Interesting thread title, eh?
Further to my previous posts about my apparent loss of power, I still have the feeling that my baby (E46 M3) is sick. As well as still thinking that the car is underpowered and has lost some throttle reponse, i've also been experiencing some vibration through the steering wheel, a slight clunking noise in the engine and a distinct "rasping noise" from the left hand side of the car upon accelerating. While the rasping sound does sound cool, i don't think it's normal, because it's coming from somewhere near the front wheel.
I had a look under the car yesterday and i've noticed that there's a plastic panel, which is effectivly underneath my driving position on the undercarriage, which is hanging off and hanging about 10cms from the floor. It's only plastic, so i assume it's there for protection purposes, but me or the previous owner have obviously ground-out over a speedbump or something and i'm worried that there might be some other damage that i can't see.
The plastic panel could account for the vibration in the car, and my theory is that there might be further damage (perhaps a small hole) causing the rasping sound. However, i'm just a novice but i assume a rasping sound would relate to the exhaust system, but i thought that the exhaust system was located more to the centre/rear of the under carriage rather than the front left!?!?
I'm off to X-Service on Saturday morning to get Mark to give the whole thing a looking over. He can also have a look at my +ve SMG paddle, which is still playing me up.
Oh the joys of owning a sports car!
Further to my previous posts about my apparent loss of power, I still have the feeling that my baby (E46 M3) is sick. As well as still thinking that the car is underpowered and has lost some throttle reponse, i've also been experiencing some vibration through the steering wheel, a slight clunking noise in the engine and a distinct "rasping noise" from the left hand side of the car upon accelerating. While the rasping sound does sound cool, i don't think it's normal, because it's coming from somewhere near the front wheel.
I had a look under the car yesterday and i've noticed that there's a plastic panel, which is effectivly underneath my driving position on the undercarriage, which is hanging off and hanging about 10cms from the floor. It's only plastic, so i assume it's there for protection purposes, but me or the previous owner have obviously ground-out over a speedbump or something and i'm worried that there might be some other damage that i can't see.
The plastic panel could account for the vibration in the car, and my theory is that there might be further damage (perhaps a small hole) causing the rasping sound. However, i'm just a novice but i assume a rasping sound would relate to the exhaust system, but i thought that the exhaust system was located more to the centre/rear of the under carriage rather than the front left!?!?
I'm off to X-Service on Saturday morning to get Mark to give the whole thing a looking over. He can also have a look at my +ve SMG paddle, which is still playing me up.
Oh the joys of owning a sports car!
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