Beemer Lab

Did both of the rear struts and springs a few years ago, but find the right side one has broken right at the top and will need doing for thi...

Had to bite the bullet and buy a replacement speedo / odometer for project E30 this week as after many different attempts to fix the origina...

If your E30 speedometer is broken, your odometer isn't turning or both, then here is a troubleshoot check list to find and fix the fault...

 After about 650 miles in the E46 Touring the radiator light came on. Just the amber warning, to let me know it was getting low, not the r...

SYMPTOMS: Clutch pedal appears to collapse / become loose / twist to one side suddenly when depressed. Clutch pedal feels loose / co...

My boss Mike has been dying to get back on the Beemer wagon, so has surreptitiously gifted himself by getting his wife an E87 LCI 118d M-spo...

The turbo whine and lack of boost has persisted, so I took off the inlet-manifold again to check the vacuum-lines and found one has snapped ...

PROBLEM: The annoying turbo whine from my previous post can only be heard while underway and not while stationary, so the bonnet is up and...

Thought I would have one ultimate stab at the E46 as it is such a nice car to drive and only let down by shabby bodywork, which I can do som...

Yeah well that's torn it. Literally, torn it open. After all that effing about with the sump removal, finding the right piston and drill...

I don't believe this! Nathan has been using his E36 Compact for work this week while the wheels are off the 330 Clubsport. Yep, the same...

Yes, it's happened. Owning an E60 wouldn't be complete without it... No. 4 swirl flap has broken and been sucked headlong into the e...

How ironic! Just as I put paid to the E39's rear parking-sensor issue, a front sensor goes on the E60... they do seem to be temperament...

With the recent heatwave I noticed my air-conditioning appeared to be struggling. It must have been over a year since I last stuck it on ful...

How very unfortunate - the bracket holding the guide-pulley for the auxiliary drive-belt has sheared clean in two and rendered the car undri...

About four months after I bought the car it suddenly refused to start after having been turned off for about 20 minutes, even thought it had...