SimonB
New member
So I recently got another e46, this time a 320d 6 speed. The car has 168k km on with FSH. I'm the furthest thing away from being mechanically inclined and can only go off of research and what other people say. I plan on keeping the car for a long time and I use it as a daily so I want to get some things out to way so that I can drive with peace of mind. I know some of these things have been discussed in forums but haven't had clear answers overall in one place. The things I want to do for now are below . I have done a fair amount of research and understand why the below is recommended but there are still some questions.
Swirl flaps delete (possible loss of low end power?)
EGR delete
DPF delete?
My options are egr complete removal but I read somewhere that it's a bad thing if you remove the egr but not the dpf? Other option was, which was recommended by a shop that does all this..is to only delete the egr via software then probably doing a tune with the new A/F ratio. So my question is if one can just delete it via software why go through the trouble of physically removing it? Especially since you will need to retune anyways if you do physically remove it. And if I do remove it via software or physically do I need to delete/remove the dpf too?
My other option which I'm leaning more towards is only doing a swirl flap delete and then doing a full carbon clean. In that case I won't have to remove the EGR and dpf yet and can maybe do it in the future since it probably also won't be the cheapest thing to do either.
I also want to keep the car as stock as possible. I might consider stage 1 sw which is probably what they do anyways when deleting the EGR/dpf.
Lastly, when deleting the DPF, will that not create a lot of or more black smoke? I don't particularly want a puff of black smoke everytime I try overtake someone.
Thanks for any advice.
Swirl flaps delete (possible loss of low end power?)
EGR delete
DPF delete?
My options are egr complete removal but I read somewhere that it's a bad thing if you remove the egr but not the dpf? Other option was, which was recommended by a shop that does all this..is to only delete the egr via software then probably doing a tune with the new A/F ratio. So my question is if one can just delete it via software why go through the trouble of physically removing it? Especially since you will need to retune anyways if you do physically remove it. And if I do remove it via software or physically do I need to delete/remove the dpf too?
My other option which I'm leaning more towards is only doing a swirl flap delete and then doing a full carbon clean. In that case I won't have to remove the EGR and dpf yet and can maybe do it in the future since it probably also won't be the cheapest thing to do either.
I also want to keep the car as stock as possible. I might consider stage 1 sw which is probably what they do anyways when deleting the EGR/dpf.
Lastly, when deleting the DPF, will that not create a lot of or more black smoke? I don't particularly want a puff of black smoke everytime I try overtake someone.
Thanks for any advice.
