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Another summer, another water leak!! I've had this car for 15 years, and I have spent that 15 years dealing with 15 different water leaks!! Bear in mind my car only sees water when I'm washing it, this time I've got water in the drivers footwell. This happened about 2-3 years ago, and resulted in da...

I ordered one direct from Australia just before Christmas. My dash has no cracks and obviously I want to try and keep it that way. It fits fine although as my car is a dry weather no salt on the road toy I've not driven the car since getting it, does come with self adhesive velcro but I'm not plann...

Anyone had any experience with these? The cracks (minimal) are the only unsightly thing left with my interior. Got a lot going on these days so can't see myself swapping a dash out anytime soon.

Literally every time I log on to this forum another well known member has passed. God rest his soul.

I'm glad I joined during the Zone heyday.. got so many good parts, and met a lot of characters. If you had any issues with the car someone would reply within minutes with solutions. Plus every night was like an episode of Eastenders on here.. You make a post these days and very rarely do you get any...

Thats not part of the injector loom, most likely signal sharing to the autobox ECU via an add on loom which would explain why its plugged into the engine temp sensor, most likely a manually switchable box? Yes it is a switchable auto.. which essentially means it was plugged in correctly. So back to...

Anyone got any ideas?

Guys we’ve been chasing an over fueling/stalling issue on my facelift 320i auto. I won’t bore you with all the details but after numerous time spent testing ICV’s, AFM’s, spark etc etc. we think the loom maybe plugged in wrong which has led to the sparks becoming soiled. In a nut shell the dark plug...

Thanks for this guys. I’m going to take the TPS off and clean it. I’m assuming I should take it apart rather than just spray contact cleaner on the pins lol

DanThe wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 09, 2024 7:44 pm
TPS?

Potentially as it's one of the few parts I have not changed in the last 10-15 year since I've owned the car, and that's because it's been NLA since I first checked way back in 15-16. Whenever they come up for sale they're old and crusty and people want like £200-300 for one

BenHar wrote: ↑
Sat Jun 08, 2024 7:20 pm
The injectors may be leaking so it loses pressure when stood. That would explain the long cranking time.

Ben

I’m starting to think this as well. However wouldn’t explain the struggle when it’s idling or when I pull the butterfly and it stumbles and struggles? Or would it.

I take it you have done the plugs and tested the plug leads? Checked the rotor arm and dizzy cap for cracks and tracking? I am still leaning towards vacuum leak as they can be hard to find as only a small leak can cause problems and difficult to see on a smoke test. Try brake cleaner or remove some...

Okay so this spring/summer has bought about a new set of gremlins and I’d really appreciate some help with it. Car is a facelift M20B20. For the last few years I’ve had an ongoing issue where the engine cranks for a while before starting, sometimes it’s worse than others.. and giving it a bit of thr...

Okay so last year just before the car went into storage an issue arose with the screen wash. When I pressed the stalk the screen wash would come on and not stop spraying from the nozzles. The only way to stop it was to take the key out and leave it for a minute or so. I’ve tried two good used wiper ...

In need of a wiper stalk for a car with headlight wash.
Last part number was 61311372583.

Good condition please, no mould etc.

Cheers

The Motronic ECUs should be 'plug & play' with no recoding necessary - all the code is built into the EPROM chip. In your case, I would check the DME relay as a first step, replacing it if ncessary. I had a similar problem with an E34 535iSE, which turned out to be a crack in one of the fusible lin...

So for the first time in my 15 years of ownership, my 320i let me down yesterday and wouldn’t spark. Seems I was getting no signal from the DME to the DME relay. Then suddenly it kicked in and the car turned over. Obviously then it was hard to diagnose further if it’s not faulting. So I thought the ...

BenHar wrote: ↑
Mon Dec 18, 2023 6:47 pm
It may just be a blocked scuttle drain (elephant's trunk).

Ben

Surely if it's now coming into the footwells, the waters sat for so long it's destroyed the foam gasket? Albeit the original cause is likely the blocked drain.

Yeah, driver side grill is leaking water through Well you need to take it to a place like Munich Legends or BMR. Both are south of London. This is either a rusted out bulkhead, or the foam gasket around your heater box has perished. Pray it's the later. Either way both can only really be confirmed ...

yaad wrote: ↑
Sun Dec 17, 2023 12:47 pm
Hi, can anyone recommend a good/reliable person to fix a scuttle leak i have in my 325i cab. Around east london/Essex is ideal.

Cheers
Yaad

As in the waters coming into the footwells from the wiper grills on the scuttle?

Had my dash crack repaired today Wasn't expecting to do this until Spring but the guy doing it is retiring next week. Pretty good result That's unreal. I've seen a lot of repairs in the past and they've been woeful. As in they looked better cracked. BMW did start making them again back around 2017,...

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I have ordered two new horns from Cotswold BMW Part Numbers 61331386253 (Low) - Horn 1 61331376189 (High) - Horn 2 Does anyone happen to know if they are plug and play or if I will need different connections? Thank you Funnily enough I was looking in to this very thing last week. There were so many...

Hi folks, Finally found time to work on her and I think I am going mad :mad: . I'm in the middle of a front axle refresh and putting the struts back together. I've purchased B4's and new Meyle mounts (replaced all the washers etc too) When assembled, I can feel play in the strut mount. Not the bear...

Long shot and probably won't be seen by anyone.. but has anyone owned an E38 and fitted a roof rack from anything modernish? E90, X5 etc. Obviously the originals for an E38 are long NLA. Genuine BMW roof racks for anything in the last 15 years are 10 a penny, so was hoping someone had tried and knew...

Jesus. He was only posting recently. He was only in 40's or 50's right? RIP.

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As an owner of a 320i that has had ££££'s spent on it, one thing I never did was swap the engine (although I almost went down the ETA route once). Originality aside I just never really saw the point. I've driven dozens of 325i's and tbf there's not a lot in it.. especially if you're used to modern c...

Has anyone found a work around for the S14 intake boot issue? Basically all variants are NLA apart from one, which is super thin and flimsy and when the car is revved it comes off the throttle body. A known manufacturing issue according to the internet, which BMW don't look like fixing any time soon...

Chris Harris is a wise man. As with every BMW, I've encountered a few issues so far: Three of the four electric windows are f**cked Lots of dead pixels on the dash One tyre has a slow puncture. Spare wheel is covered in grease - wtf?!? Very slow off the mark - VANOS issue? Windscreen seal is in ter...

DanThe wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 25, 2023 9:34 pm

Mitchen wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 24, 2023 10:28 am
I got my lowly 523i to 220,000 miles before I had to sell it because of ULEZ. That was a fantastic car.
Pretty much all E39's are ULEZ and CAZ compliant, my 1997 540i is, you just need to get the required data from BMW and forward it to TFL

Well that's shit.. I loved that car

I got my lowly 523i to 220,000 miles before I had to sell it because of ULEZ. That was a fantastic car.

Cheers

Has anyone got a complete cruise control retrofit for sale?

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