What have you done to your BMW today?

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d_a_n1979 said:

Collectingbrass said:

g3org3y said:

Booked the 630i for oil change at local mechanic (supplying the oil and filter myself). Too cold to be faffing about under the car at the mo.

Under? Vacuum extractor down the dip stick at the cabin end of the block and the filter is accessible from the top too. When I used to do my 645 I'd spend more time with a mug in my hand waiting for the extractor to finish than a spanner.

^^^

This... Long gone are the days of crawling around under cars

The extractors get out the sump near enough as much as draining from the sump plug in my experience

But...

JakeT said:

No dipstick on the N52. Has to be done from underneath.

Wot 'e said.

(Unless there's a hidden dipstick I'm not aware of...*awaits puns*)

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New wipers on the 630i.

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EML on the 330i Touring yesterday


This code:


Code erased. Filled with Tesco 99 and given it an Italian tune up. We'll see how it goes. Had this code in the past, I've associated it with 95 octane fuel and wife doing only short town journeys. Will update if recurs.

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Court_S said:

Got the call I’d been dreading this week; the warranty won’t cover the cam ledges because I swapped the VANOS solenoids over to see if the error code moved. They weren’t even too fussed about the mods on the car.

I’m going to collect the car tomorrow and the decide what I’m going to do.

Bloody hell mate, that's crap.

Cheeky gits declining the claim because you swapped over the Vanos solenoids

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Court_S said:

bodhi said:

Very nice sir. Out if interest when giving it a clean do you do the exhaust as well? And if so what do you use?

Asking as mine has 167k miles worth of grime on it and could do with a spruce up.

Thanks, I’m sad enough to clean the tips!

I replaced them when I bought the car because the old ones were too far gone. Since then I keep on top of them.

I used to use Autosol on the exhaust.

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Not washed it. Sorry d_a_n1979 et al.

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d_a_n1979 said:

g3org3y said:

Not washed it. Sorry d_a_n1979 et al.

Are 30day bans a thing on here?

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Pica-Pica said:

g3org3y said:

Not washed it. Sorry d_a_n1979 et al.

That’s how a car should be used - just keep the lights and number plate clear!

EFA

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darreni said:

I took this:




To collect this:

AutoArt or Kyosho?

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darreni said:

g3org3y said:

darreni said:

I took this:




To collect this:

AutoArt or Kyosho?

It's the Kyosho BMW dealer edition (the one with the holdall in the boot.

It's a great model. I have the black version (as you say with the little bag).

Also got the Ottomobile (resin) grey CSL in 1/18 and also 1/12.

https://otto-models.com/en/ot177/316-bmw-m3-e46-cs...

https://otto-models.com/en/g029/457-bmw-m3-csl.htm...

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Took a photo of the instrument cluster.

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Pollen filters changed on the 630i.

Lovely simple 5 mins job.

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Used it to collect a second hand bike for my wife and tested the rack with both bikes in situ.

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Court_S said:

Pleased with the bike rack?

I’m thinking of getting a row bar mounted one for the 330 since it has a tow bar. Looks like a much cheaper solution that used roof bars.

Very easy to use. Can't complain for £75.

pmorg4 said:

Looks good and a lot less faff than a roof mount. Shame it's somewhat illegal without a plate/light set, which somewhat adds back the faff factor.

'Somewhat'.

(But seriously I've bought a second numberplate to attach to the bike...so some vague efforts made).

Court_S said:

pmorg4 said:

Looks good and a lot less faff than a roof mount. Shame it's somewhat illegal without a plate/light set, which somewhat adds back the faff factor.

Some of the Thule ones I’ve been looking at have a plate holder and lights built in.

Yes, but they are £££. There's a proper lightbar/numberplate holder for this Xpress set up which I may consider as funds allow.

Edited by g3org3y on Tuesday 16th May 06:08

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Court_S said:

g3org3y said:

Yes, but they are £££. There's a proper lightbar/numberplate holder for this Xpress set up which I may consider as funds allow.

Edited by g3org3y on Tuesday 16th May 06:08

Ballsed if I’m paying full price; there sees, to be a decent selection of used ones on eBay for sensible money.

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Court_S said:

Picked up my wife’s new mummy wagon; a manual E91 330i in Le Mans Blue with Dakota lemon leather.





It’s a bit of a 12 footer at the moment but I’m confident that it’ll look loss better with a good polish and wax.

Congrats. Best colour combo obvs.

We have the same rubber mats as well. (Get yourself the factory rubber boot liner if you can)

Used ours for the first proper test of the Thule bike rack. Devised a cunning system with a numberplate holder and ratchet straps to display the numberplate. When looking from behind, brake lights and indicators still pretty visible tbh so I'm happy with this set up.



Also went to the garden centre. #middleagedlife

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darreni said:

Took mine for a run around the levels this evening

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Court_S said:

Not biased re the colour combo at all!

Just getting the A/C regassed. Really hoping it works and I get away with just having that done.

Fingers crossed it's a simple fix.

I remember when we bought ours, the A/C wasn't especially cold. Regas sorted it for 48hrs. Turned out there was an A/C pipe leak round the back somewhere that cost a decent amount to fix. Wife was particularly annoyed at the time as she was 7 months pregnant and it was an especially hot summer. Once it was sorted, she was delighted and spent her lunch breaks just driving around to keep cool (as her office otherwise was a sauna despite 3x fans pointed at her).

d_a_n1979 said:

Those toms look like they need side shooting and they look like they're splitting into 2 separate trusses too... Get em nipped back

Got them (Gardener's Delight) all planted up yesterday.

d_a_n1979 said:

Drove it... To the docs and back

But least I know I can drive again, albeit a bit uncomfortably

Edited by g3org3y on Monday 22 May 13:55

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Court_S said:

Same issue as mine with the 'handle' on the boot floor coming off (I've not replaced).

JakeT said:

Normally people turn them off to save washer fluid. Come MOT time, Sam will be okay as his car has halogens.

I leave them on because I have a strange liking for them, and I’ve found them useful in awful winter conditions.

I like a headlight washer. Since I sprayed the 'telescopic' bits with silicon spray lube, they not longer get stuck and actually retract properly.

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PedroB said:

At this point I was well and truly wondering what I'd got myself into....

Eventually got one side finished with the bodged bolt and surprisingly the new pinch bolts were only £3 so I've got them and will attempt the other side.

Only need one bad bolt to fk the whole day.