Sticky maintenance thread?

[SteelGreyM]

On the last forum we had an e46 m3 maintenance thread made by Ian that was stickied. It outlined inspection 1 and 2 as well as recommended maintenance. Each item had an imbedded link to the DIY. Did anybody save this? If not I can make a new one for us.

Also, we can make it in a google doc file to update as necessary and download as PDF

[Obioban]

I'm hooping to get a new one up today...

[Speed Monkey]

There is a website called Build Journal that discusses many aspects of the E46 M3, including maintenance. Below is the address, and below that are some screen shots (with limited info, meaning limited to what can be captured in a “print screen”) of that contained in the Maintenance Section. It’s pretty good, in fact good enough that it could apply to almost any car, at least the basic mechanical items, and not specific items like VANOS, but other car automotive brands do use variable valve timing so using one’s noodle to apply some common sense and use “variable valve timing,“ the list can be adapted to cross over to some degree.

https://thebuildjournal.com/tech-guides/bmw-e46-m3-maintenance-guide/

[r4dr]

I think a lot of that Build Journal piece was originally based on Obioban's sticky on old M3F.

[Obioban]

Rewrote it:

https://nam3forum.com/forums/forum/main-forum/e46-2001-2006/8099-e46-m3-maintenance-lockdown-thread

Might give it some tweaks in the coming days, in case I forgot anything, but I believe it's pretty complete....

[Stepstools]

Does anyone have access to the part of the old maintenance thread that listed who the OE manufacturer was for various parts?

[Obioban]

Does anyone have access to the part of the old maintenance thread that listed who the OE manufacturer was for various parts?

FCP does that on their site.

[SandeepM3]

I think a lot of that Build Journal piece was originally based on Obioban's sticky on old M3F.

From what I remember that whole website is essentially a regurgitation of M3forum

[Obioban]

From what I remember that whole website is essentially a regurgitation of M3forum

Yep.

... and then trying to pull members off M3forum onto there.

[BMWahba]

But have you seen their merch??? 🤣

[SteelGreyM]

Rewrote it:

https://nam3forum.com/forums/forum/main-forum/e46-2001-2006/8099-e46-m3-maintenance-lockdown-thread

Might give it some tweaks in the coming days, in case I forgot anything, but I believe it's pretty complete....

You’re the man! Thanks Ian for your dedication. I don’t think we really show our appreciation for how much you do enough. I genuinely thank you brotha.

[SteelGreyM]

Here’s another idea. Remember flow’s OE parts manufacturer list that was stickied? Can we sticky that as well. I might have it in my downloads somewhere I will have to check. I’ll update in a few hours

[Obioban]

Here’s another idea. Remember flow’s OE parts manufacturer list that was stickied? Can we sticky that as well. I might have it in my downloads somewhere I will have to check. I’ll update in a few hours

I'm not sure it serves a purpose, now that FCP denotes who was the OEM for various parts on their site....

[Arith2]

Yep.

... and then trying to pull members off M3forum onto there.

It's not a forum though... So how would that have worked?

[mrgizmo04]

It's not a forum though... So how would that have worked?

I think I saw some posts in Facebook E46 M3 groups where they were trying to route folks to other forums as replacement for m3f.