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Hey Amber, do you think you will have these on the car in time for the Sunday meet?

Woohoo! Did you do the happy dance?

Nice one. Is it 330i manual?

Was it overheated?

Yea I removed every single part of the cooling system except the heater core and cleaned them all. The heater core was flushed in the car cause it was too much of a mission to remove.

It was drained and flushed with new trans oil. The trans oil appears clean. How can oil get from the torque converter to the cooling system?

Thanks Brent. Lets hope this is the case. I will do a compression test on Monday.

Tailpipe smoke is oily blue (worn valve stem seals) but not white or steamy. It is only on tap water at the moment as I don't want to waste my coolant and distilled water until its right. Only other thing I can think of is engine (not trans) oil cooler.

Another update; Well its been 10 days of driving and everything feels fine to drive, and no codes either. However I'm a bit concerned about the fact that I'm still getting the chocolate milkshake stuff in the cooling system. The cooling system was removed and each piece was thoroughly washed/flushed with water before going back in. A garden hose was used to flush the engine block and the heater core. Then once back in I thoroughly flushed the whole system again with a hose, and then flushed it a second time with wynns radiator flush following the instructions exactly. After each drive I'm getting some milkshake returning, so I flush it out by putting the hose in the top of the expansion tank. I was scared that maybe the replacement oil cooler had a leak too, even though it came from a working car, so I disconnected both hoses from the back of it to check but the oil was completely clean. How long should I be getting the milkshake stuff? Could I have a blown head gasket? There is no milkshake in the engine that I can see.

Sounds like a blockage? Has a previous owner used a stop leak product on it?

Who fixed the final problems? Was it that auto electrical place you took it to earlier? Glad to see its sorted.

I have a e46 touring towbar available. It is just the towbar and its mounting bolts/washer/nuts - I don't have the trailer wiring connector. I also have interior trim and a factory radio unit. I think the factory unit I have is md or cassette though, but if you want cd you could buy a 6disc shuttle which sits in the boot and you control from your current head deck. Only downside is I am in Auckland and you are in Wellington. What year is your wagon?

What was the model of the old lanzar vibe amp?

Can I ask why you are swapping boxes?

Fuel pump idea is clever. I like the thinking outside the box.

Found this; http://bimmerinfo.com/e46trans.htm Thanks guys, I used the torque app via obd2 to measure the temp of the transmission oil and drained off any excess as per Glenns and ZF's instructions. I reckon I had overfilled it by nearly a litre.

No trans dipstick. I will loosen off the filler plug to let any excess out.

Is it possible to overfill the oil in the transmission? If so, is it a bad thing?

Thanks guys. If nothing else I've learnt a hell of a lot. If I have to do it again I think I would just use a crane and pull the engine and box out in one go, reattach the new box and then put them back into the car.

Its a shame you are in Dunedin or I would have come over and helped you out (I'm a chippy). Its an awesome garage - I'm very jealous.

Well, I went for a drive this afternoon and everything went surprisingly well. No fault codes yet so fingers crossed. When it cools down I will do a thorough check for leaks.

Danger - I would imagine eyes in the floor would crack the concrete or pull out completely if you tried to pull a car to it via a winch. Just my opinion though. If you do try something, get the sockets as deep into the concrete as you safely can. I would still recommend dynobolting the bottom plates to the floor though. Looks like a great space, and I'm sure you can make that extractor system work for you. Maybe useful for a painting booth?

Don't think you will get a better price for a car like this anywhere.

Nice work Danger. Are you leasing the garage or do you own it? Reason I ask is because it would be ideal to dynabolt those bottom plates down.

AMI has been good to us. Also have found BNZ good.