E46 series BMW 3

since 1998 of release

Repair and car operation



E46 series BMW 3
+ BMW 3 Cars (E46)
+ Current leaving and service
+ Engine
+ Systems of cooling, heating
+ Power supply systems, injection and release
- Engine electric equipment
   General information and security measures
   + System of electronic control by ignition and injection of the petrol engine
   + ignition System
   + System of preheat of the diesel engine
   - Charge and start systems
      General information on system
      The battery - the main data and leaving
      Removal and installation of the storage battery
      Check of the storage battery
      Generator. General information and security measures
      Removal and generator installation
      Check and replacement of brushes of a generator / regulator of tension
      Removal and installation, starter check
      Removal, installation and check of the traction relay of a starter
+ RKPP and transmission line
+ Automatic transmission
+ Coupling and power shafts
+ Brake system
+ Suspension bracket and steering
+ Body
+ Onboard electric equipment
+ electric equipment Schemes


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Removal and installation of the storage battery

The storage battery is in a luggage compartment behind a cover on the right side. At cars 316i, 318i the battery is located in an impellent compartment.

Owing to shutdown of the storage battery the memories given of electronic blocks can be lost:

- These memories of malfunctions in a monitor by the engine, and also in other electronic monitors are erased.
- Control of hours and computer data is lost.
- New initialization of the movable panel of a roof is required, address to the Section Replacement of an element of the filter of air of salon.


 REMOVAL

1 Switch off ignition.

2 Models 320i, 323i, 328i: Take out a floor covering of a luggage compartment. Turn a screw-driver on 90 ° clips and take out a cover.

3 Socket for a positive cable at the storage battery is closed by a level. Cast away it.

4 Disconnect at first the negative (-)-1-, and then positive (+)-2-cables of the storage battery.

5 Models 320i, 323i, 328i: Unscrew bolts of fastening-3-and remove a collar.

6 Models 316i, 318i: Unscrew bolts of fastening-3-and remove a collar. Take out a casing of the positive socket-4-and a battery casing. 1–negative cable.

7 Cast away the handle and take out the battery.

The storage battery contains poisonous components which cannot be utilized together with a household waste.


 INSTALLATION

Before installation and connection of the storage battery be convinced that ignition is switched off.

8 Models 320i, 323i, 328i: Establish the battery so that poles specified towards a wing.
9 Models 316i, 318i: Establish the battery so that poles specified towards the movement direction.
10 Models 316i, 318i: Establish a battery casing.
11 Establish and fix a collar.
12 Fix on poles positive (+), and then negative (-) cables.

Watch correctness of connection of cables and purity of contacts. High transitional resistance conducts, in particular at start, to an overload of electronic monitors and as a last resort can lead to their destruction.

13 Insert a cover of a positive pole.
14 Models 320i, 323i, 328i: Insert a plastic cover into a lateral casing. Insert clips and fix them turn on 90 °. Insert a floor covering of a luggage compartment.
15 Establish hours.
16 Initialize the movable panel of the hatch of a roof, address to the Section Replacement of an element of the filter of air of salon.