Beemer Lab

SYMPTOM: PROBABLE CAUSE: No cold start Fuel-pump fault or clogged fuel-filter Additional air-valve not opening correctly Start-valve not ope...

Interesting press release from BMW showing some derivatives of the much-loved 4-cylinder M10 engine, which I have covered in much detail bef...

Up to 1977 BMW used 4-cylinder engines for its original 320 and 520 models, evolving from the trusty M10 used in the 2002. After 1977 they b...

Superb 136-page document from BMW showing the tightening torque for every different bolt / screw on your car. It covers generic torques for...

Squat, slammed, stanced, hellaflush, scrapin' and eating the modern metal for brekkies!

Stuck the new and much better quality exhaust-manifold gaskets on today from Euro Car Parts. They're thicker than the eBay ones and have...

After repeatedly timing the ignition perfectly to Z on the flywheel, [ see this post ], we decided there had to be something deftly wrong to...

So my adventures into re-timing the spark-plugs continue with the purchase of a Gunson Xenon timing strobe-light! I went for the cheapest ki...

Went on a Maccies run with some work colleagues on New Year's Eve and I may have been pushing the old girl a bit hard, when a horrible c...

Here are some pics of the blown head-gasket that turned out to be the misfire culprit [from this post: ] and it turned out my forum-eductaed...

As mentioned in this post [], rebuilding my Weber DMTL carburettor was one of the first things on my list of curing my misfire problems, whi...

The car has no overheating issues, it's running like a dream, but the temp. gauge does have a habit of wandering between slightly over n...

The answers before I bought the car pointed to yes but it turns out that the four-cylinders might not after all. Ignition timing is fine, ap...