E46 series BMW 3

since 1998 of release

Repair and car operation

Cowl adjustment

The drive connecting both locks of a cowl, should be adjusted so that it had no gap. The cover of a drive should sit completely in directing in the lock. Otherwise owing to a tension of a drive of a cowl the cable in the directing can slip out, then locks will not open.

As the cowl is driven and fastens in an unpainted body, owing to the subsequent shift of a cowl its unpainted surfaces can be bared.

1 Adjust the loop screw-1-at the left and on the right, having received the size A = 12 mm.

2 Check an emphasis-2-, if necessary replace a loop.

Adjustment of a drive of a cowl

3 Adjust a cowl drive so that it had no люфта.

The cable of a drive should not be tense. For descriptive reasons the drive and locks are shown in the removed condition.

4 Completely screw a cowl emphasis.

Lateral installation of a cowl

5 Weaken screws-2-and-3-of a loop-1-at the left and on the right so that the cowl could be displaced. 4–fastening of a cable of weight (address to an illustration 13.3).
6 Close a cowl and expose in relation to wings in front and on each side.

If the range of regulation does not suffice, weaken screws of fastening of loops of a cowl and displace loops on a body.

7 Carefully open a cowl and fix screws of loops.

Cowl adjustment on height

8 Weaken screws-1-of fastening of both emphasis so that an emphasis could be displaced. 3–zakhvatny hook.

9 Several times close a cowl so that it was possible to combine locks.
10 Tighten screws of fastening of an emphasis of the lock.

11 Unscrew a lock-nut-1-and turn an emphasis-2-face key - 3-.

12 Thus, expose a cowl on identical height in relation to wings. Thus watch a parallel gap in relation to a front bumper.
13 Tighten a lock-nut.
14 Check, whether locks and hooks-4-are correctly interfaced, if necessary repeat adjustment.

Emphasis adjustment

15 Open a cowl.

16 Turn out an emphasis so that the cowl was under some tension. For this purpose form from plasticine two columns in height about 10 mm. Establish columns on an emphasis and close a cowl. Open a cowl and measure height of an emphasis and the compressed column. Turn out an emphasis on size of the received size + 0.5 mm. Thus, adjust all emphasis.

17 Check, whether the emphasis without a gap adjoins to all emphasis, otherwise repeat adjustment.

The cowl should not be above a wing, differently there can be a wind noise at movement.