What did you do to your car today?

nsjames · 10-25-2020, 03:22 PM

first SES light i've had in forever.

#6 coil seems to have decided not to be a team player anymore, so I swapped in the good used spare from when I replaced them all 60K miles ago.

as you can see, I haven't had this engine cover off in some time.

unixnerd · 10-25-2020, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by nsjames

first SES light i've had in forever.

#6 coil seems to have decided not to be a team player anymore, so I swapped in the good used spare from when I replaced them all 60K miles ago.

as you can see, I haven't had this engine cover off in some time.

Got a bad missfire yesterday, turned out to be #1 coil New Bosch coil only £19 which I'd say was a bargain. Funnily enough I just serviced the 318i N46 I got for a friend and one of it's coils looks to be recently replaced.

Manual X5 3.0d for sale locally. A wee bit tempted. If I bought that I could sell my E91 and RAV4, one less car is tempting (also have a Z4 and E30). Not sure I want something THAT big though.....

Morpheus · 10-25-2020, 04:20 PM

fixed my V2 Accessport. Cobb is no longer supporting these so my option was to buy a new Accessport for $650 or.... The screen had gone out but the unit still connected to the accessport manager. I gambled on a $16 replacement OLED and scored! Super easy: 4 screws then one ribbon cable with a brown clamp. to open the clamp use your fingernail to slide away from the base. take out the old oled, slide the new ribbon in, and push the clamp back in. Literally 5 min.

This is the part:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07J2YKRSJ...roduct_details

E92William · 10-25-2020, 05:25 PM

Swapping headers as we speak on my e92

S65Hunter · 10-25-2020, 06:51 PM

I tried putting the caliper piston back in today after having it in the freezer but still no luck

E92William · 10-25-2020, 07:17 PM

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I tried putting the caliper piston back in today after having it in the freezer but still no luck

Well shit wtf that's weird that it won't go back literally where it came out of

nsjames · 10-25-2020, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by unixnerd

Got a bad missfire yesterday, turned out to be #1 coil New Bosch coil only £19 which I'd say was a bargain. Funnily enough I just serviced the 318i N46 I got for a friend and one of it's coils looks to be recently replaced.

Manual X5 3.0d for sale locally. A wee bit tempted. If I bought that I could sell my E91 and RAV4, one less car is tempting (also have a Z4 and E30). Not sure I want something THAT big though.....

sadly it did not fix my warm/closed loop idle miss.

happens like clockwork every 4.5 seconds. I think the cyl 6 misfire is the computer mis diagnosing some sort of emissions control valve or seomthing causing a vacuum leak.

fine when cold.
fine when not at idle.
fine before the temperature was lower than 50.

at least the engine bay got a cleaning today.

unixnerd · 10-25-2020, 08:09 PM

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I think the cyl 6 misfire is the computer mis diagnosing some sort of emissions control valve or seomthing causing a vacuum leak.

Might be worth hooking a smoke machine up to the intake plumbing. I got shock when I found out how expensive one was.

Buug959 · 10-25-2020, 08:22 PM

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Might be worth hooking a smoke machine up to the intake plumbing. I got shock when I found out how expensive one was.

Here's a cheap way to make your own smoke machine. I haven't tried it myself but it looks pretty simple.

S65Hunter · 10-25-2020, 08:44 PM

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Well shit wtf that's weird that it won't go back literally where it came out of

Yeah idk whats going on. Ive even tried using the other pistons jusf for fun.

E92William · 10-25-2020, 09:47 PM

Just gotta figure out how to get them out now. Everything loosened

Vulcan50 · 10-25-2020, 09:50 PM

Replaced all the brake lines (hard and soft) on my truck, the hard lines may as well have been made of paper they were so corroded.

Put in new wheel cylinders in the rear drums and new calipers, rotors and pads up front.

Now they won't bleed, so tomorrow I'll cycle the abs pump, and hope that allows me to bleed them.

Soden82 · 10-25-2020, 09:51 PM

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Friend of mine recently put in my ATM exhaust and VRSF downpipes. He's throwing the inlets in today.

How does it sound?

Picking it up tomorrow I'll let you know. My friend said it's loud

colorado.e9x · 10-25-2020, 10:31 PM

Snow dropped today. Turned off traction control

Edit: The estimated 3-4in total happened within the first couple hours and its still coming. Reflashed full AWD

E92William · 10-25-2020, 11:49 PM

Exhaust manifolds are out... phew! What a pain in the ass

fastboatster · 10-26-2020, 12:04 AM

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Exhaust manifolds are out... phew! What a pain in the ass

what did you have to do to get them out?

E92William · 10-26-2020, 12:17 AM

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Exhaust manifolds are out... phew! What a pain in the ass

what did you have to do to get them out?

Had to remove all o2 sensors then unbolt the exhaust up to the metal V brace under the car and a lot of prying and twisting. Once you get the bank 2 out the other comes out with ease

unixnerd · 10-26-2020, 07:20 AM

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Here's a cheap way to make your own smoke machine. I haven't tried it myself but it looks pretty simple.

That's genius simple. Never smoked, might get odd looks at the store asking which cigars make the most smoke :-)

unixnerd · 10-26-2020, 07:24 AM

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Snow dropped today. Turned off traction control

Edit: The estimated 3-4in total happened within the first couple hours and its still coming. Reflashed full AWD

Very jealous. We have a little snow on the high tops in the Cairngorms but likely won't see anything skiable until January, December if we're lucky. Nice to be able to see some snow out my window again though.

freakystyly · 10-26-2020, 08:19 AM

Winter tires on a bit early..
It's been 3-5C in the mornings and rainy the past couple weeks so it's not a total loss. Ride is much comfier but wet traction is awful compared to summers, especially if it warms up a bit during the day. Definitely ready for some white stuff to brighten up driving in the pitch black too.

colorado.e9x · 10-26-2020, 08:24 AM

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Snow dropped today. Turned off traction control

Edit: The estimated 3-4in total happened within the first couple hours and its still coming. Reflashed full AWD

Very jealous. We have a little snow on the high tops in the Cairngorms but likely won't see anything skiable until January, December if we're lucky. Nice to be able to see some snow out my window again though.

It'll all be gone by the end of the week fortunately/unfortunately

Idk why Monday is bugging out

JonOhh · 10-26-2020, 11:25 AM

Had to add oil for the second time in the past two months...

Hoping it's from the ever worsening VCG leak and slightly weeping OPG. Need to track down if the occasional odd response and odd running is from the valvetronic actuator or the ESS. Even though it's more expensive, kind of hoping it's the ESS so I can just get it over with when the valve cover is off.

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Morpheus Captain 26 Rep 941 Posts Drives: 335i Titanium Silver Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Cockaigne iTrader: (1)	fixed my V2 Accessport. Cobb is no longer supporting these so my option was to buy a new Accessport for $650 or.... The screen had gone out but the unit still connected to the accessport manager. I gambled on a $16 replacement OLED and scored! Super easy: 4 screws then one ribbon cable with a brown clamp. to open the clamp use your fingernail to slide away from the base. take out the old oled, slide the new ribbon in, and push the clamp back in. Literally 5 min. This is the part: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07J2YKRSJ...roduct_details Last edited by Morpheus; 10-25-2020 at 04:21 PM.. Reason: OCD punctuation fix
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10-25-2020, 05:25 PM	#13490
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Vulcan50 Captain 437 Rep 780 Posts Drives: e92 335i Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Peoria, IL iTrader: (0)	Replaced all the brake lines (hard and soft) on my truck, the hard lines may as well have been made of paper they were so corroded. Put in new wheel cylinders in the rear drums and new calipers, rotors and pads up front. Now they won't bleed, so tomorrow I'll cycle the abs pump, and hope that allows me to bleed them.
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