330D Issue

Lewist · 6 Dec 2009 at 22:06

Hi Guys,
I have an e46 330D and in the last week-10 days or so (eg since it has been <5 degress in the mornings) it has been a bit reluctant to fire up from a cold start. Any ideas what could potentially be the cause - my first thought was the battery but i'm not massively clued on on car insides tbh.

I've got a service coming up a week weds at BMW n'ton so hopefully they can shep more light then but i'd like to know what i'm likely to come up against in advance.

Also, when i booked it in i was expecting an inspection 2 but they said this wasn't applicable to my model and that it would just be another inspection 1 - is that right?

Lewist · 6 Dec 2009 at 22:32

Cheers for the reply, I always wait for the coil light to go out when i start the car, this is effectively the glow plug "warming" indicator isn't it?

If this was the case, what would a reasonable cost to sort it out be?

Lewist · 6 Dec 2009 at 22:35

It's turning over but not firing up. So sound like plugs based on what you said paradigm.

As far as servicing goes it has had oil src -> insp 1 -> oil -> now(approx 80k miles), which i thought was inspection 2 territory.

Lewist · 6 Dec 2009 at 22:42

Thanks, will try that trick tomorrow morning and see if it works.