» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | looove 04-16-2024 01:18 PM 04-16-2024 01:18 PM 0 Replies, 1,497 Views | | | | | | 05-05-2007, 10:21 PM | #1 | Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: peterborough,uk Posts: 6 | **Engine/cylinder block coolant drain plug** Hey guys, I really need your help. I own a 1999/2000 E46 318i. Today I've been trying to sort out my coolant and radiator. I've got a haynes manual and started following the instructions. I've drained the coolant from the radiator by removing the radiator drain plugs. Then I ran into trouble. I have spent most of the day trying to find the engine/cylinder drain plug and just cant find it. Am I an idiot as I cannot find it despite hours of looking. I even looked for photos online and still cant find it. Can anyone help and tell me where it is (photographs would be good). The photos i have seen are either not very clear or are of a 325 and are different. What and where am i looking? Is it a metal or plastic plug i am looking for? Is it a screw or a nut requiring a wrench? I also hear that on some models there are 2 engine drain plugs. one on either side. how do i know if i have 2 and where is the other? Please please post if you can help me guys. Im desperate. I'd like to be able to do this myself and I cant drive to a garage anyway as I have drained the radiator!! thanks in advance gig | | | 05-06-2007, 04:38 PM | #2 | Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: SA Posts: 13 | On the 2000 E46 318i I believe the drain bolt on on the engine block on the exhaust side just about on the rear most edge Its just a little bit under where the exhaust manifold bolts on Its a metal nut | | | 05-06-2007, 04:44 PM | #3 | Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: SA Posts: 13 | It does have one on either side, but you only need to open the 1 | | | 05-06-2007, 05:36 PM | #4 | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NJ Posts: 1,625 | do yourself a favor and buy a 'Bentley Service Manual' (or even a '101 Perf. Projects For Your BMW' from Pelican Parts), & throw (far, far, far) away that piece of sh!t 'Chilton Haynes' thing. I did, & and it was the best 50 bucks I spent... Quote: Originally Posted by gig Hey guys, I really need your help. I own a 1999/2000 E46 318i. Today I've been trying to sort out my coolant and radiator. I've got a haynes manual and started following the instructions. I've drained the coolant from the radiator by removing the radiator drain plugs. Then I ran into trouble. I have spent most of the day trying to find the engine/cylinder drain plug and just cant find it. Am I an idiot as I cannot find it despite hours of looking. I even looked for photos online and still cant find it. Can anyone help and tell me where it is (photographs would be good). The photos i have seen are either not very clear or are of a 325 and are different. What and where am i looking? Is it a metal or plastic plug i am looking for? Is it a screw or a nut requiring a wrench? I also hear that on some models there are 2 engine drain plugs. one on either side. how do i know if i have 2 and where is the other? Please please post if you can help me guys. Im desperate. I'd like to be able to do this myself and I cant drive to a garage anyway as I have drained the radiator!! thanks in advance gig | | | | 05-06-2007, 09:14 PM | #5 | Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: peterborough,uk Posts: 6 | Thank you Cheers guys! I managed to find it with your help and get the job done. Feels very satisfying. My trouble was how bad haynes is and how misleading so of the fotos on the internet were. will definitely consider a different manual. Thanks again gig | | | 05-22-2007, 01:35 AM | #6 | Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 56 | This seems like a good thread to ask my question in... I'm planning on draining and flushing my coolant soon and I've seen reference to some washers that you are supposed to replace on both the radiator drain plug and the engine coolant drain plug. Does anyone have the part number for these, or should I not worry about it? Is the engine drain plug item #3 in this diagram? http://realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?...88&hg=11&fg=50 | | | 05-22-2007, 01:14 PM | #7 | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NJ Posts: 1,625 | I did just that a few months ago, and I did not replace the either plug. everything is holding up fine so far... no leaks. Quote: Originally Posted by rhombus This seems like a good thread to ask my question in... I'm planning on draining and flushing my coolant soon and I've seen reference to some washers that you are supposed to replace on both the radiator drain plug and the engine coolant drain plug. Does anyone have the part number for these, or should I not worry about it? Is the engine drain plug item #3 in this diagram? http://realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?...88&hg=11&fg=50 | | | | 05-22-2007, 05:25 PM | #8 | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Manassas, VA Posts: 4,129 | I used to live in Peterborough, when I was stationed at RAF Alconbury. Is that base still open? There was this restuarant near the base shaped like a flying saucer, really weird. My son was born at Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon. Quote: Originally Posted by gig Cheers guys! I managed to find it with your help and get the job done. Feels very satisfying. My trouble was how bad haynes is and how misleading so of the fotos on the internet were. will definitely consider a different manual. Thanks again gig | __________________ 1998 (July) 318ti, 5-spd OEM Armrest Blaupunkt Heidelberg CD50 CD Player/Compact Drive MP3 Player Diamond Audio 5.25" rear speakers Navman ICN 530 GPS BMWALARM.COM (with comfort settings) after market alarm system Magnecor 8.5mm wires M-Z3 Shifter/Momo Knob Burlwood Dashboard Stromung Exhaust X-brace Racing Dynamics Front Strut Bar Carbonio C.A.I. 17" Rial Rims Vader Seats/Heated/Lumbar Support M-tech Steering Wheel/Front Sway Bar/Front & Rear Bumper Depos/w 6500K Angel Eyes/6000K HIDs Clear Corners M3 Mirrors UUC Light Weight Flywheel/M5 Clutch/M3 Clutch Slave E28 3.46 LSD/Mcoupe Cover/E30 Flanges & Halfshafts UUC S.S. 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