Beemer Lab

*Front strut-assembly replacement guide here -  https://www.beemerlab.org/2017/09/f10-530d-front-shock-strut-spring-top.html * Time to do th...

*Rear Strut-assembly Replacement Guide here -  https://www.beemerlab.org/2020/12/f10-rear-shock-absorber-strut-spring.html * My front shocks...

Lovely front seats do not fit. Thought I would treat the F10 to a nice leather interior, replacing the tired and fluffy cloth front seat...

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 ...

With everything else apparently working, the 530d was still of the road due to the niggling problem of an un-bleedable PAS-system and rattli...

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

Replace snapped T-piece on injector leak-off pipes. Torque up crank-pulley and HP-pump. Refit drive-belts. Refit radiators / coolers. R...

Attempt to lift gearbox underneath car. Lift engine back out. Fit gearbox to engine. Remove bonnet / A/C-duct. Lift engine and gearbox...

Had a lost day yesterday when the engine didn't arrive. It only turned up at 1.30pm today, so I will have to concentrate on swapping ove...

Drop prop-shaft. Remove slave-cyl. / gearshift linkages. Drop gearbox. Lift engine out. Remove parts for new engine. Once the prop w...