[oVeRdOsE.]

speaking of cold, my battery was dead, I had to jump start the car.

Driver window was down, so I roll it back up. But then, none of the front windows are working, on neither front switch.

No clicking sound or anything.


- rear windows are working
- all fuse checked under the glove box.
- tried the remote, and rear windows are going down with the fob.


What could be my best bet?

- coding?
- other fuse or relay ?

[Mosaud1998]

Originally Posted by feuer

My 6 year old daughter could not wait....

How'd snow get into the engine bay?

I only brush snow off my windows. The brush scratches your paint.

[feuer]

Originally Posted by Mosaud1998

How'd snow get into the engine bay?

I only brush snow off my windows. The brush scratches your paint.

Got there when I opened the hood to clean around the wipers and cabin filter. Not too concerned about paint. Actually not all. Just look at this going to be 13y old in April. Looks beautiful and I don’t clean off the snow any different. WI/IL all life.

[feuer]

Originally Posted by oVeRdOsE.

speaking of cold, my battery was dead, I had to jump start the car.

Driver window was down, so I roll it back up. But then, none of the front windows are working, on neither front switch.

No clicking sound or anything.


- rear windows are working
- all fuse checked under the glove box.
- tried the remote, and rear windows are going down with the fob.


What could be my best bet?

- coding?
- other fuse or relay ?

Could be because of the battery. Not all accessories work when the battery is depleted. Check if blower can blow at high speed? If no is just from the battery.

[Mosaud1998]

Originally Posted by feuer

Got there when I opened the hood to clean around the wipers and cabin filter. Not too concerned about paint. Actually not all. Just look at this going to be 13y old in April. Looks beautiful and I don’t clean off the snow any different. WI/IL all life.

No swirl marks and such?

I hate swirl marks but I dont really want to spend $600 to have someone fix them. Plus, they can end up coming back so

[feuer]

Originally Posted by Mosaud1998

No swirl marks and such?

I hate swirl marks but I dont really want to spend $600 to have someone fix them. Plus, they can end up coming back so

Of course there are marks. These are old cars. They aren’t neither collectibles, nor exotic or luxury. Besides having my daughter want to help clean it off snow and go for a drive is priceless.

[Mosaud1998]

Originally Posted by feuer

Of course there are marks. These are old cars. They aren’t neither collectibles, nor exotic or luxury. Besides having my daughter want to help clean it off snow and go for a drive is priceless.

That's true.

I'm 23 with no kids right now so I can't relate

[2one3E90]

Originally Posted by feuer

My 6 year old daughter could not wait....

Isnt that weather good for the turbo?

[Twix]

Ordered just about every piece of hardware for the rear multi links. Next up will be the front end, then coil overs. Then loads of wheel polishing and powder coating.

[freakystyly]

I've seen someone cleaning their car off with a shovel..
I was driving with my buddy and his wife... he said to her, "never do what that lady is doing". It was a awkward car ride after that.

Car gets a good polish in the spring/summer for the damage that happens the rest of the year.

[W4HG0N]

Finally took the e91 for 30min drive with my daughter, she wanted dunkin donuts, and I took a brake trying to figure out how to make my e89 paddle shifter to work on the car

[feuer]

Originally Posted by 2one3E90

Isnt that weather good for the turbo?

Cold air, yes.

[Mosaud1998]

Originally Posted by freakystyly

I've seen someone cleaning their car off with a shovel..
I was driving with my buddy and his wife... he said to her, "never do what that lady is doing". It was a awkward car ride after that.

Car gets a good polish in the spring/summer for the damage that happens the rest of the year.

Who cleans a car with a shovel wtf

[3PedalJake]

Got my new DISAs and CCV system installed, thx for the tips and insights forum friends. colorado.e9x I ended up prying that wiring block off the bracket like you did after stripping one of the rusty T27 screws that I thought was a T25 because of all the corrosion on it, oops. I lifted the plastic lock part with a screwdriver then twisted a prybar between the bracket and block eventually it came loose.
LemansE90335xi it's all back to wearing it's cowls and covers looking stock except those afe headers peeking out from underneath.

With this I've replaced 100% of the normal wear items on this car, which in my mind rolls it back to 0 miles, or at least the closest I'll come to owning a new 330i.

[E92William]

I probably should have brought up the fact that those bolts at the bottom are indeed a size larger than the others in the manifold lol. Glad you got it all back together, should drive great now! Was it consuming oil before with the old system?

[3PedalJake]

Originally Posted by E92William

I probably should have brought up the fact that those bolts at the bottom are indeed a size larger than the others in the manifold lol. Glad you got it all back together, should drive great now! Was it consuming oil before with the old system?

My heart sank a bit but it worked out, I was able to pry it off easier than I thought. Live and learn lol. I appreciate your intake insights, if you're interested in these old disas be happy to send em to you.

I don't know TBH, I drove this car about 20 miles before I bought it on a test drive, enough to see that the motor wasn't making any weird noises or smoke, other than that I knew it was an unmolested car with all original parts long, long overdue for replacement, and that was it, I've never even technically driven it anywhere as owner. I did just what I figured on doing, put it on the lift and started dismantling it. Now 4 months later it's going to be a new car to me in more ways than one.

[3PedalJake]

Originally Posted by Mosaud1998

Konda bear

They make one just for keeping critters out of 330i's

[3PedalJake]

Originally Posted by feuer

Of course there are marks. These are old cars. They aren’t neither collectibles, nor exotic or luxury. Besides having my daughter want to help clean it off snow and go for a drive is priceless.

This is what clarity of perspective looks like.

[3PedalJake]

Originally Posted by feuer

Cold air, yes.

Cold ambient air is always better but matters a lot more to a N/A engine that is passing roughly outside temp air to the intake manifold, that's why "cold air intake" cones suck for N/A but don't make much difference for turbos. It's heating up way more in the compressor than it was at any temp outside, and it goes up by psi boost a lot, so by the time you factor in that and the efficiency of your intercooler bringing it back down the air hitting your intake manifold has little to do with outside temps.

[Buug959]

Originally Posted by 3PedalJake

Got my new DISAs and CCV system installed, thx for the tips and insights forum friends. colorado.e9x I ended up prying that wiring block off the bracket like you did after stripping one of the rusty T27 screws that I thought was a T25 because of all the corrosion on it, oops. I lifted the plastic lock part with a screwdriver then twisted a prybar between the bracket and block eventually it came loose.
LemansE90335xi it's all back to wearing it's cowls and covers looking stock except those afe headers peeking out from underneath.

With this I've replaced 100% of the normal wear items on this car, which in my mind rolls it back to 0 miles, or at least the closest I'll come to owning a new 330i.

Looks great Jake! There are very few people that will look at that engine bay and notice the header isn't stock. I'll bet you can't wait for spring and clear roads to get out for a rip in your "new" car. Well done, fine sir.

[freakystyly]

Made it to work.. Only got stuck once where the snowplow crossed the street and left a 3' snow bank. I was able to dig out with my snow scraper (will have to upgrade to a mini shovel if this repeats). I was scraping my belly on the snow for a few hundred feet so I couldn't get a proper running start. Hope all my plastic is still in tact. Snow tires on RWD


Edit copied myself from another thread:

Funny, I just had the car up on a lift @ my indy and we found and removed a ton of ice hugging the fuel lines in the mid section.

I'm also putting together a shopping list of broken / missing brackets as I'm writing this.

If at all possible, avoid driving backwards in snow.. doubly so with sagging belly plates.

[Buug959]

Originally Posted by freakystyly

Made it to work.. Only got stuck once where the snowplow crossed the street and left a 3' snow bank. I was able to dig out with my snow scraper (will have to upgrade to a mini shovel if this repeats). I was scraping my belly on the snow for a few hundred feet so I couldn't get a proper running start. Hope all my plastic is still in tact. Snow tires on RWD

We've got a freezing rain warning here right now. I'm not going anywhere except to the basement to work on the new home theater room. It's drop-ceiling day!