Beemer Lab

At the end of 2018 when I replaced the clutch on the F10 I threw on a new slave-cylinder while I was there, but I used a cheap spurious part...

  So today we have a MINI ONE 1.4 diesel and guess what... it's overheating! Coolant is being lost somewhere and we find that it is bubb...

After heavy rain I noticed the rear passenger foot well in the E30 is full of water. Can't see any signs of water ingress through the do...

After fixing the major oil leak from the rocker-cover gasket [ THIS POST ], I noticed there was still some oil pooling on the under-tray and...

After my cutting out when cold problem and no low-end throttle response from a busted lower inlet-manifold gasket ( THIS POST ) and high / p...

After all the diagnosis and testing from THIS POST , I found the cause of my rough idle and stalling out when cold was a damaged paper gaske...

I had checked and re-checked the idle control valve [ICV], the air-flow meter [AFM], ignition system, tested for the fuel pressure, performe...

This video shows the symptoms of an air-leak in the induction system, where unmetered are drawn in after the throttle-body causes a terribly...

I lifted the boot/trunk floor to jump-start a friends car and noticed that my battery well / spare-wheel well is full of dirty water.... oh ...

It's about time I got back to wrenching on some Beemers after a busy hiatus, so where better to start than with the massive oil-leak on ...

Remove inlet-manifold, rail, injectors and rocker cover. Improve fit of fuel-rail return pipe. Clean injectors. Clean out injector ports...

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...

Well, it's been a busy month again in Beemer Lab and I've just bought a new house which hasn't helped. Firstly, I finally remove...

More bad news for the 5 Series I'm afraid. Got it up on the ramps at work with five mechanics and as many torches to finally see where t...

I've covered 125 miles on the new head / ground piston since putting the engine back together last weekend and the car has performed gr...

Removed the inlet-manifold to check the CCV [crankcase-ventilator], crankshaft-sensor and main wiring-loom / connections. It didn't look...

With a new servo and master-cylinder, but still no brake assistance, I decided the vacuum-pump must be leaking air. I whipped it off, only 3...

Well, contrary to my earlier verdict of no damage to the head, a bit of informed explanation reveals the corroded surfaces in cyl. 6 are in ...

Okay, today lets talk about fuel pipes. This little spell of working on the car continues as we found a small oily patch on the drive after ...