"Longtime Lurker" (longtimelurker26)
04/28/2019 at 23:11 • Filed to: Wrenching, BMW, 325ES
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"Longtime Lurker" (longtimelurker26)
04/28/2019 at 23:11 • Filed to: Wrenching, BMW, 325ES | 5
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Valves
Adjusting the valve clearances t
ook 5
hrs. This is very fiddle work, I didn’t care for it. Broke my feeler gauge. All the valves were tighter than spec, I not sure if that’s just how they were or because I wasn’t checking in 5*C weather. According to the maintenance schedule this is supposed to be done annually, this is the first time it’s been done in the 9 years I’ve owned the car.
The car run and sounds better
.
Although
the
t
ickity sound got louder.
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Bella even showed up to “help out”
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Washers
Since I had the timing belt done in 2016(the hood was off) the passenger side washer nozzle was n
on-functional. Thinking that one of the washer lines
fell off, I set out to take the insulation off.
As I started removing the clips, I saw a mouse nest. With the insulation off and the hood up, I pulled the washer lever and watched as the water sprayed out of the tee connector. Looking closer this isn’t a regular connector, I think it might be a pressure regulator. I tried blowing air through it but that didn’t work. I repla ced the BMW tee with a brass one now both washers work with more pressure then they’ve ever had. Took 1.5 hrs.
D
oes anybody know why the nozzles have elec
trical wires going to them?
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For years the front turn signal bulb was burnt out. For some reason I had it in my head that I had tried replacing the bulb and found the socket to be melted. So I had been living with the fast signal flash and non-op indicator. I was planning on wiring in a LED module just to get it legal.
So today I finally take the time to work on this problem, AND the socket is in good condition. It wasn’t even the same style of socket and bulb as the melted one in the
image in my head.
So I took the old bulb out and replaced it with a new one that I had sitting in the trunk. Now the light works perfectly. Only took
15mins
gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
> Longtime Lurker
04/28/2019 at 23:33 |
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How I read your cats name
MiniGTI - now with XJ6
> Longtime Lurker
04/28/2019 at 23:50 |
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Wire is probably for heated washer jets. Most MINIs have this; I’ve never seen any benefit to it.
Future Heap Owner
> Longtime Lurker
04/29/2019 at 00:18 |
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Nice work! I’ m looking forward to doing a bunch of stuff on my truck this summer , and adjusting the valve lash is one of them. It’ll be the first time I’ll take a valve cover off anything, which should be fun.
Are the clickety-clicks necessarily bad? I feel like I’ve heard the Car Talk guys say that some cars just have really “chatty” valvetrains.
SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
> Longtime Lurker
04/29/2019 at 00:33 |
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Where I live...that busted front blinker would have made it unroadworthy in the eyes of the authorities.
However, given that this is a BMW, there is an expectation to live up to...
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Longtime Lurker
> MiniGTI - now with XJ6
04/29/2019 at 00:43 |
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I wouldn’t of thought they had those in ‘86. I’ll have to look into it further.
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Longtime Lurker
> SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
04/29/2019 at 00:45 |
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It’s would also be unroadworthy here, but we don’t have mandatory inspections and
I haven’t been caught by the police yet.
Clown Shoe Pilot
> Longtime Lurker
04/29/2019 at 01:24 |
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They def had them in 1986. Growing up, we had a 1985 528e and both washer nozzle heaters burned up on a summer trip to Colorado.
MM54
> Longtime Lurker
04/29/2019 at 12:41 |
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Good progress!