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Friday, 16 January 2015

E60 530d MOT Fail - Brakes, Trailing Arm

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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...
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Saturday, 10 January 2015

Update New Year 2015

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Not a great deal has been going on in Beemer Lab since the mighty engine swap and not just because I needed a rest.. The E60 went off the r...
Friday, 24 October 2014

E60: Split Vac-line, some boost, weird noises.

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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 ...
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Wednesday, 15 October 2014

E60: Opening Stuck Bonnet.

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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...
Tuesday, 14 October 2014

E60: Turbo whine and no boost!

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With the engine-swap teething problems put to rest and the car back on the road [at last!], there was bound to be a few running faults. All ...
Monday, 13 October 2014

E60: PAS-Pump + Exhaust Vibration-Damper.

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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...
Saturday, 11 October 2014

E60: New Engine finally running!

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Changed the injector seals last Sunday and gave the ports another good clean. The mist has stopped, but it still did not want to fire. Ther...