e92 335d swirl flap removal

sam335d · 01-19-2015, 11:51 AM

So this morning popped over to PMW in Chelmsford and purchased myself 6 x 32mm swirl blanks drove straight to my friend who is very familiar with the 335d engines and let him loose on my inlet manifold to remove these ba***rd flaps lol.
All in all it went very well no hiccups, replacing both vacuum boost pipes and checking over the EGR as well for gunk build up
Will upload pics soon

AWDBooSTIn90 · 01-19-2015, 01:49 PM

What is this exactly? Im confused. The 335i has flaps in the intake manifold?

floydarogers · 01-19-2015, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by AWDBooSTIn90

What is this exactly? Im confused. The 335i has flaps in the intake manifold?

Did you notice the "d" appended to the "335"? It's a diesel...

floydarogers · 01-19-2015, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by sam335d

... let him loose on my inlet manifold to remove these ba***rd flaps ...

May I ask why you believe that removing them is better? Your mileage is probably going to go down...

sam335d · 01-20-2015, 04:20 AM

have a read of this http://www.pmwltd.co.uk/pages/blanking-pates

this will explain fully why i decided to blank them off.

car is running no different to how it was before. it's no noisier than before and fuel consumption havent been affected from what i can tell, i guess the more the car is driven i will be able to update you on this.

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sam335d New Member 0 Rep 6 Posts Drives: BMW 335D M Sport E92 Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Herts iTrader: (0)	e92 335d swirl flap removal So this morning popped over to PMW in Chelmsford and purchased myself 6 x 32mm swirl blanks drove straight to my friend who is very familiar with the 335d engines and let him loose on my inlet manifold to remove these ba**rd flaps lol. All in all it went very well no hiccups, replacing both vacuum boost pipes and checking over the EGR as well for gunk build up Will upload pics soon Last edited by sam335d; 01-19-2015 at 02:56 PM..*
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AWDBooSTIn90 Nomore 149 Rep 793 Posts Drives: 335i Coupe 6MT N54 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Long Island iTrader: (1)	What is this exactly? Im confused. The 335i has flaps in the intake manifold?
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sam335d New Member 0 Rep 6 Posts Drives: BMW 335D M Sport E92 Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Herts iTrader: (0)	have a read of this http://www.pmwltd.co.uk/pages/blanking-pates this will explain fully why i decided to blank them off. car is running no different to how it was before. it's no noisier than before and fuel consumption havent been affected from what i can tell, i guess the more the car is driven i will be able to update you on this.
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