What did you do to your car today?

oVeRdOsE. · 08-18-2023, 02:37 PM

received parts for the E91 N54 swap project

GavinE91 · 08-18-2023, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by lordnikon

FYI, your power steering reservoir is missing a bolt.

Thank you! Oddly enough while I was cleaning it, it felt loose, but being new to the platform I didn’t know or think it was out of the ordinary. Just thought it was odd it jiggled about. Will order what it’s missing and get it back to normal. Thanks again

DBShiznit · 08-18-2023, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by RealJ22

Not bad, but the engines are junk. Not to mention 20k to rebuild.

My buddy just bought a 08 Carrera S. Guess who's the lucky guy who works on cars and gets called for help...

RealJ22 · 08-18-2023, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by DBShiznit

My buddy just bought a 08 Carrera S. Guess who's the lucky guy who works on cars and gets called for help...

Wait until he finds out it has bore scoring.

I tried even hard wiring my paddles. Still did not work. I’m at a loss.

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colorado.e9x · 08-18-2023, 09:33 PM

Hmm somethings missing here. Did you duplicate the burger motorsports harness? Mine works great

JB20DGM · 08-19-2023, 04:40 PM

Replaced the fuel pump and fuel pressure regulator. Car wasn't holding pressure in the line between starts, all fixed up now and no more longer cranking after sitting for a while.

Docklin87 · 08-19-2023, 08:32 PM

Changed the oil filter.

RealJ22 · 08-19-2023, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by colorado.e9x

Hmm somethings missing here. Did you duplicate the burger motorsports harness? Mine works great

I had paddles stock. I'm thinking its the MFB even though this method technically bypassed that? I'm lost.

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Originally Posted by Docklin87

Changed the oil filter.

Just the filter lol?

E93_Savage · 08-20-2023, 06:07 AM

I just drove it and.....it broke. AC Delete in the morning i guess.

DBShiznit · 08-20-2023, 10:22 AM

Changed a few things. Did the valve cover gasket three times, well 2.5 times. First I bolted everything down went to put coil #5 in and the gasket was out. Undid the bolts and snuck the gasket in. Great. Started the car the oil was leaking from another spot. This morning I did it again and all is well. Its be so much easier if the back lower corner didn't have so many obstructions. This is after I got all the wires out of the way. This is the second time I do it and my other car was a breeze. Same engine and harness. Also lost one of the bolts to the valve cover somehow. Probably when I was washing all the cover so luckily have my project 135 and was able to borrow a bolt to be able to complete the job.

Did the OFHG that was easy even with pulling the intake. When going over the car looking at possible bolts or gaskets I'd need I noticed if I took the plastic flange thats always brittle out of the way it'd be easier to pull one of the OFH bolts out. So I upgraded that to a billet one. It literally crumbled in my hands when I pulled it. So glad I bought the piece ahead of doing this. Did an oil change to top it all off.

Drove it this morning and gave it a wash.

DBShiznit · 08-20-2023, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by RealJ22

Wait until he finds out it has bore scoring.

I tried even hard wiring my paddles. Still did not work. I’m at a loss.

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Why would you wish that on me

StradaRedlands · 08-20-2023, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by DBShiznit

Did the OFHG that was easy even with pulling the intake. When going over the cad looking at possible bolts or gaskets I'd need I noticed if I took the plastic flange thats always brittle out of the way it'd be easier to pull one of the OFH bolts out. So I upgraded that to a bullet one. It literally crumbled in my hands when I pulled it. So glad I bought the piece ahead of doing this. Did an oil change to top it all off.

Yeah, that piece is a must-change part. With the millions of N series engines out there, I'm really surprised BMW hasn't made a better part that supersedes the old one. No recall or anything, just an upgraded part like they finally did with the OFHG.

RealJ22 · 08-20-2023, 08:26 PM

Decided to start sanding my roof lol…

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E92_William · 08-20-2023, 09:03 PM

Repaired the drivers side door lock actuator after spending almost a week unlocking the car manually with the hand key…

Only spent 15 bucks for the internal parts that break and cleaned the electric motor as supposedly those get gummed up and pull too many amps, popping fuses as they age.

However in hindsight, I probably would have replaced it because fiddling with the internal parts and getting everything to line up and work well was a pain, apart from the job of replacing itself.

RealJ22 · 08-21-2023, 02:42 PM

Almost there

Memz · 08-21-2023, 08:55 PM

Swore at it for breaking down on me last night.

cmbe92guy · 08-22-2023, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by bman142

Swapped out these struts today. I'm guessing these are original? (2008)?
I dont see a date code or anything. They were pretty squishy.

I noticed these had an extra plate at the top, see on the left one. I didnt put those back in. Should I have?

I replaced them with Bilstein B4 from Strutmonkey, which made it pretty easy. It was $780 all in, plus a few hours labor.

Those gaskets prevent galvanic corrosion between the strut mounts & strut towers. Pretty cheap on FCP. Definitely need them.

DBShiznit · 08-22-2023, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by cmbe92guy

Those gaskets prevent galvanic corrosion between the strut mounts & strut towers. Pretty cheap on FCP. Definitely need them.

They could be the plates for the rough road package. You can remove those and the car will have less rake. It leveled mine out pretty well.

chris_flies · 08-22-2023, 09:49 PM

Towed a trailer around 3,000 pounds with a bike on the roof from St. Louis to eastern Colorado today. 100+ degrees outside, oil temp grazed 270 a couple times, and the car is so slow lol I don't know what I was expecting, effectively doubling the weight, but it is SLOW.

Going through the mountains tomorrow will be interesting

StradaRedlands · 08-22-2023, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by chris_flies

Towed a trailer around 3,000 pounds with a bike on the roof from St. Louis to eastern Colorado today. 100+ degrees outside, oil temp grazed 270 a couple times, and the car is so slow lol I don't know what I was expecting, effectively doubling the weight, but it is SLOW.

Going through the mountains tomorrow will be interesting

Horses for courses, man...

Safe travels!

lordnikon · 08-23-2023, 02:20 PM

Replaced the squeaky blower motor. Valeo OE part ftw

colorado.e9x · 08-23-2023, 04:20 PM

chris_flies where are you headed? 👀

What I did today:
Ordered LT headers for pops car
circa 80s?

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DBShiznit Private First Class 253 Rep 154 Posts Drives: BMW 135i/335xi Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: Philly iTrader: (0)	Changed a few things. Did the valve cover gasket three times, well 2.5 times. First I bolted everything down went to put coil #5 in and the gasket was out. Undid the bolts and snuck the gasket in. Great. Started the car the oil was leaking from another spot. This morning I did it again and all is well. Its be so much easier if the back lower corner didn't have so many obstructions. This is after I got all the wires out of the way. This is the second time I do it and my other car was a breeze. Same engine and harness. Also lost one of the bolts to the valve cover somehow. Probably when I was washing all the cover so luckily have my project 135 and was able to borrow a bolt to be able to complete the job. Did the OFHG that was easy even with pulling the intake. When going over the car looking at possible bolts or gaskets I'd need I noticed if I took the plastic flange thats always brittle out of the way it'd be easier to pull one of the OFH bolts out. So I upgraded that to a billet one. It literally crumbled in my hands when I pulled it. So glad I bought the piece ahead of doing this. Did an oil change to top it all off. Drove it this morning and gave it a wash. Last edited by DBShiznit; 08-21-2023 at 01:03 PM..
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