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Well most people just pull the fuse to disable the flap. No one has got a CEL that I've seen doing it that way.
And to take the guess work out of knowing whether the flap is open, just purchase Bimmerlink (iOS/Android) for about $30 to open the flap. No need to do any silly pulling the fuse whilst driving antics. It's a useful app for other things like checking your battery status.
At the end of the day it's also very easy to undo - just plug the fuse back in!
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Sorry a bit confused by your post ..
If we remove the fuse to disable then how will the Bimmerlink app Open/Close the valve?
Or are you suggesting Bimmerlink as an alternative to the fuse option? I have a g05 40i is there a noticeable difference in the exhaust? |
Use Bimmerlink to open the flap. While flap is thusly open, pull the specific fuse. This disables the control solenoid and prevents it from closing the flap again. Bimmerlink is just a technique to force the flap open for the fuse removal procedure.
It does make quite an audible difference on 40i. Overall it's great, but can generate a low frequency drone at constant highway speed RPMs — you get used to it, but something to keep in mind.
Alternately, just keep the BT OBD interface plugged in and use Bimmerlink to open and close the flap manually on demand whenever you want, no fuse or the other two techniques needed. |
Why do i need to remove the fuse if i could just use Bimmerlink to open the valve whenever it closes? |
Remove fuse = starts open and always open.
Bimmerlink = starts closed and manually opened by starting app and/or tapping app button, while keeping an OBD interface always plugged in.
Depends on what you want from opening the flap. Starting with flap open sounds great, you'd definitely miss that (in addition to convenience) without fuse pull or one of the other two techniques to keep the flap always open (do some forum searches for many threads on those). On the other hand, Bimmerlink let's you open and close while in motion at will.