[unixnerd]

Originally Posted by 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.

I had a stripped Torx screw on the bracket for that wiring box but did manage to push the box off the bracket. When working on older cars if it's not rusted bolts or stripped heads it's broken plastic bits. We adapt and overcome!

[3PedalJake]

Originally Posted by 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.

https://www.e90post.com/forums/showp...8&postcount=36

[mweisdorfer]

Walnut Blasted the intake valves. The pic below is after 2 years and maybe 30,000 miles at best. I own my own equipment. So, all I have to do it pick up some 18-40 walnut media. Next blasting is April 2023 😀

I also use a remote starter button so I don't have I take out the fan & rotate the crank. It's a sh@t ton easier!

[fastboatster]

Originally Posted by 3PedalJake

https://www.e90post.com/forums/showp...8&postcount=36

Thanks for the post link! Looks like I just needed to remove the throttle body and wiring bracket will slide off.

[ky0u]

I'm procrastinating because I have to get elbows deep back in my car to fix the alignment of my DPs since theyre touching the subframe.

[3PedalJake]

Originally Posted by fastboatster

Thanks for the post link! Looks like I just needed to remove the throttle body and wiring bracket will slide off.

More like you have the opportunity to pry the living sh!t out of it with the screwdrivers to get it off after you remove the throttle body, but yeah it WILL come off.

[3PedalJake]

Oil pan gasket in, I marked them with chalk paint marker as I torqued them cause with all the interruptions around here I forget my place. Water pump on the UPS truck hopefully for today then it can start going back together.

[mantis]

Originally Posted by 3PedalJake

Oil pan gasket in, I marked them with chalk paint marker as I torqued them cause with all the interruptions around here I forget my place. Water pump on the UPS truck hopefully for today then it can start going back together.

another chore i will also be doing. did you buy the bolts or did they come with gasket?

any issues completing this? im replacing motor mounts while im doing this too

[nuron]

same here ^ planning to replace the oil pan gasket in the coming months and replacing the two engine mounts while I'm at it.

[lowrydr310]

Originally Posted by 3PedalJake

Oil pan gasket in, I marked them with chalk paint marker as I torqued them cause with all the interruptions around here I forget my place. Water pump on the UPS truck hopefully for today then it can start going back together.

What oil drain plug is that?

[3PedalJake]

Originally Posted by mantis

another chore i will also be doing. did you buy the bolts or did they come with gasket?

any issues completing this? im replacing motor mounts while im doing this too

The bolts did not come with it I bought them separate, you need new ones they're aluminum torque to yield, one time use. FCP has kits that include them. I replaced motor mounts on the 330i and like tie rods were for e90yyc they are the thing I won't be replacing on the 325. At 206k the mounts were fine and tight on the 330 and they also are on the 325. I'm thinking these N/A engines don't put enough torque on them to wear them out. If I was time rushed I'd have them there just in case. I'm doing the working water pump "while I'm in there", but not the motor mounts.

I only had one issue, a snapped bolt in the rear corner, but it spun out easy with a 1/4" wood chisel tapped into it a few times, I posted pic a few pages back. Getting to the oil pan is the work, it's pretty straightforward job replacing the gasket itself. I would be careful with trusting your torque wrench, some of these bolts spin in easy and some are tighter, tight enough to trip the 8 ft/lb on the wrench, but the bolt won't be bottomed. I use only hand tools on it, and spin each one down with a stubby ratchet until it bottoms out. You can tell it's bottomed out when the ring washer won't spin freely. Bottomed out is also the point where the ones that go in easily finally get to 8 ft/lb so I figure that's what BMW is telling us, bottomed out +90 degrees. Zip tie the gasket loosely to the pan so it doesn't move around until you get a few bolts started and mark each one as you torque it unless you have Amazing Kreskin powers of concentration you'll lose your place.

[3PedalJake]

Originally Posted by lowrydr310

What oil drain plug is that?

It's called Mag Plug, it has a removable magnetic insert you unscrew to let any steel shavings drop off.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mag-Plug-Ma...m/254290423710

[nsjames]

Originally Posted by 3PedalJake

The bolts did not come with it but FCP has kits that include them. I replaced motor mounts on the 330i and like tie rods were for e90yyc they are the thing I won't be replacing on the 325. At 206k the mounts were fine and tight on the 330 and they also are on the 325. I'm thinking these N/A engines don't put enough torque on them to wear them out. If I was time rushed I'd have them there just in case. I'm doing the working water pump "while I'm in there", but not the motor mounts.

I only had one issue, a snapped bolt in the rear corner, but it spun out easy with a 1/4" wood chisel tapped into it a few times, I posted pic a few pages back. Getting to the oil pan is the work, it's pretty straightforward job replacing the gasket itself. I would be careful with trusting your torque wrench, some of these bolts spin in easy and some are tighter, tight enough to trip the 8 ft/lb on the wrench, but the bolt won't be bottomed. I use only hand tools on it, and spin each one down with a stubby ratchet until it bottoms out. You can tell it's bottomed out when the ring washer won't spin freely. Bottomed out is also the point where the ones that go in easily finally get to 8 ft/lb so I figure that's what BMW is telling us, bottomed out +90 degrees. Zip tie the gasket loosely to the pan so it doesn't move around until you get a few bolts started and mark each one as you torque it unless you have Amazing Kreskin powers of concentration you'll lose your place.

as the owner of a XI car, I just let the pan weep.

[3PedalJake]

Originally Posted by nsjames

as the owner of a XI car, I just let the pan weep.

It's one of the reasons I'm not an Xi owner.

[unixnerd]

Originally Posted by 3PedalJake

Oil pan gasket in, I marked them with chalk paint marker as I torqued them cause with all the interruptions around here I forget my place. Water pump on the UPS truck hopefully for today then it can start going back together.

How badly was it leaking? Yet to remove the undertray on mine, but there's just no way I'm lucky enough to have it OK.

[mantis]

Originally Posted by 3PedalJake

The bolts did not come with it I bought them separate, you need new ones they're aluminum torque to yield, one time use. FCP has kits that include them. I replaced motor mounts on the 330i and like tie rods were for e90yyc they are the thing I won't be replacing on the 325. At 206k the mounts were fine and tight on the 330 and they also are on the 325. I'm thinking these N/A engines don't put enough torque on them to wear them out. If I was time rushed I'd have them there just in case. I'm doing the working water pump "while I'm in there", but not the motor mounts.

I only had one issue, a snapped bolt in the rear corner, but it spun out easy with a 1/4" wood chisel tapped into it a few times, I posted pic a few pages back. Getting to the oil pan is the work, it's pretty straightforward job replacing the gasket itself. I would be careful with trusting your torque wrench, some of these bolts spin in easy and some are tighter, tight enough to trip the 8 ft/lb on the wrench, but the bolt won't be bottomed. I use only hand tools on it, and spin each one down with a stubby ratchet until it bottoms out. You can tell it's bottomed out when the ring washer won't spin freely. Bottomed out is also the point where the ones that go in easily finally get to 8 ft/lb so I figure that's what BMW is telling us, bottomed out +90 degrees. Zip tie the gasket loosely to the pan so it doesn't move around until you get a few bolts started and mark each one as you torque it unless you have Amazing Kreskin powers of concentration you'll lose your place.

thanks for the tips, ill look for the kits.

I'm a lead foot driver, i floor it everywhere, imagine that's why motor mounts crapped out

[3PedalJake]

Originally Posted by unixnerd

How badly was it leaking? Yet to remove the undertray on mine, but there's just no way I'm lucky enough to have it OK.

This car didn't come with an engine belly pan so I could have immediate access to puddles of oil. This is 24 hours of leak...

[Old335i]

So a few things today that everybody is probably going to hate but first i put fiber optic lights in the doors...pain in the ass. Second which I’m sure your going to be like wtf but i bought these seat covers for my daily cr-v and decided to try them on my messed up driver seat in the e90. Been trying to find a saddle brown set of seats in the area for years but for now this will do hahahah definitely taking these off tomorrow

[ky0u]

Originally Posted by Old335i

So a few things today that everybody is probably going to hate but first i put fiber optic lights in the doors...pain in the ass. Second which I’m sure your going to be like wtf but i bought these seat covers for my daily cr-v and decided to try them on my messed up driver seat in the e90. Been trying to find a saddle brown set of seats in the area for years but for now this will do hahahah definitely taking these off tomorrow

I like the execution of those lights. You didn't plaster them everywhere so it doesn't look tacky. Looks good imo. Did you wire to the ambient lighting or is it a separate remote?

[Old335i]

Originally Posted by ky0u

I like the execution of those lights. You didn't plaster them everywhere so it doesn't look tacky. Looks good imo. Did you wire to the ambient lighting or is it a separate remote?

Wired it into the cigarette lighter so i comes on when you turn on the ignition. There’s an app to change the colors for them though

[Emilime75]

Originally Posted by Old335i

Wired it into the cigarette lighter so i comes on when you turn on the ignition. There’s an app to change the colors for them though

Can you share what you bought? I'd like to do this in the GFs car, maybe then she'll stop bugging me for a new Mercedes for a little while 😜

[Clammy]

Got my new windshield reinstalled. The glass shop originally installed it off-center, so the trim wasn't sitting flush. All good now.

Cheers!