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Kerry at Mosen in Hamilton is worth a call, too.

is it a heating component as in stops the oil from solidifying or something? What a mad piece of German engineering this all is

Dreamers. They'll never shift em.

Probably cheaper to just replace unless the damage is very minor. Just make sure you get the same colour code. Brent at @BM WORLD will likely have one, or you can try Nick at Weitz Industries in Hamilton.

So, for future reference for anyone else searching Got the manifold off today, oil pouring out of the intake The CCV is GONE BURGER So for anyone in the future experiencing a combination of - Lean Codes - Rough start up idle - Oil consumption Get a good torch, check down the side of the block, if you see oil, your CCV is probably the culprit

I switched to the Penrite 7 year stuff which Repco and SCA stock, has BMW approval and far better priced than the BMW stuff (least in Hamilton). You'd want to flush all the old BMW coolant out though.

Throttle body probably normal given its DBW, once its energized it probably changes. Earth likely onto a post around the coil secured by a nut or onto top of a bolt with threads in.

Probably caused by their blind spot detection.

It was the left rear wheel bearing - replaced and all is good again. The bushes were nearly all replaced with stock ones about a year ago. The only ones I didn't replace were the diff bushes, glad I didn't now since I've changed diffs again (although this would have only affected the rear bushes). I've had tears forming in the rear diff bushes before but they're easy to check while the diff is out using a screwdriver through the screw hole and give them a twist. I've also had the exhaust redone. After lowering the car the exhaust was scraping on driveways, judder bars etc. The previous exhaust I put in to replace the mid section used a really fat 2 in 2 out resonator. Turns out this was totally wrong for the tuning back to the exhaust ports and caused a big flat spot between 2000-2500 rpm. I've dumped the big resonator and added 2 small resonators about where the cats used to be and put a H-pipe just behind the resonators. The result is excellent - it's much quieter and the flat spot is gone (I guess quiet = no fighting of the exhaust pulses in the pipes, previously there was a big drone between 2000-2500). It also sits about 50mm higher up into the arch so none of the exhaust now hangs below the body in the mid-section. The 2 resonators were custom built by AdrenalineR and do a really good job - no rasp at all despite only being 200mm long.

I believe it was the Romans that said, I'm not gay but $20 is $20

Fly down and reline my entire house and I'll pay ya $20 ????

Still for sale. Wow, 2 years!

Went to town with a file and orbital sander on the rims, still a few holes that i might use alloy filler or primer to sort out I think these photos say it best Before After

Starting to look nice and aggressive just doing a test fit before i strip em back and go gun metal