"Continue with continue"... ranks right up there with "stand by to stand by"

Valvoline Cheap oil for this customer??? How many good synthetic oil changes could he purchase with the $900 you just saved him Ivan??? Great job Russian repair once again!

Let me put your thoughts at ease. I can not thank this guy enough for this video. I've had this exact issue on my car and I been up and down the country paid one bmw dealership for 3hr to run diagnostics on the car at a cost of £450 took them 3 hr to find the fault (so they said) quoted me over 4000 for the replacement of the low pressure turbo. That's one bmw took it to the next one 2 hr of checking! This place works quicker than the last one highly recommend them, (NOT)£300 later quoted me over 6000 for both turbos to be changed. At this point I give up drove the car for over a year until I come across this video. We need more people like you in the world God bless and keep up the good work. Fixed it for free thanks to you.

Guy with old Buick in back yard removes oil pan, washes it out. Guy with BMW sits in Customer lounge at Jiffy Lube with coupon.

I can't believe these people drive the German cars pretending to have champagne money but really only beer money. Guy cheaps out on oil change...I am amazed he made it out of the birth canal. Great repair Ivan...you spared that guy two arms and a leg.

Awsome repair and no parts required! Getting close to 100K! 💪💪

Another epic diagnostic which ends up with fixing just what needs to be fixed, versus randomly replacing expensive parts!!! Nice job again!!!

I'm surprised display didn't say "drive to dealership, bring checkbook"

Now you did it, you knocked the BMW dealer out of a bunch of money. Just think as soon as the diagnostics came back with a fault code the new part would go on and the adjustment would have been made and the customer would see a new part and no more problems and that would be that. The customer gets a bill for 2k the part that is still good goes to the landfill and the replacement part probably won't last as long as the one that is on there now will last. Good job on using the dianostic tools and caring enough to do the job right and take care of the customer.

No parts required : Ivan’s speciality Every customer’s favourite. Good advice about the oil changes!

KZfaq REWARD IS COMING 100K

Nice Job Ivan. A very thorough diagnosis, repair and proof of repair.

Love these no parts required videos. Just pure skill and nothing else required 👌🏻

Ivan, you called it beautifully...that was an “EPIC” BMW fix! Nice diagnosis and repair!

Brilliant diagnosis and repair. Without good service data and a scope 99% of garages would have shot down a turbo and actuator. This was a good one

Great repair ! If he had taken it to the dealer they probably would have sold him a turbo for several thousand dollars !

Always love your detective work, Ivan. No parts on a BMW.. There's a chance pigs may fly yet. Good job!

Sweet fix Ivan! Thanks for taking us along!

I’ve been having the same issues for the last 2 months and I’ve taken my car to bmw and a local bmw shop. I was told that I was gonna have to replace my whole turbo setup and I was quoted somewhere around 5k from bmw. This was the only vid I’ve found with the same issue I was having. I gave it a shot since I noticed my actuator linkage was a little loose and IT WORKED!!! You literally saved me $5000. Thank you!

Ivan. I "rode" with you throughout the entire diag and fix. Great analytical thinking to get to the "fix point." When you were calculating the number of turns on the rod assy, I said out loud: "Three turns." :) Missed it my one. :) I love it when your plans come together. I know you get great satisfaction in "figuring it all out," and so do I watching you. :) Love it. Thanks,

This seemed to be hard to diagnose and you did it without any new parts required! You did great job and had amazing patient to make all the test you could do

Excellent diagnosis. Seems too easy a repair for a BMW; saved the car owner big $$$

Ivan, you are FEARLESS! I love it.

Great tutorial. I had a broken mechanical linkage and got it machined and replaced. The car runs like new. The part on adjustment is very useful indeed. Thank you.

Awesome video!! Great job of methodically diagnosing actual problem rather than just throwing parts at the situation. You just helped me fix my x1 with the same problem. Thanks!!! I was avoiding taking it to a garage for fear of being sold $1000's of dollars for a bunch of unneeded parts. Thanks again!!

Great diagnosis Ivan, allways learning something new, thanks for sharing. Best regards from the UK. John.

Love your chill explanation and easy thinking. Step by step, not shooting parts. You were asking yourself the strategy about closing the waste gate valve on idle. When on idle the next thing is driving, so turboboost is needed. The turbo is already in this position so it does not have to react on throttle but is already there. The airflow on idle is low, so turboboost or speed is never exceeded. All safe but ready to fire up! Keep up the good work!

Now days with all the modules and sensors this issue boiled down to a mechanical adjustment. Another great video Ivan.

A true Master Mechanic!!

As a new BMW owner of a ‘17 540i xdrive I really took interest in this. I’ve seen videos of turbo swaps on late model BMWs where installers stresses the importance of not changing the waste gate settings while swapping it over to a new turbo.

I have seen some repair videos on the net. This video is exemplary to anybody who is posting educational or self-help publishers. First-class video recording. I wish all videos are so detailed. Amazing! Thank you so much!!!

Wow this is by far one of the best diagnostic videos I’ve seen on KZfaq recently,very well explained you’ve just earned a new sub!

The money you saved him,go for a good oil change and filter. I have a 2008 crv and I use oem fluids and filters..as well as my F350 6.0. Great job Ivan per usual!

Please continue to bring your personal version of genius systems analyst, we need you out here! Thank you, Ivan! 👏👏👏

You just know the dealership would've thrown a new actuator/sensor assembly at it and charged more hours than you on top of parts.

My car was only going into limp mode when warmed up at first, stopping for gas etc. then it stared all the time right from start up, dealt with it for a long time then saw your video which gave me an idea. I pulled on the waste gate arm towards the front of the vehicle, restarted and limp mode was gone.completed the adjustment (just a little) and fixed. Thank you so much for posting this video limp mode gone.

Had the same exact problem at 150K miles, this video was super helpful. Used Ista+ to do the wastegate adjustment procedure. Mine was out -2.99 mm.

The moment you mentioned a rattle noise i realized it was the culprit. Nothing new from bmw but still very professional diagnostic. 👌

My god. You literally just solved my problem. I’ve been trying to find the source for months!! I have a 3 series diesel of the same year model. Yet every single issue you mentioned I was having as well to a T. It only happens when the motor is hot, the car will then go into limp mode “driveshaft malfunction”. Even the rattle on start up. Thank you!

Not just a "great repair," that's farquing awesome! Funny- wife was in St. Coll. yesterday when the issue arose! Had I known, would have sent her to you. However, given the precision of the system, and the fact you so carefully diagnosed 4 turns for repair at first sign of problem, I too will try 4 turns, and bet I can replicate the repair. Saved me unbelievable time, expense, confusion.

Worked like a charm. I had the same engine, mileage, and error code on my BMW 428i (F36). I decided to try 4 rotations of the actuator arm instead of replacing the turbo like the mechanic wanted to.." to avoid turbo failure while driving". No error code after three months of driving. Thank you for the video

Man, you saved me $6400, I went to the dealership and they said that I have to replace the turbo! Turns out that I had the exact same problem! And now it’s fixed, thank you so much for this video, you rock!

This was super helpful! Had the exact same problem and fixed it by adjusting the waste gate actuator. Used ITSA to diagnose and obtain required adjustment parameters.

Actually NO PARTS REQUIRED??? do my eyes deceive me??? Wow! Great job on fixing that Wastegate adjustment and testing all that!! Wow! Great video, bud! Many thumbs up! 👍

Just wanted to say thanks! Was looking on how to do EWG adjustments and replace actuator on my 2013 f34 328ix , since at first i thought the problem is with faulty actuator, but watching the video realised that I have exactly the same issue just to a little less extent since I only get it after long driving and doing ignition off / on within a short timeframe, if it stays over night at the morning it dissapears. And I dont actually need to replace the actuator I dont have access to Launch or ISTA so I decided to blindly adjust it, I did 3 turns, because as I said my issue is less severe. Drive train malfunction gone, everything works good so far after 2 test drives.

From one BMW mechanic to Another BMW mechanic i thank you very much for your video, i was fixing M235i customer towed with terminal 15N2 short to ground code, crank no start, so i found the issue on ISM module and replaced it and car started up, took it for a spin and bam exact same code for wastegate, i fixed tons of vacuum wastegate and electric one never dealt before, have exact same launch scanner and mine showed 3.99 negative, so luckily i ran in to your video, and i could not call my customer and tell him, guess what i fixed your issue now you have a turbo issue LOL, so i adjusted without telling my customer and SHE IS HAPPY just like you said :))) so N55 and N20 is exact same adjustment on the wastegate. Thank you Partner, stay safe and keep the awesome videos coming !!!!!

Ivan, I agree on the service of oil, my daily driver 2002 VW MK 4 -1.8 T- 289,000 on the clock. Stage 1 flash - cold air intake- heavy-duty exhaust manifold-tuned exhaust system. my local VW dealer does all the work ( never thought I would be having a Dealer be my primary maintenance provider ) The shop foreman and I have become good friends along with most of the personal there. Cheers from San Francisco.

Ivan, thank you very much for this video. Just got my X3 imported from the USA and it was having the exact same problem. I believe they throw it away because of this! After scanning the car and saw those electric wastegate leaning position out outside tolerance remembered I've watched a video with you doing exactly the same thing and came here for reference again. Problem fixed for now until the wastegate valve completely dies :D Keep up the good work! Thanks you!

2014 BMW 328i xdrive at 110k miles. Had exact same issue come up. Drivetrain malfunction but with engine code P1290. I replaced coolant temperature sensor, which did not fix the issue. Found this video and did the 4 turns on a whim because I don't have any software. It worked! Been good for 2 weeks and over 300 miles. Thank you so much for this video.

Thanks so much for this video! Been dealing with drivetrain malfunction on/off for about 6 months now. I took my car into shop couple months ago for this same turbo related drivetrain malfunction code. They said they would try a new battery to see if it would get the code to go away. (Didn’t make much sense to me how a battery could fix loud turbo rattle) They said sometimes a uncoded battery could cause the drivetrain malfunction. I said yeah let’s try it thinking that if it didn’t work they’d put old battery back in which was still new at the time. We’ll that didn’t fix the problem and they still charge me $500 bill total. Robbery. Thought I was doomed for new turbo. You helped me do this with one 10mm wrench in my driveway in 5 minutes thank you!

What a honest guy. I bet if it was someone else they would of said they had to order the part and charge a arm and a leg

Exactly!!! They buy a $50,000 car and put .50 cent oil and filter in it. Bad move that will cost you in the end. But the good news, more repair work for you👍

Boss your a legend no more error less gooo!!!🙌

Same issue, fixed within an hour and a very happy customer Thank you sir

Great job Ivan. What, no parts repair, nice.

Excellent diagnostic.!!!

Gotta use that 50 cent coupon you got from a paper you paid $2.30 for!

Man where do u find the guts to tackle these problems.....Flawless and epic indeed

Excellent video Ivan, thank you! Is pretty much the same system you find in the turbo Hyundai Santa Fe, launch x431 has bmw OEM diagnostic software, that is really helpful

The most lovely video about car repair Ever!! ❤

Great repair to watch even though the electrical part is somewhat over my head Thanks for the video

So profesional perfect diagnosis I bet that customer was thrilled

With the money you saved him he should have you do the oil change, you really saved the customers r a fortune. The dealer would not have done that. They would have replaced the actuator if he was lucky and the Turbo is he wasn’t so lucky. Should be an hour for diag. 1.5 at least for the repair

AWESOME VIDEO!!! KUDOS mate for this one -great, just, great documentation about the wastegate rod play that might come up at a certain point.

How simple can it be. Just wear in the linkage. Nice fix Ivan.

I wanted to take the time to say thank you! I just did this adjustment on my 2013 BMW X1 and you helped me saved $6000!

finaly a new video :) was starting to get the shakes.. needed a Pine Hollow fix now .. :) keep up the good work

Fixed it, all thanks to you! -2.94 mm at 194.000 km

Man your video helped my out for the same exact combination of fault codes in F30 318i . And the linkage regulations fixed the problem.

Just like everything in life, knowledge is power! Great video, I still prefer the vacuum waste gate on my T5.

Excellent repair. Oil change places love to strip the drain plug

Thank you so much for the informative diagnosis. I bought the bimmer 7 years ago with this annoying rattle that I never understood. I was prepared to buy a new actuator before seeing this. Now I have a smoother sounding car and saved $250. I'm stoked. Cheers

This is how BMW cheaply restock their used car lots. Now I understand how there can be nothing but BMW:s in them.

Always enjoy you’re trouble shooting techniques.

Браво Иван, добра работа.

Another big win for Ivan. Almost at 100k subs. Congratulations. I remember the younger Ivan that drops in to South Main Auto and ends up amazing Eric with an introduction to the relative compression test and, no doubt, to the you, the engineer kid himself. Who also was a natural on youtube. How about a 100k reunion video? At this point you will be at 250k soon. ref youtube video Hyundai Tucson P0173 Case Study Part 2

You’re awesome man. This helped me diagnose that my wastegate actuator arm was broken

This is the first time I have ever seen a Hall effect sensor used to output a linear voltage. This requires 2 things in addition to the sensing element itself : the actuator rod must vary magnetic flux density with position and there must be an op amp inside the sensor/housing (actual Hall voltage is usually in mV).

I had this problem on my 2013 328i and followed your steps and my drive train malfunction and codes 123401, 123432, 120408 are cleared now!! Nice job again 👍🏻

Thank you so much man; just fixed my F30 328i with 281,000 miles using your video. You gained one big fan.

This was so helpful and the exact technical information I needed. The problem is fixed. Thank you!!

Fantastic diag work my man 🙌🔥 Awesome video and detail in your work!

Epic! Love learning keep up the good work man!

I liked your trouble shooting method. Great video and thought process in finding problems.

Awesome job Ivan.

Great video. Tightened and it fixed the issue. Check engine light gone

Ivan a fix it again!......ooops that’s Dan.....hahaha. Well done friend. Can’t wait until you and Rob D do your collab video man. If I was in PA You’d be my mechanic of reference. Enjoying watching your channel grow friend. Great stuff.

Man Ivan I love your videos. Such an auto gangster!!

Fabulous content! YOU SAVED ME HELLA A LOT OF MONEY. Alright here’s my experience, I have a 2013 Bmw 328i f30 with N20 engine with the exactly the same malfunction. Also I am a college student so I don’t have enough money to pay the dealership which they were asking about $4000-$5000 to change the whole turbo. Also I don’t have any expansive coding device, but I have a foxwell one which doesn’t do a whole lot. So I gave this a try, first I turned the nob twice for adjusting the linkage without any information and it cleared out the warning for me but wasn’t giving me enough power so I turned it again for one more turn and it got better. Hopefully the warning doesn’t come back!!!🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

Well I was just quoted $4500 for a new turbo. I found your video and adjusted the wastegate but only did three turns. Unfortunately I do not have the software to find the exact specs. Start of the car codes all went away car is running fine and the turbo is now working.

Awesome ! NPR on a BMW !!!! Thanks Ivan

Yes, Good job Ivan, can't believe he cheaped out on a BMW oil change, he should have just bought a BMW sticker and put it on a Ford fusion. lol

Great job! Enjoyed your process as usual.

Another fine job Ivan.

wonderfull job mate am watching you by the time you start work profisionlly

Great fix as always, Ivan!

I had this exact problem. Saw 5 mechanics in under a month and all put thier machines to it and couldnt fix my problem. One said he has to download a special file to do a wastegate ajustement. I saw this video and fixed my problem under 2 min. I only did 2.5 turn though. It now works great finally. Thankyou very much for this video

Brilliant. Absolutely Brilliant. Not sure what device you were using to determine the out of tolerance for the adjustment. Looks like an app on an iPhone. Your presentation style was also brilliant.

Ready for the junkyard!! Surprisingly it was not a $1000 part that needed to be replaced.wait 80k is comming!! Thats a revelation a cheap BMW owner. nice job Ivan.

Your the Man Ivan!