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      10-09-2012, 10:43 AM   #1
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Anyone pull out the extra air filter on the N26?

I tried running an aftermarket intake but kept getting lean faults. I went back to stock but I removed the extra air filter they added for the N26. The lean fault returns but it takes much longer than with the aftermarket intake installed. I also have a BMS stage 1 tune and am hoping that isn't what's causing the fault.
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      10-09-2012, 11:53 AM   #2
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Simple enough to determine. Put the extra air filter back it and wait for the lean fault. If you don't get the fault, suspect the tune.

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Simple enough to determine. Put the extra air filter back it and wait for the lean fault. If you don't get the fault, suspect the tune.

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I know, I'm just sick of messing with the damn thing lol. I took it in and out a few times already trying different things to get the aftermarket intake to work
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I'm sure you checked, but vacuum line is nice and tight?
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      10-09-2012, 02:52 PM   #5
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I'm sure you checked, but vacuum line is nice and tight?
Yeah I triple checked it. Have you had a chance to dyno before/after with the tune and downpipe yet? Still rocking out with the SES light? lol
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Yup, still have the light on, lol

Haven't dyno'd yet - I probably won't do one without the dp, a bit too hard to switch out on a whim. Will do with & w/o tune though. There's a dyno in the shop next door to ours, I should have gotten numbers through every step of the modding process, kind of regret it now.
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      10-17-2012, 09:33 PM   #7
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Do you have a photo of it? How do I know if I have an N20 or N26?
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Do you have a photo of it? How do I know if I have an N20 or N26?
N26 has an electronic wastegate. Easiest way to tell
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      10-20-2012, 04:55 PM   #9
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Wouldn't it also say SULEV or ULEV underneath the hood? I have a 2012 328 in Arizona with the N26 manufactured in 5/2012 and mine says SULEV underneath the hood and I have the electronic wastegate.
So if it says SULEV then its the N26 and if it says ULEV then its the N20 right?
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N26 has an electronic wastegate. Easiest way to tell
amazing know one can verify this?
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my 2013 328i has an electronic wastegate and its a N20..
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to check which engine you have is to look for the stamped engine code at the front of the cylinder block.. its between the air intake box and the block.
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my 2013 328i has an electronic wastegate and its a N20..
Lean = kaBOOOOM!
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my 2013 328i has an electronic wastegate and its a N20..
Lean = kaBOOOOM!
mine?.. just bought it a couple of weeks ago and have verified that my car has a N20.. stamp on the engine with the serial number.. so how come mine have a electronic wastegate?..
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my 2013 328i has an electronic wastegate and its a N20..
Mine too. BMW recently switched to the electronic wastegate for the N20.
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my 2013 328i has an electronic wastegate and its a N20..
Mine too. BMW recently switched to the electronic wastegate for the N20.
thats good to know.
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my 2013 328i has an electronic wastegate and its a N20..
Manual transmission?
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nope.. auto
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nope.. auto
Interesting, I was under the impression all newer F30 328i's in CA, as well as some other states, were N26? I thought I had read all manual transmission cars would be N20 but this could have been incorrect.

On your title is your car listed as 328i or 328is? I believe N26 are listed as 328is which indicates SULEV (Super Ultra-Low Emissions Vehicle).
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Interesting, I was under the impression all newer F30 328i's in CA, as well as some other states, were N26? I thought I had read all manual transmission cars would be N20 but this could have been incorrect.

On your title is your car listed as 328i or 328is? I believe N26 are listed as 328is which indicates SULEV (Super Ultra-Low Emissions Vehicle).
It's listed as 328i
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My 2013 328i 6MT has an N20, and an electronic wastegate. The 2013 BMW ordering guide published last June indicates that there is no SULEV/N26 with 6MT, only ULEV/N20. Of course that's subject to change at some point.
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The electric wastegate was fitted to N20 since 7/12.
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