Today I did something to my car (volume 2)

James Bond Junior

Did you try BMW themsleves? They care often rather reasonable. I got a bonnet lock last week (trade price) and it was less than €20 including VAT.

Lord Nikon

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Last night I went about fitting a replacement rear ABS module. Should be easy I thought, this isn't the first time I've replaced it. Car up, wheels off I went to work at the rear hub where the sensor sits. The heat and muck can make them stick, it was a bit of a pain but came out in the end. Unplugged it and popped in the new sensor to the hub, threaded the cable through to the sensor connector. New sensor wouldn't go in. Compared the new and old sensor, new one looked like the plastic was slightly malformed. Got a tiny file out, no dice, got a dremmel out and made good work of it but it still wouldn't sit right.

I had to abandon it. Left the sensor half connected and put the car back together. Turned the car on, no ABS lights... . There should be, the thing isn't fully connected. Went for a spin around the block. No lights. .

Feck it. Going to order a proper part, not the cheap ****e I got last time. Hopefully it'll arrive next week. The job should be easy then! :eek::o

i changed my front discs and pads on the weekend. Drivers side has no pad wear sensor, grand. Passenger side had one, but I broke it while winding pack the piston, Went to replace it with a new one i picked up when purchasing new discs and pads. Sensor didnt fit, so left it. Turned engine on, no sensors on either side, no light or warning on dash.

Alanstrainor

James Bond Junior wrote: »

Did you try BMW themsleves? They care often rather reasonable. I got a bonnet lock last week (trade price) and it was less than €20 including VAT.

The BMW part is pretty expensive, 150 quid or so. Not willing to pay that much. Micksgarage have parts for in and around 40/50 quid. So I think I'll go with that. Tax and NCT up soon. Wanted to get the car NCT'd before taxing...

James Bond Junior

Alanstrainor wrote: »

The BMW part is pretty expensive, 150 quid or so. Not willing to pay that much. Micksgarage have parts for in and around 40/50 quid. So I think I'll go with that. Tax and NCT up soon. Wanted to get the car NCT'd before taxing...

What part of the country are you in? I may be able to beat MG.

Alanstrainor

James Bond Junior wrote: »

Alanstrainor wrote: »

The BMW part is pretty expensive, 150 quid or so. Not willing to pay that much. Micksgarage have parts for in and around 40/50 quid. So I think I'll go with that. Tax and NCT up soon. Wanted to get the car NCT'd before taxing...

What part of the country are you in? I may be able to beat MG.

I'm in north dublin! Willing to travel a bit though. The OEM part number is:
34521164370
Rear ABS sensor for a 2001 e46 325ci coupe.

SeaFields

Great day for it! My car failed the nct last week - drop links and bushings so fitted them today. All going well until the last bolt on the second bushing and just could not get it to go it. Came away from it before I lost my temper and broke it. Other than that, happy out to have gotten 90% of the job done.

SeaFields

SeaFields wrote: »

Great day for it! My car failed the nct last week - drop links and bushings so fitted them today. All going well until the last bolt on the second bushing and just could not get it to go it. Came away from it before I lost my temper and broke it. Other than that, happy out to have gotten 90% of the job done.

Took 30 seconds to finish it this morning. It's always good just to walk away and take a break from something that's proving tricky

James Bond Junior

SeaFields wrote: »

Took 30 seconds to finish it this morning. It's always good just to walk away and take a break from something that's proving tricky

Definitely. I was trying to fix something on my BMW and spent an hour getting nowhere. Went back at it with fresh eyes a few weeks later and I was done in minutes. Funny how the human mind works.

Hal1

Doing the discs and pads as sure no better day for it. Drivers side done, nice one says I. Passenger side caliper seized solid. Job on hold...bolix

joujoujou

Finally got my hands on Techstream. Sadly there's no option to disable annoying "key left in ignition" buzzer.

Plan B - making a sort of an extension from rear door sensor wire and plugging it into a driver's door sensor, so interior lights go on when door's open, but no fecking buzzer!

The downside of that solution is I lost "lights left on" warning as well.

Guy:Incognito

cletus wrote: »

So did the first service on wife's grand scenic II, and all I can say is fück French car manufacturers and the stupid way they design cars

What issues did you have? I never found anything bad when doing jobs on the missus one.

EDIT. See you mentioned air filter. It's fiddly the first time but once you know what you're at it's simple enough. The section of the scuttle comes out handy .

JohnBoy26

joujoujou wrote: »

Finally got my hands on Techstream. Sadly there's no option to disable annoying "key left in ignition" buzzer.

Plan B - making a sort of an extension from rear door sensor wire and plugging it into a driver's door sensor, so interior lights go on when door's open, but no fecking buzzer!

The downside of that solution is I lost "lights left on" warning as well.

Just take the key out of the ignition, problem solved

Alanstrainor

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Last night I went about fitting a replacement rear ABS module. Should be easy I thought, this isn't the first time I've replaced it. Car up, wheels off I went to work at the rear hub where the sensor sits. The heat and muck can make them stick, it was a bit of a pain but came out in the end. Unplugged it and popped in the new sensor to the hub, threaded the cable through to the sensor connector. New sensor wouldn't go in. Compared the new and old sensor, new one looked like the plastic was slightly malformed. Got a tiny file out, no dice, got a dremmel out and made good work of it but it still wouldn't sit right.

I had to abandon it. Left the sensor half connected and put the car back together. Turned the car on, no ABS lights... . There should be, the thing isn't fully connected. Went for a spin around the block. No lights. .

Feck it. Going to order a proper part, not the cheap ****e I got last time. Hopefully it'll arrive next week. The job should be easy then! :eek::o

And it's still working. I dunno. I think I'll book the NCT at this point and hope for the best. I'll definitely look to replace this sensor at some point, but if it works it's fine for now.

James Bond Junior

Alanstrainor, I totally forgot to reply. Nowhere near you unfortunately to get stuff to you but best of luck.

Riva10

OSI wrote: »

When I was buying the current car I was happy to see it came with factory tint on the rear windows as we were planning on having a mini-human in the near future and didn't relish the idea of those horrible stuck on window blinds you see on most MPVs. Unfortunately since our little man has arrived I've noticed the tint isn't enough and the sun is bothering him so I looked for something to ease the harshness of the sun.

VW have custom fitted blinds for the car, but they're €270 for a set which is mental money so I had a look online and found a place in the UK that makes their own custom fit blinds for various models and at ~€90 figured they were worth a punt. They arrived on Saturday so I fitted them and I'm pretty impressed. They go in easily, took all of 5 minutes to do them all. Provide a good bit of shade while still giving visibility and from the outside you wouldn't know they were there although granted the rear tint probably helps hide them.

The benefit of these as well is that because they're attached to the frame and not the window, you can still open the window to let air in and the blind will stay in place.

Looking good Any link to these ?

fancy pigeon

Z: trying to chase a fuelling issue, changed the fuel filter from one for a Mercedes. Didn't cure it though!


It also has shat the input and output seals on the gearbox... For another day that job!

Brought this boyo out of hibernation and serviced it (all waste material ends up here if anyone is wondering)


Filter access is... Limited. Under the manifold, steering box in the way



Coolant next


Use the bleed screw to make filling this much easier


Fit 2 new tyres and clean up (inside and out)


Yes I know my bumper is crabby, I'll sort that in due time. Might attack the jacking points next!

Alanstrainor

Looking good!

SeaFields

SeaFields wrote: »

My car failed the nct last week - drop links and bushings so fitted them today.

And the car past the retest! Great satisfaction as everything on the fail sheet was fixed by myself.

passatman86

I sat in my car waiting for the tow truck. Garage rang me and over €1k to fix the injectors.. car was been traded in last week and i never went with the deal .. if i only had a crystal ball

James Bond Junior

passatman86 wrote: »

I sat in my car waiting for the tow truck. Garage rang me and over €1k to fix the injectors.. car was been traded in last week and i never went with the deal .. if i only had a crystal ball

If your Auntie had balls she would be you Uncle. You could well have had the garage on your case then.

punisher5112

James Bond Junior wrote: »

If your Auntie had balls she would be you Uncle. You could well have had the garage on your case then.

How that would be their problem.

James Bond Junior

punisher5112 wrote: »

How that would be their problem.

Very true but it's not unheard of.

James Bond Junior

Cleaned these today as I fancy selling them. However I have been offereda set of tyres at a bargain price so I may not after all... :o

passatman86

passatman86 wrote: »

I sat in my car waiting for the tow truck. Garage rang me and over €1k to fix the injectors.. car was been traded in last week and i never went with the deal .. if i only had a crystal ball

Maybe I should elaborate. Its my car that has the issue I was trading it in the previous week but was told insignia are a bad car so didnt, anyway I was driving when diesel light was on as I needed to make a garage and fill up. Thats when engine trouble started and was told more than likely bad diesel and they are checking for water in the tank. Get the bill on monday as the injectors are off getting checked - €290 an injector - all 4 to be replaced confirmed

zurbfoundation

New shocks fitted on the old bus. A few more items on the cvrt fail sheet and back she will go for a retest



(weird, tried to post from the phone, it stopped the image for being too large but still posted the message without the image)

Diabhalta

The joys of daily driving and servicing an E30.

I booked it for the NCT (next saturday) and only after that I realised the bottom of the wing is rusty (a bit further up too), so I removed it... had to drill a screw out... and then it started raining of course...

tomorrow I will clean the whole bottom part and paint it...

newmember2

Got my car back after crash repair and smashed windscreen replacement. Vacuumed it several times but still finding bits of glass. Decided to pull the dash and give it a good clean out.

Diabhalta

Guys, I need a bit of advice here, I'm not really good with electrics and this seems to be an electrical issue. I had to have the car towed home right after the NCT test.

Now this is some story... I went to do the NCT today. The picture is actually just before the technician took it for the test.

Here's what happened: I am looking at the car and technician performing the tests at the first station (emissions, lights). After he was finished they were pushing the car forward to do the suspension test etc. And I'm thinking what the hell are they doing, why are they pushing the car?? So after the test finished the technician called me with the fail sheet in his hand. He said the car just died, it cut out suddenly.

So immediately after I got my hands on it I noticed that the fuel pump isn't priming. Fuse is ok. The pump is quite new, I bought it like a year ago and it's original BOSCH, I think it was something over 100 euro. I didn't want any cheap rubbish for 40e.

I had the car towed home. I have a spare pump at home, so disconnected the one in the car and connected the lead to the spare one. Nothing. Isn't priming. So it must be the fuel pump relay? It is very likely the issue. I will have to test it somehow it it's working. Could be mechanical issue inside, or even if it work it could be electrical issue. How do I test it, I saw a friend of mine last year testing it. I need a battery and 2 wires. Which contacts should I try?



Anyway, the car failed the NCT on window tints (31% he said... so I had 30% installed which means there is 1% from the factory), then some loose brake hose at the back and a bit of rust underneath. Well, the new sills were welded on last year so they will be good for many years. New shocks, springs, refurbished brakes with S/S hoses, new lights, brake splash guard etc. Car is mostly sorted.

I removed the wing earlier this week, I have just few pictures. I cleaned it with an angle grinder with flap disc on it. Metal is healthy but there is still a small hole in it. It passed.



what couldn't be cleaned I treated with rust converter and painted over







Did some shopping earlier this week. Engine in the car is noisy and I noticed water in oil recently. Will have this rebuilt and then swapped.

vintagevrs

Fuel pump relay would be the first thing. Google it and it will tell you how to by pass it. If you bypass it and the pump primes then the relay is your problem, no biggie. Does or did your car ever have an after market alarm. My e30 had electrical glemlins before....no spark once and intermittent fuel pump the 2nd time. Both times it was caused by ****ty crimping where an alarm had been cut into and later removed from the car. On my car they tapped into the electrics underneath the fuse box. Check under it maybe, but hopefully just the relay this time.

Diabhalta

Yeah it has to be the relay most likely. I will test it tomorrow. Can't be anything else really.

There is some ancient alarm in it. AutoWatch is the name of it, my guess is late 90s, early 2000's. There is some box behind the glove box, plus obviously the wires.