Beemer Lab

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

The Clubsport is starting to become a bit 'whatever next' lately. Amidst the other post new year jobs I forgot to mention the coolan...

More big spending as the Clubsport gets back on the road with a new MOT, starting with 4 new Maxxis tyres for the refurbed split-rims. It...

Oh yes... it's time the 330CS had some money lavished on it and what better way to start than new wheels. They are the same set of Itali...

REMOVAL: Jack car, remove wheel. Remove anti-roll bar link [ 14 ] by undoing both the upper and lower nut. Upper nut is 16mm and you n...

After the horror of the swirl-flap failure and engine swap, the E60 went off the road again at the start of December after an annoying MOT f...

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 ...

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...

As you can see, the arch was sat on the tyre something awful with the 9" wide wheels at the back and the 225/45/16 rubber on... A bit m...

I love the old Melbers, but couldn't resist buying some bigger, wider rims to fill out my arch clearance. I've ended up with 16x8 fo...