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E46 (1999 - 2006)
The fourth generation 3 Series (E46 chassis) was introduced in 1999 and set the standard for engineering and performance during it's years of production including being named to Car & Driver's 10 best list every one of those years! ! -- View the E46 Wiki

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Old 01-15-2013, 08:12 PM
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free on line PDF factory service manual E46

Anyone know where to get one?

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Old 01-15-2013, 08:57 PM
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It`s called a Bentley Manual....it`s about 3 inches thick, and found on eBay and elsewhere....no freebies....
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Old 01-15-2013, 09:14 PM
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It's not bad deal to just buy the book. You will save that money back when working with your car.

Even second hand will do as long as all pages are still with it.

There can be DIY advice about most things but book is still handy when you're in garage and your car is in pieces and you wonder what to do next.
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Old 01-16-2013, 07:11 PM
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It`s called a Bentley Manual....it`s about 3 inches thick, and found on eBay and elsewhere....no freebies....
Wrong. I mean, it is called a Bentley manual, but you may be interested in this: http://www.bmwforums.info/3-series-g...ce-manual.html

Freebies FTW
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Old 01-16-2013, 09:18 PM
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did u try torrent ?
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Old 01-16-2013, 09:48 PM
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Wrong. I mean, it is called a Bentley manual, but you may be interested in this: http://www.bmwforums***91;/img] ******** ...ce-manual.html

Freebies FTW
Linky no worky, Bucko....
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Old 01-16-2013, 10:05 PM
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Wrong. I mean, it is called a Bentley manual, but you may be interested in this: http://www.bmwforums***91;/img] ******** ...ce-manual.html

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Linky no worky, Bucko....
error says "LINK BLOCKED Report to Moderators"
Bob'O, ur efforts are needed
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Old 01-16-2013, 10:23 PM
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I bought this kind.



Was 5€ second hand, and surely worth it.
That bentley might be possibly even better though.

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Old 01-16-2013, 11:37 PM
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Where to get the manuals is well known - but - each time they're published (the links), they disappear, so, I will only recommend that the OP do a search and they will find what they need, no doubt.
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Old 01-17-2013, 08:51 AM
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Hrmm, the link worked from my phone but it looks like the admins here at work have the site blocked, too. Point is, I have the Bentley Manual in PDF form. It's ~32MB, so it uhh, exceeds the PDF size limits on here by a smidge. I'll work on finding a nice, easily accessible, place to post it up. In the meantime, if you need specific pages, I can probably chop them out and post them as the resulting file should be less than the 7MB PDF filesize limit.
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I assume you realize that the Bentley manual is copyrighted and copying it for the use of anyone but the purchaser is illegal. I suspect the site moderators do not want to get into legal rouble for promoting an illegal distribution of a document. That is most likely why the links are killed whenever posted.
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Old 01-18-2013, 10:27 PM
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I assume you realize that the Bentley manual is copyrighted and copying it for the use of anyone but the purchaser is illegal. I suspect the site moderators do not want to get into legal rouble for promoting an illegal distribution of a document. That is most likely why the links are killed whenever posted.
I understood that part very well.
If want to do such illegal actions of copying and sharing such material, then should do it on personal level, or not do.

Anyone tried this kind?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BMW-REPAIR-S...313306&vxp=mtr

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Old 01-19-2013, 07:37 PM
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try here....
http://www.filecrop.com/BMW-E46-repair-manual.html
http://www.pdf-word.net/Automotive-G...ce-Manual.html
http://pdfngeseng.com/bmw-3-series-e...2005/8470.html
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Old 01-20-2013, 12:28 AM
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Out of that first link i did find e39 bentley and e46-service manual in russian + some others...
And yes, also e46 bentley.

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