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Date: 26 Sept 2019 Distance: 260348kms Time for some more remedial maintenance. Just over 60 days to e30 Mega Meet. 1. Cooling System Refresh Replaced thermostat housing, bolts, and bleed screw. Drained cooling system, replaced all hoses & clips (except the top and bottom main hoses. Flushed, filled with two bottles of fresh BMW Coolant & De-ionised water. All clips genuine, almost all hoses genuine BMW, with the exception of 2 or 3 by Vaico. I figured it was worthwhile to just go through and eliminate all of the 30-year old cooling hoses; why gamble my engine on a hose that could leave me stranded? For those of you wondering, the M40 has a shitload of hoses. And now all of mine - every single hose, clip, and O-ring - has been replaced, along with the thermostat and rad. Only the heater matrix remains. Fingers x'd. What a hoser. Yesterday. 2. Rocker Cover Gasket Replaced rocker cover gasket (Topran), including helicoil of one bolt hole in the head. Jon had found this stripped a year ago, marked it, and we added to the 'list of things to do'. New gasket will keep the engine cleaner. 3. Clutch Slave Cylinder Replaced clutch slave cylinder (Febi). Seemed like a good idea, I figured it was probably an original. Flushed and cleaned, refilled and bled. Jon said it was full of black sludge, needed plenty of flushing. Clutch action is now much smoother and lighter. Result! 4. Throttle Body While he had that out (access to cooling system), Jon cleaned throttle body, drilled a drain hole in throttle position sensor, reassembled. It was very gunky. Smoother idle. Can't wait for a trip in it! My thanks again to Jon & Keren at Auto38! M40 Cooling hoses, yesterday image borrowed from RealOEM

Got some new toys Finally ready to track, overkill aero and all

Something you can sort when you win the auction.

Cleaned and got a coat of some autoglym quick detailer. Clay bar'd the windscreen and applied 'jet seal' to it along with the lights. Noticed someone has reversed into my front number plate putting it significantly out of shape...probably better than the bumper but still. Will have to pop this off and try straighten it.

Hi All I joined the BMW owners' yesterday with a very good condition 2014 116i. She is my first BMW (previously I was a member of the OTHER German car club). I am really loving the ride. I do not know much about the technical mechanical aspect of cars, so I am looking forward to lurking here and learning more.

Man wants bargain unicorn.

Not selling with the wheels in pictures. But very tidy, well maintained. Have pmd you

I suspect BMW doesn't do just the O rings - they probably sell the unit. AND they probably use the same WRONG seals they used the first time around ?

There is differing opinions on engine flushes, but I know some old school mechanics will mix in some atf with the engine oil, run the engine and then flush and put in fresh engine oil. The atf has alot of detergents in it. Someone like Glenn would be worth asking as he has alot of experience.

Engine oil flushes can be hit and miss. As what sometimes happens, bits of gunk or whatever can come loose and then get stuck in oil galleries or oil pump and make things worse

This and this if anyone’s keen on a Kiwi version.

You spend too much time on these forums Dave! ? I deleted my post within .5 of a second... THAT was embarrassing. I think I add a whole new page to the thread lol.

Prices have changed a bit since then, highly unlikely you'd get a manual 535i that sort of money these days unless it was in rough condition. You usually up spending 1000's to get cheap ones upto scratch anyway.

Haha, its been five years since this thread, and the cars still haven't sold. https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/cars/bmw/auction-240089175.htm

Beautiful photos and gorgeous car, man.

That top shot is money man, nice capture.

I looked at the prices of getting the official BMW Bluetooth fitted... And then decided to get a $25 BT to Aux adapter instead Does a good job. I bought the Himbox one on Amazon but there are other options around there. Replacing the head unit will not look pretty, and not sure if that can even work well with iDrive. I wouldn't recommend that route. If you don't mind dropping a few thousand, get the NBT retrofit with Bluetooth. Or the cheap easy option I took.