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Project: The Unfamily Wagon

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Couple years have gone by, didn't realize it was 3! Not a huge amount has changed but kids will do that. Been through a couple different sets of wheels, style 5s, acs type 1 monoblocks.

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Picked up a dream set of ACS type 1 racing which I'll get widened to 17x9. Currently rocking some stye 24s however 

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Ditched the msport kit and going more with an ASC theme. Picked up some type 1 mirrors, and painted them LSB as a tester as thinking about painting the whole car..

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Had a slow coolant leak which was getting worse. Top hose looked average so replaced that..nope still leaking..so I guess nows a good time to upgrade the radiator. Was holding out for a s54 z3m one but all out of stock. Ended up grabbing a cheap used mishimoto one with new hoses. I had the radiator with the expansion tank built in so thought now would be a good time to upgrade to the m3 self bleeding system. 20220417_213551.thumb.jpg.13d0562a92b8d6c62b4e75f68023351d.jpg

Out with the old..

This was much harder than I thought. First, radiator didn't fit as the mounts are too narrow, grabbed some from a wrecker. Mine also has two wiring connectors up by the fuse box so tucked them underneath the expansion tank bracket for now. 20220417_213216.thumb.jpg.99c517b0202fa17d61bedeedc185b72a.jpg

then I had run this hose which connected to old expansion tank, to the new one. I cut it in half and grabbed a joiner from the legends at A1.

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Sorted. Ran up everything and checked for leaks..

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Pulled it out of the garage as to not gas out the Mrs in the office.. and it'd leaking fuel. At least it's good weather to daily the convertible 

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Poked my head under last night and this looks like the culprit. Loose hose clamp. Tried tightening it but made it worse.. then it got too cold and I gave up. Will give it a good clean and replace tonight and see how it goes. 20220510_224522.thumb.jpg.c78221df4c2d652733084fdde2490ff2.jpg

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Much warmer in the garage today, managed to get the old clamp off and put a new one on.. fuel leaked sorted. 

Looks like it might still be leaking coolant, possibly from the thermostat housing (the one thing I over looked) I see there's a bunch of aluminum housing on the market. Anyone used one with success or just stick with a factory one.

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My aluminium one has lasted well. However I've struggled with making gaskets for it, but that's more likely a me thing. 

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