Beemer Lab

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...

Now the E30 is running well I took it out for a test run and noticed that all of a sudden the gears were grinding a little bit. Checked the ...

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 ...

 Been getting the 'Drivetrain' malfunction message on my F10 530d iDrive and figured it likely to be EGR (exhaust-gas-recirculator) ...

Sean at work has a 1er with nearly 200k miles on the clock, through you would never tell as most of the parts have been replaced since he go...

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...

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...

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...