blank my guess was 20mm
Hi,
22mm.
@@Rick_Motorsport cheers mate ordered some
Why is there a connector for an anti shudder valve but no anti shudder valve? lol
I reckon it came like that from factory.
Do you need to do this with software too to turn them off ?
No, if you do exactly the way I've done it's fine.
@@Rick_Motorsport so after this work no check engine light?
And you leave that vacuum valve for rod ? To car think its stock?
@@peterisrudens4013 yes, exactly..
@@Rick_Motorsport okey thanks about info. I live in sweden, now need find somewhere to buy this rebuild set. This country is stupid, only can order from ebay.
@@peterisrudens4013 if its difficult for you to buy the kit, you can use the original swirl flaps caps, just remove the swirl flaps, remove the metal part and then you end up wit a hole where the metal part was.
Then you'll need to find a screw that covers the hole ( make sure it fits tight ) and use some silicone gasket to finish it, do that on all 4 and that's it.
I done it once, because they sent me the wrong kit, so I had to do it that way and it worked perfectly.
Hope that helps
Hi Rick , where about do you live? I would like to visit you for a service on my e90 320d. I live in London. Great job with this video , thank you !
Hi mate,
I'm based in Sidcup, Kent.
I can definitely do a service on your car, but you'll have to leave the car with me for a day.
Thanks
@@Rick_Motorsport That's 15 minutes drive from me , great stuff. Can you give me address or contact number please? any contact info about your garage?
@@casperel4everr send me your number and I'll contact you. Thanks
@@Rick_Motorsport how can I send it to you ? On youtube ?
My won’t start now😩
Have you conect everything?!
@@Rick_Motorsport Yeah I disassembled everything and reconnected everything. cranked it until the batter die, then jumped it with another car and it eventually fired up. I noticed it took a while for yours to start too so i just kept cranking and it worked! 👍 I now have a coolant leak though! 🤣 Thanks for the vid and the reply you helped me a lot!!
M47????
M47 120d