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If you have a long screw driver you may be able to pinpoint it by putting it against your ear and placing the tip against where you think the noise is coming from.

Subaru upper engine cleaner used to be the recommended one but ive never used it myself. Ive also seen a CRC version intake cleaner at Repco. If its real bad and baked on then i would think media blasting would be the only way to do a thorough job.

Yeah sorry i didnt read it properly and was getting mixed up with something else. Yeah i believe valves should stop all heat regardless, not to sure if the those flaps close when cold is selected but its probably more for recirculation mode thinking about it. Did you manually power the valves on the bench to visually see they were sealing properly? Maybe pull the connector and energize them with 12V directly on the car to see if that shuts the heat off. Haven't heard of the resistor affecting temp, not saying its impossible but you are presumable getting the correct voltage to control the valves.

My friends E36 is like this but once the AC is on it appears to cease or maybe blend cold air into it. I never really looked into it because he hardly drives so never tested much. Im guessing you tried running full manual vent mode with everything cold? Assuming the heater valves are good and the control unit is functioning properly then I wonder if its some sort of connection issue from control unit to the HVAC stepper motors, possibly causing them not to shut when selecting cold given the center vents is controlled separate Edit: Does the E36 have an actual IHKA module as such? I know E34\E32 did which was in the dash

Good idea. You'd likely hear a bearing before play.

Haven't used the 5's myself but they appear to be a decent road tyre. In my experience Goodyear pricing has always been too much compared with Michellin and Bridgestone equivalents. Their overall performance doesn't usually test any better, so ive rarely used their products over the years. I typically recommend Michellin PS4's these days as they are usually well priced on Hyper.co.nz and offer decent performance for the $. Prices can vary more than expected with certain tyre sizes so you probably want to factor that in as well.

Looks like a standard reservoir so i would think its std hydraulic also. Why would you want anything else on one of these.

I think you'll find the majority of these Turner consultants have very little knowledge about cars in general, end of the day they are in sales.

Steering wheel trim fitted. Should of been an easy 15min job but Murphy's Law. I got a alloy one off ebay the looked the same as my wood trim as far as i would tell in photos. After spending forever trying to find suitable machine screws that were missing off the base (this trim uses these and a little nut to secure to wheel buttons instead of self tappers into plastic), it appears this trim must have different internal curvature or has slightly smaller prongs as it doesn't sit perfectly even after some leather trimming. I don't think most would notice but its all BMW to blame on this one, so many slightly different variants for E46\E39\E53 wheel trims that supposedly use the same wheels, kinda sh*t i expect from the Japanese.

He's tentative at times, judging from past auctions and my own experience.

Yeah their business model is unbeatable if you are a customer. Usually 8-14 days arrival time in my experience. Unless they changed in the last couple of years MYUS were overpriced when that VISA promotion i had ended

Mostly but it depends on what polisher you are referring to? Majority of people use a dual action over rotary action for paint safety. Angle grinders have no speed control, run high rpm and use different disc sizes to most commonly available polishing pads. Ive seen drills used for very small or hard to reach areas.

Yeah they are can be slow sometimes in regarding to dispatching, depends on their international departure schedule or volumes as sometimes its very quickly received and sent. They are still the cheapest ive come across besides Amazon so i still use them for smaller US only items. Fedex via FCP covers the rest.

Just another way people in certain countries used to describe a certain specification car, same as saying 540i sport, mtech, msport, motorsport etc, most BMW enthusiasts tend to connect the dots. Funnily enough ive never come across across 535is that had the thicker swaybars (M5) as standard. Would think the 540is would though.

Yeah that's around what i think they are worth and what market has appeared to value them at. Lower k's, colour and general condition may add some extra value but 50k is either a dream or as @KwS stated.

I recall Ross selling this on tm way back, sure it was in the 25k-35k region then. I never saw big value in these myself, id rather covert an auto to spec which is very achievable and have practically the same car that cost half as much.

As long as you don't care about having possible error codes come up when scanning then its the same as most cars. You either removal all components, re-route\cap any lines and blank the injection ports, or you can just leave everything in place and put a plate between the pump and valve to block the exhaust side of it, block off the intake vacuum lines with something round and unplug the pump.

What do you mean by resolved it? possible error codes?

First WTB listing for a air pump ive ever seen in NZ

Next time ill lent you my gas torch

New LCM will require coding which is easy with something like PA soft, you could try resoldering your old one or ive got spare LCM III-B if you want it. Demon tweaks in the UK or FCP euro in US are good options for shocks

Don't think would be a commonly available part. Id say it's more likely the 2x o-rings that would need replacing rather than the whole mount. Dealers usually stock those sort of things.

Is that a tool you bought, had made up etc ?

Modifying is a huge different game but if they are both manual id take the 540i any day, much more power, nicer to rev out with a strong top end. I think they sound better, especially earlier dirty NZ new ones etc with no cat or o2 sensors with the imperfect idle. The E34 540i is the closest thing BMW ever made to a traditional American Muscle type car.

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