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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lee36328" data-source="post: 771" data-attributes="member: 113"><p>e36 328, year 97============been noticing a gradual deterioration in the performance and fuel consumption over a period of time....because it was gradual, it was not immediately noticable, until a friend commented my ride sounded harsher than before.checked my fuel consumption, and found that it's gone up as well....at kevster's advice from last night's tt (thanks, kev!), took it to m-one for a full modic check.here's what i found.spark plug worn out.vanos mechanically jammingthrottle actuator mechanical faultasc faulti thought... there goes my year end bonus...  :dunno: replaced the spark plugs.cleaned up the part of the vanos containing a spring (dunno the technical name for it)....and presto!  all above fault messages cleared up!total bill... RM 300++ ONLY!   <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> the car now feels a lot perkier.....now, to give my new Pirelli Dragon a proper breaking in and performance testing.... B)</p></blockquote><p></p>