Charcoal Filter Removal
04-30-2006, 06:56 AM
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My Ride: 2007 550i, Mystic Blue over Auburn, 6-Manual, Sports, Premium, Cold Weather, Logic 7, Nav, Sirius, MTec Front & Sides with M5 rear apron, VIS Penta carbon fiber vented hood, OEM M166s, (or Style 101M with winter 19 Blizzaks), BMW Blue Calipers, Custom Quad Exhaust and M5 side grills, trunk finisher and spoiler. Rogue Octane SSK/WSR and Zeckhausen CDV, BMW illuminated shift knob, Delivered 4/26/06 - Ordered 3/18/06 from Otto's (the Best) BMW Dealership.
I picked up my 550 yesterday... Fantastic car! Not being able to leave "perfect" alone - this mod is my first of many. Interesting differences in the '07 that members might want to know...
1) the electronic sensor has a plastic cover with four pressure tabs at each corner which then allows the cover to hinge open to reveal the sensor. Once the cover's off it's the same. It's easy to open it up and it's a clever bit that looks great.
2) BMW constantly amazes me- because they did away with the metal clips to hold the charcoal filter in place and now there are four heat welded sections bonding the filter to the cover. This is an easy fix with a utility knife to cleanly sever the welds and remove the filter. I don't know if it's a cost saver or if they're reading this forum and know we all want to remove this!
Thanks to all for posting on this.
Cheers!
1) the electronic sensor has a plastic cover with four pressure tabs at each corner which then allows the cover to hinge open to reveal the sensor. Once the cover's off it's the same. It's easy to open it up and it's a clever bit that looks great.
2) BMW constantly amazes me- because they did away with the metal clips to hold the charcoal filter in place and now there are four heat welded sections bonding the filter to the cover. This is an easy fix with a utility knife to cleanly sever the welds and remove the filter. I don't know if it's a cost saver or if they're reading this forum and know we all want to remove this!
Thanks to all for posting on this.
Cheers!
05-03-2006, 05:55 AM
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Originally Posted by TAJARO' post='276054' date='Apr 30 2006, 10:56 AM
I picked up my 550 yesterday... Fantastic car! Not being able to leave "perfect" alone - this mod is my first of many. Interesting differences in the '07 that members might want to know...
1) the electronic sensor has a plastic cover with four pressure tabs at each corner which then allows the cover to hinge open to reveal the sensor. Once the cover's off it's the same. It's easy to open it up and it's a clever bit that looks great.
2) BMW constantly amazes me- because they did away with the metal clips to hold the charcoal filter in place and now there are four heat welded sections bonding the filter to the cover. This is an easy fix with a utility knife to cleanly sever the welds and remove the filter. I don't know if it's a cost saver or if they're reading this forum and know we all want to remove this!
Thanks to all for posting on this.
Cheers!
1) the electronic sensor has a plastic cover with four pressure tabs at each corner which then allows the cover to hinge open to reveal the sensor. Once the cover's off it's the same. It's easy to open it up and it's a clever bit that looks great.
2) BMW constantly amazes me- because they did away with the metal clips to hold the charcoal filter in place and now there are four heat welded sections bonding the filter to the cover. This is an easy fix with a utility knife to cleanly sever the welds and remove the filter. I don't know if it's a cost saver or if they're reading this forum and know we all want to remove this!
Thanks to all for posting on this.
Cheers!
On my o6 550 the charcoal filter was held in place the same way with the heated plastc welds, I just applied pressure and the broke away cleanly.
05-03-2006, 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by mcorliss' post='253249' date='Mar 11 2006, 08:45 AM
Took mine out in about 5 mins. I noticed a free reving quality to the engine and slightly more responsiveness. Don't know if it adds HP but it make sense that more air to the engine would provide a better throttle response.
BTW...some leaves, no styrofoam.
BTW...some leaves, no styrofoam.
I definitely notice a difference - feels a little peppier...what fun!
I need to get around to posting some pics...
05-05-2006, 09:40 PM
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Well, I got my intake resonator mod done, got some good and bad stuff. Bad stuff is that the intake pipe is about 3.5" in diameter, so fitting an aluminum piece in its place is impossible; however, I was able to cut the resonator off the pipe and capped it. Car picks up a bit of power from 2800-3500rpm in D mode, I had yet to try it in DS or auto-manual mode, because I had my wife and the mother in law with me. The weather tomorrow is a bit cooler, so I think I can do a full DS and auto-manual modes tests. I will report back along with some pictures of my car. 2 more modifications and I'm done modifying my car.
05-20-2006, 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Lomag' post='270696' date='Apr 18 2006, 02:45 PM
I think this only applies to the 545 or 550 and the older 525/530 before the engine upgrade but i'm not 100% sure. The newer 525/530 don't have the filter to begin with. Can anyone verify?
05-20-2006, 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by ImolaRedM' post='285385' date='May 20 2006, 04:30 PM
My '07 N52B30 has no charcoal filter.
So I went back under the hood and took a second look around and I found the charcoal filter. It is there on the N52B30 engine. I guess I was thinking it was on the bottom side of the air box.
05-24-2006, 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by 2MANYCARS' post='278665' date='May 6 2006, 01:40 AM
Well, I got my intake resonator mod done, got some good and bad stuff. Bad stuff is that the intake pipe is about 3.5" in diameter, so fitting an aluminum piece in its place is impossible; however, I was able to cut the resonator off the pipe and capped it. Car picks up a bit of power from 2800-3500rpm in D mode, I had yet to try it in DS or auto-manual mode, because I had my wife and the mother in law with me. The weather tomorrow is a bit cooler, so I think I can do a full DS and auto-manual modes tests. I will report back along with some pictures of my car. 2 more modifications and I'm done modifying my car.
please post picture toomanycars
