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The "Today I did something to my car" thread

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    #572
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


    rocky112 wrote: »
    It looks good...not bad...nice pic Limerick man:)

    A mate seen it the other day outside the Sydney opera house...:pac:


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    #573
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    -Corkie- wrote: »
    A mate seen it the other day outside the Sydney opera house...:pac:

    O.o


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    #574
    Voodoomelon
    Registered Users Posts: 9,662 ✭✭✭Voodoomelon


    Limerick man wrote: »
    What would a service cost you on a 728i? Just so I know when I finally fulfill my dream of owning one :P

    No more than any other car to be honest. I usually tip up to Prentice BMW in Portadown a few times a year and stock up on consumables, oil filters, air filters etc. Oil filter is around €12, air filter is around €30ish.

    Get my Castrol 0w30 in Halfords whenever they do their special, can get enough oil for two changes for just over €120.

    Brake fluid is regular Dot4, so about €12.99 for 1l (you'd need two litres though). You can use pretty much any modern coolant designed for aluminium radiators, no more than €20 again for 5 litres (takes 8 litres mixed 50:50).

    I did all four discs, eight pads and wear sensors for about €500 (Again from up north with a small discount).

    NGK plugs from dealer were cheaper than from Halfords if I remember rightly.

    Nothing expensive about servicing these cars, its just BMW labour you need to be worried about.

    (oh, apart from the Esso transmission fluid, €25 a litre, x10). :pac:


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    #575
    L-M
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    250 for tranny fluid :eek:


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    #576
    Voodoomelon
    Registered Users Posts: 9,662 ✭✭✭Voodoomelon


    Aye and it only comes in 20l drums, they dont normally split it up, they happened to have 12 litres left in a drum, gave to to me for the bargain price of 10 litres. :D

    Apparently VW sell the same fluid for cheaper, only found out after. Theres only two other approved fluids for the ZF box, however they're near impossible to find in this country.


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    #577
    papu
    Registered Users Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭papu


    Got my Car ready for sale.

    Washed every inch or her and Waxed her up.

    Probably the last thing I will do to this car :(

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    #578
    Harcrid
    Registered Users Posts: 1,303 ✭✭✭Harcrid


    Nice result. How does that trick work?


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    #579
    VolvoMan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,309 ✭✭✭VolvoMan


    I've done the heatgun trick before. The only downside is that it can sometimes look a bit blotchy.

    Another thing that is supposed to be good for restoring bumpers in Linseed Oil, which you can pick up in any DIY store I think.


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    #580
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    VolvoMan wrote: »

    Another thing that is supposed to be good for restoring bumpers in Linseed Oil, which you can pick up in any DIY store I think.

    Smooth peanut butter or Johnsons Baby Oil are meant to do the trick too, strangely enough. I can think of better uses for both :pac: :p


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    #581
    VolvoMan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,309 ✭✭✭VolvoMan


    RoverJames wrote: »
    Smooth peanut butter or Johnsons Baby Oil are meant to do the trick too, strangely enough. I can think of better uses for both :pac: :p

    Dirty fecker.:p


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    #582
    -Corkie-
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    RoverJames wrote: »
    Smooth peanut butter or Johnsons Baby Oil are meant to do the trick too, strangely enough. I can think of better uses for both :pac: :p

    Ewww, what you do in your own time is your own business...:pac:


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    #583
    E39MSport
    Registered Users Posts: 3,730 ✭✭✭E39MSport


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=73279173&postcount=2

    Looks/sounds good. Will be getting some next season.


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    #584
    challengemaster
    Registered Users Posts: 16,931 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    RoverJames wrote: »
    Smooth peanut butter or Johnsons Baby Oil are meant to do the trick too, strangely enough. I can think of better uses for both :pac: :p

    Ah come on now, peanut butter?! :eek:


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    #585
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    challengemaster wrote: »
    Ah come on now, peanut butter?! :eek:

    Yup. It's oily and works really well.


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    #586
    Thatnastyboy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,254 ✭✭✭Thatnastyboy


    I cried to my car today,

    :mad:

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    #587
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    That could just be condensation, is it on the dipstick?


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    #588
    Voodoomelon
    Registered Users Posts: 9,662 ✭✭✭Voodoomelon


    What BMW engine is that? Mine was the same at Christmas time, was all my short journeys and cold weather.


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    #589
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    Limerick man wrote: »
    That could just be condensation, is it on the dipstick?
    Voodoomelon wrote: »
    What BMW engine is that? Mine was the same at Christmas time, was all my short journeys and cold weather.

    Indeed may not be anything to worry about.


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    #590
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    :o:mad:

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    #591
    Absurdum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,445 ✭✭✭Absurdum


    got a new battery, take that sluggish starts


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    #592
    Thatnastyboy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,254 ✭✭✭Thatnastyboy


    Limerick man wrote: »
    That could just be condensation, is it on the dipstick?

    It's not on the dipstick thankfully, however, I have had overheating issues for a while now, I have changed the viscous coupling, fitted a new metal impellar w/pump and a new thermostat, and I am still getting overheating (sometimes),

    I dont think im losing coolant (if i am its miniscule), it does have a very small amount of particles floating in the coolant though. My rad cap is new*, as is the radiator, new being: a year old
    Voodoomelon wrote: »
    What BMW engine is that? Mine was the same at Christmas time, was all my short journeys and cold weather.

    It's an m50b20, Im doing mostly short journeys i guess, with bi-weekly long runs.
    RoverJames wrote: »
    Indeed may not be anything to worry about.

    I hope so, :(


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    #593
    vectra
    Registered Users Posts: 15,513 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    LIGHTNING wrote: »
    God bless the person who said to use a heat gun to bring old bumpers back to life. The difference it made to my newly purchased KA is unreal.


    Thank you :pac:

    They turned out damn good :cool:


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    #594
    Voodoomelon
    Registered Users Posts: 9,662 ✭✭✭Voodoomelon


    Thatnastyboy wrote: »
    It's not on the dipstick thankfully, however, I have had overheating issues for a while now, I have changed the viscous coupling, fitted a new metal impellar w/pump and a new thermostat, and I am still getting overheating (sometimes),

    I dont think im losing coolant (if i am its miniscule), it does have a very small amount of particles floating in the coolant though. My rad cap is new*, as is the radiator, new being: a year old



    It's an m50b20, Im doing mostly short journeys i guess, with bi-weekly long runs.



    I hope so, :(

    Hmm, well here's mine from December:

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    Could be just air in the system. Did whoever changed the radiator bleed it properly?


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    #595
    Thatnastyboy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,254 ✭✭✭Thatnastyboy


    ^ It has been drained & bled a few times now,

    Its so odd, we cannot find real symptoms of hg faliure, yet, it overheats - the odd time!

    it has me baffled and annoyed, so im just going to plough on and whatever happens, happens! :D


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    #596
    Owen
    Registered Users Posts: 12,683 ✭✭✭✭Owen


    Nothing mental this week, just a set of flat wiper blades. Need new back tires though, but it's so much fun having the back step out in the wet. I'm gigging like a schoolgirl on a sybian in every corner! :pac:


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    #597
    challengemaster
    Registered Users Posts: 16,931 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    Not something I did but just got new brake pads fitted front and back :)


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    #598
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,635 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    Ford Focus CMax, 06, 1.8 TDCI, oil, oil filter and airfilter.
    The engine cover underneath is an absolute swine to remove whilst crawling around on your back underneath it.
    And where the oil filter is? Ford was taking the piss.
    But practice makes perfect, gets a little easier every time.


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    #599
    vectra
    Registered Users Posts: 15,513 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    Replaced a rear cracked light unit in the Toledo


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    #600
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    I took the tint of the back window of the E30, pain in the hole. Also tried on some Azev A's that I no longer have a like for.


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    #601
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Spent a few hours with my machine, which incidentally broke :(

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