GreyGhost

Hi All,

My E70 40D (N57 engine) has a tiny oil leak from the rocker cover gasket. I put it in the shop to get the gasket replaced but after much trying the shop gave up because they couldn't remove a couple of the injectors. Any tips or tricks for this? Is it really necessary? Any help appreciated.

Cheers

Nick

Hi,

Seems like a noob question but where would you advise to get a control unit and glowplugs for E70 N57 40d? Looked all over, ebay, amazon and it's really confusing. Is there an NZ supplier that doesn't charge silly money?

Cheers - Nick

Thanks, I'm still smiling. I might take you up on the brakes in the future. About 10k km left on the present ones.

Keeping Terrano as 'dirty car', not really worth anything in any case.

Hi,

After driving my (1992) ancient and smelly Terrano for the last 16 years (which has had a range of live and dead animals in the back including sheep and once a very dead and very smelly alpaca) I have finally decided to upgrade. As an aside, a wee while ago my partner took the car with a trailer load of sheep for delivery to a couple of friends. She dropped off the first half-a-dozen but was unable to secure the last remaining one securely in the trailer; so she tied it up and put it in the back of the Terrano. Being tied up didn't prevent it from weeing and pooing, liberally. Took a while for that smell to dissipate! Anyway - hummed and hahed for quite a while. Should I get a 6-year old Kia or similar or an older premium car. Well obviously the premium car won out - a 10 year old BMW is still well nicer than a 6 year old Kia (or whatever). Looked at a Q5 (too complicated) and an ML320 (too ugly) before settling on an X5. Didn't necessarily want the 40D but that was what was available so it'll do nicely ?. Haven't had much of a chance to drive it yet, and won't for the next month other than to the supermarket but it is a lovely ride and I love the engine growl. No doubt I'll be badgering people about all sorts of BMW related stuff - but that is for another post(s). In the meantime, is there a funny handshake or something I have to learn now I am a member of the club?