[Clammy]

Originally Posted by 3PedalJake

If you can't find it with a grabber pull the throttle body and look for it in the bottom. You'll have to take that off if you pull the manifold anyway.

No joy... not at the bottom, can't find it in the top. Even tried blasting compressed air up through the TB hole. Nothing... I'm thinking it made its way into one of the lower tubes.

I installed the other large DISA, and she's running pretty much normally now, but with an occasional stumble at idle. Regardless, I don't want to be driving her with that fucking flap kicking around in the manifold, even though I've probably been driving it like that for weeks...

[Clammy]

Originally Posted by unixnerd

It'll be far easier with the airbox out. Removing the manifold isn't the end of the world on these cars, unless you have the old style CCV. A wee trick I learnt about that, keep the O rings from the old hoses. They slide in so much better, the new O rings are 90% of the problem with hose fitting.

She's an '06 330i, and does have the old style external CCV. That's the main reason I want to avoid taking the manifold off. I have visions of those damned CCV hoses breaking, and leaving me stranded altogether...

[3PedalJake]

Originally Posted by Clammy

No joy... not at the bottom, can't find it in the top. Even tried blasting compressed air up through the TB hole. Nothing... I'm thinking it made its way into one of the lower tubes.

I installed the other large DISA, and she's running pretty much normally now, but with an occasional stumble at idle. Regardless, I don't want to be driving her with that fucking flap kicking around in the manifold, even though I've probably been driving it like that for weeks...

Yeah you gotta fish that out whatever it takes even if it doesn't cause any damage it can't be adding to performance any. It's not that bad I have the manifold off mine atm too doing a 3 stage upgrade on the 325.

[Soden82]

New ofhg installed and oil change done. Car went into limp mode with a vanos code soon after so might have opened up a can of worms now. Cleaning vanos solenoids tonight or tomorrow if code comes back

[Clammy]

Originally Posted by 3PedalJake

Yeah you gotta fish that out whatever it takes even if it doesn't cause any damage it can't be adding to performance any. It's not that bad I have the manifold off mine atm too doing a 3 stage upgrade on the 325.

Oh, I know it has to come out, and now... it's just fucking with the external CCV has me gun-shy. I can do the work, no doubt, and it's not complicated, I just don't want to be stuck waiting for parts, and I am supposed to be heading out of town this weekend, and I have to get her windshield re-replaced, since the glass company fucked up the first attempt, before that... time is not something I have a lot of to mess with this.

There was quite a bit of oil in the intake, which leads me to believe the CCV needs replacing anyway... gonna call the local dealer(s) here tomorrow, and see what kind of wait time I'm looking at for CCV parts...

[K9Leader]

Originally Posted by colorado.e9x

I like that. Are those aliexpress pedal covers?

Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The kit has stainless hex bolts with tiny little washers and nuts to be used for the gas and brake pedals. I got the bolts with washers and nuts on for two holes on the brake pedal (the two on the outside side). The backing of the rubber pedal cover does not allow that on the other side so I used stainless screws. The gas pedal holes are drilled into plastic and I'm not sure how to get around behind to get the washers and nuts on, so I used stainless screws.

The dead pedal comes with regular screws so I subbed in some stainless.

I also had to bend the brake pedal cover a bit more to match the curve of the pedal.

[nuron]

Messed around with some cheap red film tint today. I like the look--will get some more high quality film when these eventually bubble and peel off.

Noticed that my reverse bulb melted the inner housing--enough to crack through the sections of the other bulb. Will have to get LED bulbs for all of them.

[ky0u]

Added a cheap little insurance policy

[colorado.e9x]

Originally Posted by ky0u

Added a cheap little insurance policy

Damn that's nice too, link?

[ky0u]

Originally Posted by colorado.e9x

Damn that's nice too, link?

I found it on amazon originally but they won't ship to me. Turns out Lowe's carries them

First Alert Auto Fire Extinguisher UL rated 5-B:C (Red)

[2one3E90]

Originally Posted by clammy

been having rough idle, and some driveability issues lately. Got misfire codes, and a disa code, so i bought a 6 pack of coils, and happened to have a latest revision large disa (114) on hand.

After doing some reading, i learned that a bad disa can cause the issues i'm having, so i decided to pull the large disa first, and look what i found!

It's a 537, so i think that it had the plastic shaft, which is long gone... I also can't find the flap, which is concerning. I don't think it's small enough to fit down the runners... Any idea where i should be looking? Do i need to pull the intake manifold?

halp, please!!

Cheers!

aghhhhh aghhhhhhhjjhhhh

[fastboatster]

How can you tell disa revisions from each other? Do I understand it correctly that later revisions had metal shafts or that’s not the case?

[neilvan]

Originally Posted by fastboatster

How can you tell disa revisions from each other? Do I understand it correctly that later revisions had metal shafts or that’s not the case?

Small disas had 2 revisions and large had 3. The numbers are the last 3 of the part number:

Small:928 (hollow shaft) to 538 (solid shaft)
Large 929 (hollow shaft) to 537 solid shaft to 114 (half metal half solid plastic shaft)

[Gregrobin]

Cleaned. Cleaned, Cleaned - love this stuff: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Applied this to all of the plastic/rubber areas exposed to the sun, including areas when the top is down: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[Old335i]

Stage two low pressure fuel pump day

[mantis]

Originally Posted by ky0u

Added a cheap little insurance policy

after seeing so many cars and trucks burn down, i learned those little ones dont do shit. i grabbed the kitchen kiddie, its white and 3 time the size, still fits in the trunk nicely though

[nsjames]

metal sealant is a magical thing apparently.
like acrylic wax I guess.

[Kuokonut]

Originally Posted by nsjames

metal sealant is a magical thing apparently.
like acrylic wax I guess.

What did you use? Bare aluminum and won't oxydize? I wonder if it'll work on steel

[ky0u]

Originally Posted by mantis

after seeing so many cars and trucks burn down, i learned those little ones dont do shit. i grabbed the kitchen kiddie, its white and 3 time the size, still fits in the trunk nicely though

the notion popped into my head when I saw the size. I had figured I'd be okay though but now idk.
Doesn't the composition of the fluid change depending on intended use? Is the kitchen one effective with autos? (sorry not too familiar with the diff extinguishers, but I'd assume it's designed to work with grease fires so it should be fine)

[nsjames]

Originally Posted by Kuokonut

What did you use? Bare aluminum and won't oxydize? I wonder if it'll work on steel

wolfgang metal sealant.

it says it's acrylic, it goes on like wax. Says you need to polish first but works on everything.
https://www.amazon.com/Wolfgang-Meta...s%2C169&sr=8-3

we'll see how it does on the whole not oxidizing thing.

[mantis]

Originally Posted by ky0u

the notion popped into my head when I saw the size. I had figured I'd be okay though but now idk.
Doesn't the composition of the fluid change depending on intended use? Is the kitchen one effective with autos? (sorry not too familiar with the diff extinguishers, but I'd assume it's designed to work with grease fires so it should be fine)

kitchen ones are ABC rated water, gas grease, and electrical

[fastboatster]

well, started to pull the intake manifold out since I want to flush my heater core at the core itself. I'm going to say intake manifold removal is surprisingly difficult - I couldn't remove the infamous pcv hose from the valve cover and couldn't free up the wiring bracket from the manifold. Couldn't undo the screws holding the bracket to the manifold and wasn't successful pulling the wiring harness junction from the bracket either. I'll have to watch some videos, just as I was starting to get slightly cocky thinking I can do a lot of stuff myself, the e90 reminded me to stay humble and don't get overly confident.