In my opinion the #1 most common place is from the oil filter housing. Stand at the front of the engine bay, look at the right side of the engine block under the intake manifold. If the block is oily, wet, then that's the culprit. There's a $5 oil seal that dries out and can end up causing oil drops on your driveway. The labor for this repair can be several hundred bucks. it takes about 3-4 hours. Other common areas are the valve cover gasket in cars over 100K miles. If you smell oil burning inside the car, when you start it up in the morning, it's likely leaking here and getting on the exhaust manifold where it burns off..
Next place to look is the high pressure hose form the vanos to the oil filter housing. It's a 8" hose with banjo fittings. Over the years they can start to leak a little. Lastly the oil pan gasket can start to leak on cars with high mileage. My 98 323is has had all four over the years. It has almost 200K on it. I've done the oil filter housing gasket and some day will do the rest
The oil filter gasket is the one that leaks the most. It's not hard to do yourself if you are mechanically. There might be youtube videos to help. Good luck.
SOURCE: 1999 bmw 323i dashboard reads S and car wont turn over
check for power on the small wire on the starter with the key in the start position, if you have power, replace the starter
SOURCE: Location of oil filter on BMW 323i coupe '99 reg
Both E36 and E46 models have oil filter under the hood, towards the front of the block. You will need a special socket to remove the oil filter cap and once it's out, can replace the filter. Make sure to replace the gasket on oil filter cap, it should come in oil filter kit you bought.
SOURCE: how often do i need oil change on a 2000 323i bmw?
2000 BMW 323Ci 2.5L 6-cyl Engine Code M52 B25
Engine Oil
Grade 1......SEO All TEMPS......5W-30
CAPACITIES:
Engine, with filter..........6.5 liters
2000 BMW 328Ci 2.8L 6-cyl Engine Code M52 B28
Engine Oil
Grade 1......SEO All TEMPS......5W-30
CAPACITIES:
Engine, with filter..........6.5 liters
Service every 3,000 city 5,000 hyway miles.
SOURCE: BMW 323i Fan Belt
u find the tensional roller n remove the cap. inside it has the nut commonly 16mm. rotate the nut clockwise and u ll see the belt wold be untension.
hold the nut n remove the belt.tq
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