GrandClam

Hi there My e38 has started not being able to turn the ignition cause the key barrel is broken apparently. does anyone know the best way to source a new key barrel? I'm currently contacting bmworkshop and they are looking into it but they don't sound confident. thankful for any insight here

i see so i can just get facelift ones and chuck those in. thanks for the replies here. have a good one.

all good thanks for looking. would a facelift version fit?

great thanks so much

standard type pre facelift The pic attached isnt my car but these are the headlights i need

Hey guys recently had a towball go through my righthand side headlight (right as in right from inside the car so the left hand side one if youre looking straight at the car) on my 96 e38 and need a replacement headlight. If anyone has one of these laying around id love to have it Looking forward to hearing from you

thanks for the reply. and what about the 850CCA spec? is that one also necessary? seems like the page you link doesn't mention that anywhere. I hear e38s are very finnicky with voltage and current and stuff.

Hey Guys So I have a 728I E38 and I'm wondering what the minimum battery requirements are. Everything online is saying e38s need the 110AH 850CCA batteries but most e38s are v8s and v12s mine is a straight 6 M52 motor and i can't find anything specific on that. if those requirements above are for the v8s and v12s then its probably a bit overkill for a straight 6 engine no? cheers for any insights here.

Second one i believe

ah yes the crank sensor was the other thing that showed up on google. $15 is certainly a lot more reasonable for a sensor than 200. thanks for the advice i will probably give this a go I assume by aliex you mean ali express?

Hi All This issue has been the bane of my driving existence the past year and I just can't seem to get a handle on what is causing it. A few bits of context that might help. firstly the Car ALWAYS starts totally fine when its cold. First thing in the morning I have never had an issue. secondly The Codes have been read at my mechanic and have noted a cam angle sensor (my mechanic said sometimes this can be a false reading and he was right we will get into that in a bit) Third about a month or two ago I replaced my battery and this issue went away / was severely reduced for about a month. to the point where i thought id fixed it but then about 3 weeks ago it came back. 4th I have now replaced the cam angle sensor and spent $200 bucks on it and it has solved absolutely nothing. These hard starts range from splutters and stuttering into just plain not turning over. When the car is running its a dream. there's no loss of power at all and it runs perfectly other than this issue. Can anyone help me here. all advice and insight would be greatly appreciated

Ah ok so it sounds to you like a battery problem. that could make sense as when I replaced the alternator the battery went fully dead as it was sitting for 2 months. I know that is surposed to be quite bad for them but i used a battery charger to get it back up to full charge and havnt had any issues with it since and then was a couple months ago. will check the connection today. perhaps some wd40 or some kind of connection fluid would help?

ok will do tomorrow maybe

Hello there guys. This isn't a desperate problem yet but I figured I'd better get out in front of it now before it becomes one. My 728i has recently been struggling to start but mostly only after its already been running (say i drive it somewhere then leave it to sit for half an hour or so then try to start it again) What will usually happen is the first time of the day I start it it will start no problem and then every time after that it will struggle. Either crank for longer than it should before starting or once or twice its failed to crank at all. I have never had it completely unable to start yet thank god usually it starts are a bit of struggling maybe 2-3 seconds. But a couple of times it has failed to crank at all and then after a few tries it starts up. Once its running absolutely nothing is off or weird about the car so its definitely just a starting issue. Any ideas what this could be? Its got a brand new alternator in it so I doubt its that maybe the battery or the starter motor? also had the crank shaft sensor replaced very recently as well so don't think its that either. This might have nothing to do with it but I did accidentally hit a curb just before this issue started. No damage to the car that I could see and it wasn't a major hit just mis judged where it was and drove up onto it at maybe 15km or something. your thoughts are greatly appreciated thanks in advance

Right I see. Well I don't think this car has much extra in the way of electronics that I can tell. I havent had it for that long but nothing jumps out at me as a huge power draw past any normal car. I will be checking the battery tomorrow so will have a look at the type then