I did it on my sister's 330Xi without lifting it.
I'm trying to identify a noise, and any help would be appreciated. 2005 330Ci coupe. I only hear it when the car is just beginning to accelerate, and it disappears after the car has warmed up a bit. It sounds to me like it is coming from behind the center of the dash. If any of you are old enough to remember what the old speedometer cables sounded like, that's the sound. It seems to be related to throttle or vacuum. I can give the car light throttle, and I hear a swishing noise like two metal disks lightly rubbing swish......swish......swish......swish......swish and then if I let off the accelerator, it can actually speed up swish..swish..swish..swish, and after a couple of seconds, it's gone and not heard from again. I also noticed that if I banked the car hard into a turn, I could sometimes induce a little swish..swish..swish, and then it would go away.
I had a few ideas -- CD in radio. Nope. Replaced the NAV unit, still there. Final stage resistor? Fan still seems to blow fine, but I do have one ready to go in.
Automatic climate control module fan? Bad passenger side front wheel bearing?
What do you guys think?
Salty
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My first thought was the heater fan as they are notorious for making noise but that's more of a chirping noise at low fan speed and would not change with throttle input. Final stage resistor would either kill the fan or make it run erratic.
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