Wilkommen! I second Roundel's Fearless Leader's query: Got yerself a Bimmer or are you only here for the bier? ;)
Congratulations! I hope it brings you many YEARS of enjoyment--prior owner's loss, your gain! (Great color combo, by the way; it was my #2 choice by...
Perhaps...but a far more effective way is to be taught by a manual driver who is better than you. Clever though this invention is, it is...
Good news Thanks for the update, Steve, and for what I'm sure is an ungodly amount of grunt work. Much appreciated.
You have four. An M54B25 (the engine in your car) has four oxygen sensors. There is a pair in each cylinder bank, one upstream and one downstream of...
Can't view/change BMWs owned via member profile The paper membership renewal forms include spaces to list the BMW(s) we own. The old Club site...
Salvation! Thanks for providing that link--I seriously doubt I would have noticed Steve's post without it. I have visited the site sporadically...
Sad...so sad. Ahhh... for the good ol' days! Just like the dead parrot in the Monty Python skit, I guess I'm pining for the fields....... That's...
It must be Oil Change Weekend, I just finished work.... As an aside, from the Thanks-But-We-Knew-That Dept., Condition-Based Service is for the...
Welcome aboard and I salute your choice of BMW model. ;) Coupla things: 1) Where do you live and how are the roads? Unless they are...
Yes. Item #23 in the illustration, p/n 51-16-9-122-655, about 40 bucks (closer to 30 from online vendors, before shipping). [IMG]...
That is just gorgeous. Love the E38, love those wheels on it and HATE that BMW no longer offers any reds on the big sedans!
Yesterday, I fixed a scratch. That's the executive summary. What really happened is that starting Monday and ending yesterday, I turned this:...
Late-model 3ers use direct-measurement TPMS sensors.
Most any A/C system is going to spring a leak somewhere if you run it long enough. The operating pressures are high and seals, hose crimps and such...
Isn't it just amazing, the things hack mechanics will do to a car? Knuckleheads. Their telltales come in handy at times, though. When I was...
If everything else is operating normally--in particular, if you can direct warm air anywhere you wish, evenly, when using the heater--you have a leak...
Probably not. MAFs are somewhat delicate and if it was subjected to even a little rough handling while installing the filter, I'm not surprised that...
Seconded--that's a good-lookin' Fiver. It's hard to tell: Is that Tasman Green, or one of BMW's many greys? Tell us more, tell us more! :) And, of...
I cleaned a double handful of tree seeds and small leaves out of the drain pockets at the rear corners of the engine bay.
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