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haha will be relaying that to my bossAndyboy wrote:I've prepared a 335i buyers guide.Cypriotgeeza wrote:I will be talking to my boss about this on monday morningAndyboy wrote: The 335i's have a really bad reputation in the USA with a big group of lawsuits. I would still have a 325i manual M Sport Coupe, but a 2006/7 model with the 'old' engine. You don't hear many bad things about those but the 335i's are a bloody disaster.anything to look out for inpurticular?
Don't.
anything on an alfa is a PITA to do!!DanThe wrote:Another favourite, oil filter on an alfa 156 V6
Oh yes.DanThe wrote:Changed plenty of M50 starters from underneath, autos are a bit more difficult due to space, from memory I think the worst placed starter ive seen was on a merc A class, not done the job but it looked like it was engine out no iffs or buts
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Can you see the little bastard!!
. Nowadays, both are laughably simple.
Alfa never anticipated any of their V6 engines to even reach the first service interval Dan, hence the hidden filter !DanThe wrote:Another favourite, oil filter on an alfa 156 V6
I knew someone who did just that. It needed the belt, tensioners, water pump and an exhaust manifold repair. The engine was out in 2 hours, did the various bits and put it back in - not a bad job apparently.DanThe wrote:Ha, I wouldnt even attempt a belt with the engine IN the car! Done one on a pallet and its still not straight forward..
ive heard stories of people dropping the subframes to get to the oil filter!
Filter = £6.70
Fitting = £285
So was the Alfetta, with the G/box on the rear tooAndyboy wrote: Oh yes.
It's funny. 1000 years ago when I did an Alfa apprenticeship, changing the handbrake cable on an Alfasud (which operated the inboard front calipers) was regarded as the very meaning of the word 'bastard'.
not strictly true i did the starter on my 328i and left the inlet on.bss325i wrote:N5x, M5x, N42 all need the inlet manifold removed to change the starter.
thats the one where you have to get an extension and "wobbly" socket between the inlet pipes isnt it? I didnt remove the inlet when i did a clutch on an E36 2.8i either..Simon13 wrote:not strictly true i did the starter on my 328i and left the inlet on.bss325i wrote:N5x, M5x, N42 all need the inlet manifold removed to change the starter.
Headlight bulb on the current/previous Shitron Relay vans, what a nightmare, & to top it off the bulb is the single connector one, costing a kings ransom to buy.bss325i wrote:Headlight bulb on a renault modus means headlight out which means bumper off!e30topless wrote:newer cars just seem to be way over complex without any future repairs in mind when developing them,
I sadly got involved in changing a headlight on a 2 year old astra last week almost all of the front end had to come off ! very sad.... took most of a morning up to remove 3 screws and swap it for a new one..
You can, but like M54 breathers, it's often quicker to take the inlet manifold off and give yourself unlimited access - and less language.Cypriotgeeza wrote:thats the one where you have to get an extension and "wobbly" socket between the inlet pipes isnt it? I didnt remove the inlet when i did a clutch on an E36 2.8i either..Simon13 wrote:not strictly true i did the starter on my 328i and left the inlet on.bss325i wrote:N5x, M5x, N42 all need the inlet manifold removed to change the starter.
Neither did i when i did the clutch on my E36 328i.Cypriotgeeza wrote:thats the one where you have to get an extension and "wobbly" socket between the inlet pipes isnt it? I didnt remove the inlet when i did a clutch on an E36 2.8i either..Simon13 wrote:not strictly true i did the starter on my 328i and left the inlet on.bss325i wrote:N5x, M5x, N42 all need the inlet manifold removed to change the starter.
Austin/Morris 1800 clutch replacement was engine out too. Madness when you could do a Mini/1100 clutch in situ.cecotto479 wrote:This isn't entirely restricted to new cars. Mid 70s Citroën GS exhaust replacement? Engine out.
Didn't know that. I just assumed that it'd be the same hour and a half as a mini/1100/Allegro.Andyboy wrote:Austin/Morris 1800 clutch replacement was engine out too. Madness when you could do a Mini/1100 clutch in situ.cecotto479 wrote:This isn't entirely restricted to new cars. Mid 70s Citroën GS exhaust replacement? Engine out.
cecotto479 wrote:Didn't know that. I just assumed that it'd be the same hour and a half as a mini/1100/Allegro.Andyboy wrote:Austin/Morris 1800 clutch replacement was engine out too. Madness when you could do a Mini/1100 clutch in situ.cecotto479 wrote:This isn't entirely restricted to new cars. Mid 70s Citroën GS exhaust replacement? Engine out.
Having said that, lifting engine and box out of a FWD BMC/BL chariot isn't exactly a huge job. I lifted a 2200 six cylinder out of a Wolseley land crab well before lunch, including going 40 miles to get it.
You're right and it is scary - the amount of crap being put into modern cars just seems to be ridiculous. What do you actually need in a car? Does anyone remember the Africar? We'll be driving something like that soon and fixing them under BnQ gazebos at the weekend.bss325i wrote:Andy, i have been saying this for a while now.Andyboy wrote:That's nothing for an E65! Wait till the gearbox electronics start playing up. And these shitheaps are now 10 year old technology!
All these E70's, E65's E60's etc etc when old and not worth a great deal will end up in frag yards because they will be uneconomical to repair.
Try 2 bags for an E53 panormamic sunroof assembly.
+1!Ajsingh wrote:Yep high pressure pumps on a e92 325i too.. Iv done a few too.. Not to mention the 'lovely' 320i petrol engine which shits itself and misfires... What a load of bull... And lambda sensor faults n then u gotta carry out DeNox's n all that...
Forget it...... Old school is the way! I love working on my e30.. So simple and was soo ahead of its time
Mini cooper wasnt too bad..you ever done one on a Cooper S?Ajsingh wrote:Anyone ever done a clutch on a mini? The newer ones?
That is an arse!!! Whole front end off, subframe off! Just a mission!!
Never again!
, no human involvment needed Rog 
One of the 5's i had had exactly this done too it Rav,the holes in it were,well,on a scale similar to the hole in the ozone layer 
