BMW 3 Series (E46) Service Manual: 1999-2005 | Bentley Publishers

BMW 3 Series (E46) Service Manual: 1999-2005 | Bentley Publishers | Nice Content but Poor Quality Binding

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	BMW 3 Series (E46) Service Manual: 1999-2005 Bentley Publishers Bentley Publishers, 2005 - 1434 pages average customer review:based on 59 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

great little "bible"

Great little bible for classic Bimmer owners to have. Very informative on how to take things apart, put back together and trouble shooting.
Also some very helpful hints on routine maintenance. Found some things out that we never would of without this book.
Much better then the "generic" books they sell in the auto part stores.

Nice Content but Poor Quality Binding

I had a similar experience to another reviewer in that after a few days owning the manual, the binding started coming apart and a few pages are now trying to escape.
I used the book so gently that I believe I'd rather just get a refund than an exchange - because I'm afraid the same thing will just happen again.

As for the contents of the manual, I'm giving it 4 stars because it seems like a decent manual. It has good pictures. Granted, sometimes you need to stare at them for a while and then stare at your car to figure out exactly which angle they took the picture from. The instructions are concise but I was able to follow pretty well.
I'm not a seasoned mechanic. I want a manual to tell me what to do, what order to do it, and generally which screws to undo for each step. This manual did that pretty good.

Here's what I used the manual for in my short time:
-I replaced my belts
-I openned up the blower motor for the HVAC system
(unnecessarily since it wasn't the problem)
-I replaced the blower motor resister pack, also called
the final stage unit which is in behind and left of
the glove box.

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the best manual available

There seem to be a lot of reviews which gripe about various problems with this manual, however, they all fail to suggest anything better. That's because there isn't a better printed manual. BMW has not offered printed shop manuals to customers since the era of the 2002 (the car, not the year) and while some bootleg electronic documentation (TIS/ETK) is available there are times when a printed manual is the best choice. The Bentley manual is head and shoulders above the others available.

If you work on BMWs you want the Bentley manuals. There's plenty of stuff they don't cover, but for the most the TIS doesn't cover that stuff either, like how to rebuild differentials. For electrical troubleshooting you can use the ETK.

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E46 Service Manual

Filled with useful info and contains detailed descriptions needed for repairs. Great book. A

reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, page 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

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