euroriffic 601 Report post Posted April 19 On 4/16/2024 at 9:50 PM, e30ftw said: Bought my first E46 325i touring a few weeks ago. Previous owner had been chasing what he suspected was a "vacuum leak", causing a slight miss at cold start but otherwise drove well. I got under yesterday to do the fuel filter and trans mounts. Took the cover off the fuel filter and sre enough the vacuum line is perished at the regulator. Take the filter off, replace the fuel lines and vacuum line while I'm there and finish up. Had the old fuel filter on my bench with black fuel and sediment coming out of it and that's when I realized the date on it was the build date of the e46. 22 years / 160000kms later.. yikes! I had the same thing on my 94 316i compact! Worse thing was it was dealer serviced most of its life, and had 220k on the clock. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
euroriffic 601 Report post Posted April 19 Got my partly broken x5 it’s own partly broken x5. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vass 706 Report post Posted April 19 2 hours ago, euroriffic said: Got my partly broken x5 it’s own partly broken x5. Ohh is that getting parted out, is it? Would there be a spare towing module in there somewhere I could scavenge? 😏 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaz 1042 Report post Posted April 19 12 hours ago, euroriffic said: I had the same thing on my 94 316i compact! Worse thing was it was dealer serviced most of its life, and had 220k on the clock. Just because it's dealer serviced doesn't mean anything if the owner declines to follow the recommendations. Usually once it's out of warranty, customers don't really seem to care 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
balancerider 704 Report post Posted April 19 (edited) A new (new new?) EGR assembly (assume they have finally caught up with updated part manufacture, had a Wahler valve after first replacement) and a new OE Pilkington windscreen Edited April 19 by balancerider Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neil McCauley 250 Report post Posted April 20 Test pass with a Rupes yellow DA fine foam and Farcela G3 1+2 compound. Might have to dig a bit further into the clear coat with a Rupes DA blue coarse and commensurate compound. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
euroriffic 601 Report post Posted April 24 First quarter of the job. Good box out 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sammo 2478 Report post Posted April 25 Changed the rear bump stops on the F31 - first time wrenching on a newer BMW - was quite pleasant dealing with 10 year old bolts, rather thn 35 year old ones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
euroriffic 601 Report post Posted April 25 Got the cooked box out and replacement in in about 4 hours today. Not bhed for an amateur lying on the floor. Off for a wof next week then do some cruising! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
euroriffic 601 Report post Posted April 25 Got the cooked box out and replacement in in about 4 hours today. Not bhed for an amateur lying on the floor. Off for a wof next week then do some cruising! 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neil McCauley 250 Report post Posted April 25 Things were going well. Until they weren't. My kingdom for 2mm. 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neil McCauley 250 Report post Posted April 27 Got the Simple Green and then the Aerospace 303 out to clean up the plastics I'll not see for another 180xxx km. Back on the ground for a couple of days before my airfreight arrives 👀 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
euroriffic 601 Report post Posted April 28 On 4/19/2024 at 11:29 PM, Vass said: Ohh is that getting parted out, is it? Would there be a spare towing module in there somewhere I could scavenge? 😏 There could well be! Haven’t given it a good check over, but will let you know if the good one doesn’t need it 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites