tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87451965775283856662024-03-13T07:16:20.952+00:00BMW E92 335i Build BlogThis Blog will follow the progress of my BMW E92 335i as I restore, refurbish, modify and upgrade it.AndyBuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12442827792442140532noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8745196577528385666.post-8832203036609769022017-07-28T11:30:00.000+01:002017-10-04T10:26:23.300+01:00Genuine BMW vs Fake Wheel Centre Caps: Are They Worth It?<div style="text-align: justify;">
Wheels are a major part of the exterior aesthetics of a car, even an immaculate example can be made to look shabby if the wheels aren't up to scratch.</div>
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The wheel centre caps on my 335i were looking a bit worse for wear, bubbling, corroded and dog eared from being removed a number of times. They were the older style too, showing the cars age.</div>
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Like most people I went straight on <a href="http://ebay.co.uk/" target="_blank">eBay</a> and ordered a set of replacements, from a seller called asamuk2015, for the grand sum of £5.99 delivered. (Warning, read on to see why you should never order from this seller, or anyone selling fake centre caps).<br>
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Selecta Tyre's procedure dictates that they give each wheel a thorough check over before carrying out any work. Makes sense really, it protects them from claims the workforce has damaged customer's property, and they might spot potentially dangerous faults then highlight them to the customer.</div>
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The latter is what happened to me whilst having <a href="http://andybuck335i.blogspot.com/2017/07/goodyear-tyres-and-four-wheel-alignment.html" target="_blank">four wheel alignment and rear tyres fitted</a>.<br>
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Before fitting the rear left tyre I got called out to have a look at the rear left alloy.</div>
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Not good news, it was quite badly cracked on the inner edge, something the early BMW BBS Style 230 19" Twist alloys are prone to.
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For the second in the Featured Website series of posts, I've picked a real heavy hitter, <a href="http://realoem.com/" target="_blank">RealOEM.com</a>.</div>
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If you haven't heard of <a href="http://www.realoem.com/" target="_blank">RealOEM</a>, you in for a treat. As an owner of a BMW group product, this has to occupy your number one slot in your browser's favourites tab. It is the most useful resource for BMWs by a long shot, I can only dream of a site like it for my <a href="http://andybucks5.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Audi S5</a>.</div>
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RealOEM describes itself as a site that "...can be used to look up BMW part numbers and approximate part prices."</div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">After clicking here to enter, you're greeted with a few options on how you'd like to search.</span><br />
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For no other reason than I'm too lazy to remember my VIN, I tend to use the latter option, which is what I've used in the example below.</div>
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Clicking on any of them will bring up all the schematics associated with that subcategory. Below, I've chosen the turbo charger, a page I became very familiar with after needing to <a href="http://andybuck335i.blogspot.com/2016/12/turbos-and-hpfp-replaced.html" target="_blank">replace my turbo's</a>...</div>
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Along with a labelled schematic, you get a table of parts, with added information such as; part number, fitted quantity, rough indication of cost in $ and if applicable, when the parts were in service. If you click on the numbers on the schematic, it highlights the row in the table that corresponds, in the screen grab above I've selected part 1, which turns the table row red.</div>
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Most of my time on RealOEM has been looking for the parts and part numbers relating to a certain fix I was carrying out at the time, such as when I replaced the <a href="http://andybuck335i.blogspot.com/2017/02/valve-cover-gasket-replaced-and-vanos.html" target="_blank">valve cover gasket</a>, but I also used it to find optional extras that I didn't have, i.e. features I could retrofit, the perfect example of this is when I fitted the <a href="http://andybuck330d.blogspot.com/2011/10/cup-holders.html" target="_blank">cup holders to my E46 330d</a>.</div>
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I knew my rear tyres were getting towards the limit, so I fired up <a href="https://www.camskill.co.uk/">camskill</a>'s website to check what the damage on two new ones was going to be.</div>
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To start with I searched for Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2's, after having such a good experience when fitting them to my <a href="http://andybuck330d.blogspot.com/2013/03/goodyear-eagle-f1-tyres.html">E46 330d</a>. Their grip was supreme in the dry and wet, and the longevity was superb, easily hitting 14k miles on the rear.<br />
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Comparing the Asymmetric 2 with the 3's showed that Goodyear had made some notable improvements: fuel efficiency, moving up two categories from E to C, and road noise dropping one dB from 70 to 69, whilst maintaining an A rated wet grip. Although only 1dB improvement, don't assume that's a small amount as the decibel scale is logarithmic.<br />
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At the time, 2x 255/30 R19's were coming in around the £320 mark posted. To save the hassle of waiting in for them to be delivered, I went down to SelectaTyre and asked them if they could match camskill's price. When they first quoted £400+ I wasn't hopeful, but all credit to them, they got the price down to near enough £350 including fitting. </div>
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Just to make sure he wasn't ordering the wrong size etc. he went out and checked my current tyres, clearly more thoroughly than I did as he came back in and said "did you know you're through to the wire on the inside edges?"</div>
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To be honest, alignment was something I'd wanted to get done anyway, again after having such positive results on my <a href="http://andybuck330d.blogspot.com/2013/03/goodyear-eagle-f1-tyres.html">E46 330d</a>.</div>
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SelectaTyre's system is great too, it gives a full readout of before and after showing the tolerance zones of each adjustment; toe, thrust, camber and castor. As you can see in the print out below, the car was way off at the back.</div>
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All in, the tyres, fitting and four wheel alignment came to £447.48. Rather more expensive than I'd hoped, but what a difference it has made to the car. I wasn't completely satisfied with the way the car had been turning into corners but now it was pin point accurate. The level of grip that was now available transformed the way the car moved round corners, feeling planted throughout.<br />
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I cannot recommend getting four wheel alignment carried out enough, even if you don't think there is a problem, get it checked. It's free to have it checked at SelectaTyre too, so no excuses!</div>
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At 6:45am in December, when it's freezing cold, dark and you've just pulled into the work's car park, the last thing you want from your car is a warning not to turn the engine off.</div>
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However, that's exactly the situation I was in. Not fancying leaving the car running for 9 hours, I took a photo of the warnings and headed on into work.</div>
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The full warning message read:</div>
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Electronic steering wheel lock is not disabled once the engine has been switched off.<br>
Engine cannot be restarted.<br>
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And was accompanied by a red warning icon of a padlock covering a steering wheel in the upper board computer display in the dials.<br>
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Much the same as with the <a href="http://andybuck335i.blogspot.com/2017/01/led-angel-eye-upgrade.html">LED Angel Eye Upgrade</a>, I needed to do something with the side repeaters to roll back the years.<br>
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The Sun had taken it's toll on the plastic lens and, somewhere along the line, the driver's side clip had been broken causing the rear end to stick out from the fender.<br>
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As I found out when <a href="http://andybuck330d.blogspot.com/2012/09/side-repeaters-replaced.html">replacing the side repeaters on my E46 330d</a>, buy genuine BMW or don't bother.<br>
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I jumped on <a href="http://andybuck335i.blogspot.com/2017/07/featured-website-realoemcom.html" target="_blank">RealOEM</a> and found out the part numbers, then called BMW for a quote.<br>
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So my 335i has voice control, which is a pretty cool feature but utterly useless if you've no idea what to say to it.</div>
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After some searching on the tinterwebs I gathered a list of valid commands, turns out there are a heck of a lot.</div>
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Apologies to the original authors but most of this list is unashamedly copied with pride, however, it should now form quite a comprehensive list.</div>
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I haven't tried all the commands, but they should work for any E90, E91, E92, E93 (i.e. E9X) with a CCC iDrive module, (I've also made a list for Non-iDrive cars at the bottom).</div>
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<li>Fitted to 3-Series E90/E91/E92/E93 manufactured until March 2007</li>
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<b>CIC</b> = Car Information Computer</div>
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The full list is included below, but I've provided a link to a printable cheat sheet too.</div>
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If you forget a command, you can say "Help" to get a full list of valid commands. On each individual menu screen you can say "Options" to get a list of valid commands for that particular iDrive area.</div>
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Note that some of these commands required a software update on the earlier cars to enable them. Some of the navigation commands may be region specific too.</div>
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“A to Z”
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“Phone”
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“Redial”
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“[FM/AM] Presets”
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“Audio Aux Menu”
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“SAT Radio...”<br />
“...Menu”<br />
“...Presets”<br />
“...All Channels”<br />
“...Categories”<br />
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“Frequency...”<br />
“...ninety seven point nine”<br />
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“DVD Player”<br />
“DVD Player Menu”<br />
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“Weather Band menu”<br />
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“Choose Weather Band Station”<br />
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“Assistance Window...”<br />
“...Map Facing North”<br />
“...Arrow Display”<br />
“...Perspective”<br />
“...Current Position”<br />
“...Trip Computer”<br />
“...Onboard Computer”<br />
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“Limit”
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“BMW Service Settings”<br />
“BMW Service”<br />
“Brightness”<br />
“Check Control Messages”<br />
“Communication Settings”<br />
“Date”<br />
“Display Settings”<br />
“Door Locks”<br />
“Entertainment Settings”<br />
“FTM”<br />
“Languages”<br />
“Lighting”<br />
“PDC”<br />
“Service Requirements”<br />
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“Steering Wheel Buttons”<br />
“Time”<br />
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Those of you without iDrive (but with Bluetooth functionality) have a rather slimmed down list I'm afraid, it also only works for phone operations.</div>
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“Correction”<br />
“Delete”<br />
“Delete Name”<br />
“Delete Phone Book”<br />
“Dial”<br />
“Dial Name”<br />
“Dial Number”<br />
“Help”<br />
“Quit”<br />
“Read Phone Book”<br />
“Redial”<br />
“Store Name”<br />
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Let me know in the comments below which commands you find most useful, and if you can add to the list.</div>
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This post is a bit of a departure from the usual site content but hopefully something you'll find interesting.</div>
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I'm hoping to make Featured Websites a series of posts, each time bringing you a different site that I think has something unique or worthwhile sharing.</div>
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To kick off the series, the first featured site is called <a href="http://bimmer.work/">bimmer.work</a>. It's a simple site, with a pretty cool function. It describes itself as a VIN decoder, but basically, you enter the last 7 digits of your VIN and it'll give you various details about the car. It works for BMW, MINI, Rolls Royce and BMW Motorcycles.</div>
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The data it spits out is split into four sections, the first contains generic details like engine code, paint colour and interior upholstery colour but also some more interesting details like which production plant the car came out of.</div>
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The second is an exterior, interior and 360° interior image of the car in the correct spec.</div>
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It then details all the standard equipment and the optional extras that were selected. This would be particularly useful when selling a car, enabling you to write a better for sale ad.</div>
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It may also come in handy when you're buying cars, particularly at auction. Being able to confirm what options should be there could give a better insight into how much to pay, or if the car's been altered away from factory spec.</div>
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Let me know in the comments section below how you guys get on, and if you find out any interesting details about your car using this tool.</div>
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Whilst doing the DIY carbon clean on my <a href="http://andybuck335i.blogspot.com/2017/02/intake-valves-cleaned-new-spark-plugs.html" target="_blank">intake valves, and changing the spark plugs</a>, I made the discovery that oil was leaking onto the spark plugs.<br />
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If not dealt with promptly, the leak could lead to serious engine problems that I definitely didn't want, nor could afford, to repair.<br />
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To recap, it was the third spark plug which, when removed, was coated in oil. You can see the colour difference compared to the new one below.<br />
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After some research, a broken valve cover gasket was highlighted as the likely culprit, a<strike>nother</strike> common N54 problem, which would also explain the gunk on the front of my engine.</div>
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Once again I called BMW Hereford to order the genuine BMW part required, this time just a valve cover gasket (part number: 11127565286) at £37.09, as usual they provided a great service.</div>
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Similarly to cleaning the <a href="http://andybuck335i.blogspot.com/2017/02/intake-valves-cleaned-new-spark-plugs.html" target="_blank">intake valves</a>, a lot of the engine components need to be removed before you even get to the valve cover gasket. At least I was getting good value for money out of my <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.XLASER+TOOLS+5109.TRS0&_nkw=LASER+TOOLS+5109&_sacat=0" target="_blank">Laser panel protector</a>...</div>
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Here's my old man giving the job a good looking at - at this stage we'd removed the engine cover, air filter housing, right hand strut brace and were about to remove the ignition coils.</div>
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All the wiring going to the injectors has to be disconnected, the harness needs to be loosened too, so it gives you some wiggle room when removing the valve cover.</div>
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The vacuum hoses that run over the valve cover need to be removed, along with the vacuum tanks themselves, leaving a rather large hole in the front corner of the engine bay.</div>
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Next out was the main fuel rail and the pipes to each injector. There are two variants of high pressure fuel pipe, part number: 13534549606 is used for injectors 1 - 5, and part number: 13537552284 used for injector 6. To avoid any tears, experience has taught me to number up anything you remove.</div>
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After removing a few more electrical connectors and securing their harnesses out of harms way, and removing the injector sleeves, we were finally ready to remove the valve cover.</div>
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Unfortunately, the cover was not quite ready to be removed and was stuck fast, absolutely having none of it. However, some considerable amounts of swearing later, the valve cover was eventually removed revealing the N54's beautifully intricate cylinder head.</div>
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It was then a case of removing the old gasket and replacing it with the new one, making sure to clean up both the cylinder head mating surface and the valve cover seal groove.</div>
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Thankfully, putting the valve cover back on was a lot easier than taking it off. Once seated down I took to cleaning up the front of the engine. Using some <a href="http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/SearchCmd?srch=gunk&action=search&storeId=10001&catalogId=10151&langId=-1" target="_blank">Gunk Spray Engine Degreasant</a> - which is surprisingly effective and great for cleaning up engine bay plastics - and a rag I cleared away as much of the grime as possible.</div>
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Now looking rather more respectable, I could remove the Vanos Solenoids without risking any grime falling into the cylinder head. Cleaning out the Vanos Solenoids is a recommended preventative measure for the N54, as they can be rather mischievous little blighters throwing up all sorts of errors. Should you need to replace the Vanos Solenoid, the part number is 11367585425 and it's O ring is 11367548459. Both intake and exhaust are the same part.</div>
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Using some left over <a href="http://www.halfords.com/motoring/engine-oils-fluids/fuel-oil-additives/wynns-fuel-injection-carburettor-cleaner-500ml" target="_blank">Wynn's Air Intake & Carburettor Cleaner</a> from cleaning the <a href="http://andybuck335i.blogspot.com/2017/02/intake-valves-cleaned-new-spark-plugs.html" target="_blank">intake valves</a>, I sprayed each of the Vanos Solenoids liberally and left them to dry. The last bit is important, the solenoids should be completely dry before refitting, you don't want any carb cleaner in the engine.</div>
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Whilst the solenoids were drying we got to putting the rest of the engine back together. Although the solenoids are the same, I erred on the side of caution and fitted them back into the cylinder head in the same place they were removed from.</div>
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Frustratingly, this is one of those really labour intensive jobs that you don't really see any benefit from in performance, you just have to make do with the warm fuzzy feeling of preventing any future harm to the engine.</div>
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As I mentioned in my post about having the <a href="http://andybuck335i.blogspot.com/2016/12/turbos-and-hpfp-replaced.html" target="_blank">turbos replaced</a>, I wasn't happy with the cold start performance of the car. I felt it wasn't as smooth as I imagined a straight 6 engine, showing a shade over 40k miles on the clock, should be.</div>
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Several hours of investigation later, I concluded that carbon build up on the intake valves could be the culprit, the Achilles heel of direct injection engines. Basically, the byproduct of the combustion process leaves a carbon deposit on the intake valves and intake manifold, gumming them up and reducing airflow.<br />
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Most of the discussions on N54 engine carbon build up revolve around walnut blasting as the cure, a process similar to shot blasting, except the media doing the work is ground up walnut. The thinking behind walnut is that if any of it gets in the engine, it's not going to do any harm. The process is so effective that BMW have even made a special tool for the job (P/N: 81292208037). Trouble is, I couldn't find any one in the UK offering the service, only US and Australia. </div>
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Unfortunately, I was going to have to roll up my sleeves and get stuck in, polishing and cleaning manually with wire brushes.</div>
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Whilst researching, I looked up any possible preventative actions I could take. I'd rather not have to clean the engine out every few thousand miles. One suggestion was to use an oil catch can, but they are pretty expensive, the Burger Motorsports catch can is $179, a bit too much having just shelled out £3000 on turbos. Happily though, the other suggestion that came up was to swap the standard PCV valve (<a href="http://auto.howstuffworks.com/positive-crankcase-ventilation-system.htm" target="_blank">Positive Crankcase Ventilation</a> valve) for a <a href="http://www.rbturbo.com/rbpcv" target="_blank">Rob Beck PCV</a> valve. These come in at a much more wallet friendly $40 plus $10 shipping to the UK.</div>
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I ordered one of those, then called the ever helpful BMW Hereford (who are now on my speed dial list) and ordered the following genuine BMW parts (full OEM part numbers in brackets). </div>
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<li>Throttle Body Seal (P/N: 13547522361)</li>
<li>Intake Manifold Seal (P/N: 11617547242)</li>
<li>Hex Bolt + Washer (P/N: 07119903918)</li>
<li>Hex Nut with Plate (P/N: 07129905541)</li>
<li>Vent Hose (P/N: 11157553949)</li>
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Finally, I ordered some new Bosch ZGR6STE2 spark plugs, as the car was over due a change. The spark plug service interval is 45k miles for the N54B30 engine, as stated in <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4UZszV6KSh5c1dBRG55YVVOMk0" target="_blank">SI B 00 02 06</a>.</div>
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To get to the intakes a fair amount of the engine bay needs to be removed, the air filter housing, throttle body, charge pipe and intake manifold to name but a few.</div>
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The job was the perfect opportunity to use my new Laser panel protector though. Leaning over the fenders in zip up overalls is a recipe for scuffs, happily the Laser mat is large and thick enough to avoid that completely. I'd definitely recommend the home mechanic having one in their tool kit, whether it's Laser or not.</div>
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Whilst the throttle body was out I gave it a good clean and fitted the new seal.</div>
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Next up was removing the electrical connector box from the tangs on the bottom of the intake manifold. This was an absolute pain in the backbox, in the end wedging some feeler gauges under the tabs and wiggling managed to free it.</div>
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About 2 hours into the job, there were only the bolts securing the intake manifold left to remove.</div>
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To avoid any tears I taped off the cylinders next to the one I'd be working on.<br />
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Now the real hard work could begin. After hand cranking the engine to ensure cylinder 1's valves were firmly closed I filled the intake with <a href="http://www.halfords.com/motoring/engine-oils-fluids/fuel-oil-additives/wynns-fuel-injection-carburettor-cleaner-500ml" target="_blank">Wynn's Air Intake & Carburettor Cleaner</a>. This is some real good stuff, I was high as a kite on the fumes by the end of the job, make sure you've got good ventilation if you use it.</div>
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The condition of the intakes after just over 45k miles was quite shocking, you can see just how gunked up they had become, and in stark contrast how well they came up after cleaning.</div>
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The difficulty was getting to the inboard side of the valve, obscured by the stem, they are also a lot deeper into the block than they appear in the image, making accessing the job as well as being able to see what you're doing mutually exclusive, as you can see below.<br />
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Many hours later, all six intakes had been cleaned, some requiring higher levels of contortion to access than others.</div>
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Replacing the PCV valve was fairly simple, it just requires unscrewing the retainer and switching out the PCV valve.</div>
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Last but not least, the spark plugs. I chose to replace with OEM spec plugs, having read that 'upgrading' really wouldn't make any difference and would likely lead to a shorter life plug being installed. All was going well until I got to the third plug which, when removed, was coated in oil. You can see the colour difference compared to the new one.</div>
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This is an indication of another common N54 problem, a leaking valve cover gasket, which was also the likely culprit of the gunk on the front of the engine.</div>
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Feeling rather deflated at finding another problem, I got the engine back together using all the new seals and bolts, then got started researching the next job.</div>
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As I explained in my post about <a href="http://andybuck335i.blogspot.com/2017/01/led-angel-eye-upgrade.html" target="_blank">upgrading the angel eye running lights to LEDs</a>, exterior lighting can really affect how old the car looks. So, to finish off bringing the exterior lighting up-to-date I wanted to upgrade the number plate lights from halogen to LED.</div>
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I thought choosing LED angel eye bulbs was like stepping through a minefield, number plate lights are a whole 'nother level.</div>
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I honed my skill of making 5 minute jobs last hours, this time by removing the number plate, washing, claying, polishing and then waxing the rear face of the boot lid. I was removing the number plate as I was taking pictures for the blog, so I thought it rude not to clean behind it. Unfortunately, I only thought to do that after taking the first pic, removing the driver's side lamp housing.</div>
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I levered it out using a trim puller, instead of a screw driver in the slot to the left of the lens. I don't like the screw driver method as if you slip, bad things happen to your shiny paint work.</div>
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Once the lamp housing is removed from the boot lid, you've got access to the bulb, which just pulls out. As with the halogen angel eye bulbs, the number plate light bulbs were looking rather burnt, no doubt the originals from the factory.</div>
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Prior to refitting the lamp housing, with the new LED bulb in tow, it's good practice to check the bulb works. This is especially important with LEDs as they are polar, i.e. they only work in one orientation.</div>
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Encouragingly, it fired into life. After clipping the lamp snugly back into position I stopped to take a comparison photo between halogen and LED.</div>
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Yes, the LEDs genuinely are that much brighter #nofilter.</div>
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On with the show, I promptly replaced the other side and stood back to admire my work. Quite a dramatic uplift I'm sure you'd agree, and for a shade under £7, big bang for your buck.</div>
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<b>Before</b> and <b>After</b></div>
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There was just one snag...remember how I said to watch out for poor quality bulbs in my post on <a href="http://andybuck335i.blogspot.com/2017/01/led-angel-eye-upgrade.html" target="_blank">upgrading the angel eyes to LEDs</a>? Well I should have took my own advice. These bulbs from a seller on eBay called enewgate lasted just under 4 months. Not good enough.</div>
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As the LEDs make such a difference, I didn't want to go back to halogen, so I pressed on and found what I hoped to be some more reliable LED bulbs.</div>
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The seller, <a href="http://stores.ebay.co.uk/wesellhids/" target="_blank">we-sell-hids</a>, was offering 2x 39mm 3 SMD LED C5W bulbs for £7.75 posted. But these only have 3 LEDs, the old ones had 16, won't they be less bright, I hear you cry.</div>
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The difference is, these LEDs are made by Samsung, claiming 80,000hours running time. I got them ordered and fitted, surprisingly they were actually brighter.</div>
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Touch wood, after 11 months they are still going strong. Result.</div>
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Let me know what you think in the comments below, have you bought LEDs that have only lasted 5 mins? Can you recommend any other sellers that supply decent quality bulbs?<br />
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<br />AndyBuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12442827792442140532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8745196577528385666.post-55933117452054102172017-01-28T22:49:00.002+00:002017-08-21T10:25:06.673+01:00LED Angel Eye Upgrade<div>
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Even though the design of the E92 BMW is aging incredibly well, technology does move on, leaving older tech looking rather prehistoric in comparison.</div>
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One of the worst offenders for aging a car is the lights. The yellowish tinge of halogen bulbs is quite old hat, with the cold blueish tinge of LED, and even laser on the i8, now being the norm.</div>
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As my 335i is pre LCI (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facelift_(automotive)" target="_blank">Life Cycle Impulse</a>), it was fitted as standard with halogen 'angel eye' daylight running lights, looking noticeably yellow against the xenon projectors.<br />
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The pre LCI angel eyes use one bulb to illuminate both halos, which is why the inner halo is always brighter. The LCI lamps do the same, but have an up-rated bulb and improved light guide design to give a brighter and more even illumination.<br />
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The most frustrating part of this job is figuring out which LED bulbs to buy. Pre LCI cars use a H8 HB3 bulb, simply searching for H8 HB3 on eBay will return a million listings, all claiming their LEDs are brightest. However, my main focus was finding something reliable, I had an absolute nightmare with bulbs on my <a href="https://andybuck330d.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/osram-night-breaker-bulbs.html" target="_blank">E46 330d</a>.</div>
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After scanning through reams of eBay listings, I found one by <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/lightec-autostyle-ltd?_trksid=p2047675.l2559" target="_blank">lightec-autostyle-ltd</a> offering 2 years warranty. The bulbs were rated at 20W each, putting out up to 1000 lumens from the 4 CREE LEDs (be careful with wattage, most listings advertise the combined wattage of both bulbs). Most importantly they were rated at 6000-7000k, meaning they'd emit a bright white light.</div>
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Removing the triangular cap on the top of the lamp reveals the angel eye bulbs.</div>
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The access panel isn't exactly the largest and most ergonomic of designs, getting your hand in as well as seeing what you're doing isn't an option. Removing the bulbs is fairly easy though, just twisting the bulbs through 90° releases them from the lamp housing.</div>
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My bulbs were pretty burnt, so they are likely the originals that came out of the factory.</div>
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Contrary to popular belief, LEDs do actually get hot, hence the large heat sinks. Cheaper LED bulbs will have little or no heat sinks, beware of these they will likely fail rather quickly.</div>
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Unlike the halogen bulbs, the LED bulbs also have an additional bit of wiring that needs to be fed into the lamp housing. Fortunately, the aperture is just about big enough. Learning my lesson the hard way over the years has taught me to always test parts before fully fitting them, so I plugged a bulb in and fired it up.</div>
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Everything seemed to be working ok so I cracked on with reassembly. One side done, I moved swiftly onto the other, now with a bit of learning on the best way to go about it.</div>
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Before moving onto the other lamp however, I paused to take a comparison photo, showing just how much difference the LEDs made. It also gives you an idea how bright the LEDs are vs the halogens. Excuse the missing kidney grille, I upgraded the angel eyes to LEDs part way through the <a href="http://andybuck335i.blogspot.com/2017/01/kidney-grille-replaced-and-bumper.html" target="_blank">front bumper fix</a>.</div>
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In my opinion, the LEDs look far better, really bringing the car up-to-date. Encouraged by how good the LEDs look I pressed on with the other side.</div>
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The colour match to the xenons is also surprisingly good, you can also see in the image below how bright the LEDs are at night.</div>
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All in all, this mod is definitely worth the money, it achieved exactly what I hoped it would, freshening up the front end and knocking years off the car.</div>
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I upgraded all the 335i's brakes to EBC USR series slotted discs and EBC Ultimax pads, read on to see why I chose this set up over standard, and why I avoided drilled discs.<br />
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After owning the car for a couple of weeks, I'd noticed a slight wobble in the steering under light braking. I assumed it was a slightly warped disc, as they looked a bit worse for wear anyway.</div>
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Not wanting to just replace the standard discs like for like, I started researching the best option for my budget. EBC seemed to be a name that kept popping up on the forums. Scanning through their catalogue whittled it down to just a few of options;</div>
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As well as just looking good, I wanted the discs to provide better stopping performance. This video by Jason Fenske, owner of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/EngineeringExplained/featured" target="_blank">Engineering Explained</a> channel on youtube, explains which discs are best based on your requirements.</div>
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EBC's USR series come completely covered in a black anti corrosion coating. This wears away on the braking surface but remains everywhere else, supposedly lasting 10 years. Along with the discs, I ordered EBC brake pads and wear sensors.</div>
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Here then, is my final shopping list:<br />
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Total price? An eye watering £473.14 (which included a 15% discount).</div>
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Overalls donned, car in the garage and trusty side kick (Dad) eager to press on, we got started.</div>
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As with any job, removing parts gives you an opportunity to clean them up. The carriers, guide pins and hub all got a wire brushing and general de-gunking.</div>
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The last thing to replace on this corner was the wear sensor (there's one per axle on the E92 335i). On the rear, it's hidden up behind the wheel arch lining. Curiously, the EBC sensor is quite a bit different to the one that was already fitted.</div>
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For the finishing touch, I resprayed all the spring clips in Hammerite High Heat matt black paint, just to freshen them up. Alternatively, if you wanted to purchase a new set the parts numbers are as follows:<br />
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The final result? A vast improvement visually, although initially subtle, when you see a standard setup vs a slotted one, there is no comparison. The wobbling is now cured and they perform brilliantly. Despite the cost, I'd definitely replace them like for like rather than go back to OEM.</div>
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<b>Before</b> and <b>After</b></div>
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Let me know what you think in the comments below, do you recommend a different brand? Have you gone with drilled and had problems with cracking?<br />
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I'm stepping a bit out of chronological order with this post, nevertheless, here goes. During the <a href="http://andybuck335i.blogspot.com/2016/12/turbos-and-hpfp-replaced.html">turbo replacement</a> job <a href="http://www.auto-technik.co.uk/">Auto Technik</a> also replaced the standard panel air filter, which was a bit annoying really as I'd hoped to upgrade it. As such it seemed a bit wasteful to upgrade a brand new part, resulting in plans being put on hold for a while (as did the £3k turbo bill...)</div>
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I'd been drooling over the Injen SP1125WB dual intake for a while but couldn't stomach the £400 bill. Happily though, I stumbled across a hardly used, second hand K&N panel air filter listing on eBay. Chancing my arm I made an offer, a rather cheeky one at that, which was surprisingly accepted. I'd bagged it for £22.75 posted, not bad when these things are just under £60 new.<br>
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If you've ever had a squeaking or chirping noise in your car, you'll appreciate just how much it can drive you insane. It's even more annoying when it's a heater fan, as these are on pretty much constantly in your car.</div>
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About a minute is all you can safely endure without lasting side effects, so after my 45 minute commute to work I had high blood pressure and a serious eye twitch.</div>
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Thankfully, it only took 20mins and some Muc-Off Wet Oil to completely solve the problem, sparing myself from looking like Tweek from South Park.</div>
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Initially, I couldn't tell what was actually making the noise, my first thought was some trim parts vibrating against each other. Oddly, the chirping would only happen at certain temperatures, and sods law, never when I tried to show someone else...However, I did eventually link the fan speed to the frequency of chirp. Bingo.</div>
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As you might expect, the fan is buried in the heart of the dash board up behind the glove box. Thankfully, the BMW boffins had a look in their crystal ball, saw it was a common problem on the E90 series, and designed the fan to be relatively accessible, making this a job you can definitely do yourself.</div>
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Skip over to the workshop to read the full <a href="http://e92howto.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/heater-fan-removal-squeak-fix-and.html" target="_blank">how-to guide to removing, fixing the squeak and refitting the heater blower fan</a>.</div>
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With the glovebox out the way, the fan is in sight. To actually get the fan out, you've got to remove the heater ducting.</div>
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There are a few electrical connections to unclip, then the whole fan unit twists out. It's like a large quarter turn fixing, once twisted the fan unit will simply fall away from the housing.</div>
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The corrosion on the fan centre shaft is caused by moisture ingress through the intake bulkhead. It's this corrosion that's causing the squeaking and chirping. If the corrosion is too bad, you may need to replace the fan at this point.</div>
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As moisture was causing the problem, I went with Muc-Off Wet Oil, if it works on Mountain Bikes it should work just fine here.</div>
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You need to apply it at the interface of the fan centre shaft and the motor.</div>
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All oiled up I reconnected the fan to test the fix. I was shocked just how fast the fan spins, the dash must do a great job of damping the sound as it's pretty darn loud. Also, you definitely wouldn't want to catch a finger in the fins, I imagine it would make you wince somewhat.</div>
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This may not be a permanent fix, but it's quite straight forward to do and, importantly, cheap. Fortunately, after 6 months / 8000 miles the chirping hasn't returned, fingers crossed it doesn't.</div>
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When I bought the car, the one area that let it down was the front end. I mentioned the stone chips in my <a href="https://andybuck335i.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/first-impressions.html" target="_blank">First Impressions</a> post, but actually the left hand kidney grille was cracked quite badly.</div>
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At this point I hadn't taken the grille out of the bumper, so wasn't aware what lied beneath. I could only see that the chrome outer ring had cracked and partially come away from the main grille moulding.</div>
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My plan was to buy a brand new genuine BMW grille but, at around £50 it wasn't the cheapest option, however, would guarantee a perfect part. As nothing is ever simples, it turns out there are a bunch of different styles of grille, and I happened to order the wrong one. Oh Joy. Mine are chrome with chrome fronted fins, the one I ordered was chrome with black fins.</div>
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The correct part number for the LH chrome grill with chrome fronted fins is 51137157277.</div>
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Moving on, I stumbled across a pair of grilles on eBay, used but from the pictures, in good condition. I messaged the seller and struck up a deal, £35 posted for the pair! When the grilles arrived I was pretty chuffed, they were in really good condition. Now just to fit them.</div>
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As it's not exactly obvious how you remove the E92 kidney grilles, I'll use this as a bit of a How-to guide to removing them.</div>
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First off, open the bonnet and remove the air ducts. You'll need a Torx driver, some pliers and a trim pulling tool. Use the Torx driver to remove the two screws holding the duct to the chassis. Grab the pliers and remove the two centre pips from the middle of the plastic fixings.</div>
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This bit was quite tricky, the fixings did not want to budge on my car. Inch the fixings up enough to get your trim puller underneath and lever them out, if they wont budge, shuffle the trim puller to a different side of the fixing and keep persevering.</div>
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The two duct holes you are left with you'll need to reach your hand into and feel for the clips on the back of the grille moulding. Depress the clips (3x top, 2x bottom, 1x outboard side) and the grille should come away from the bumper.</div>
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It was also at this point I could see that my bumper was damaged too, 3 of the clip slots were snapped and wouldn't keep the grille in place. Simply fitting the new grille wasn't an option.</div>
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The clips are formed in the mould of the bumper, so the material is only 2-3mm thick, just gluing the clips back together wouldn't hold. Next option was cut out the local area of each clip and bond in a replacement.</div>
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Initially, I thought of using sheet metal, but my Dad found some plastic material that would be perfect for the job. We took some measurements and made a template, the clipping holes needed to be exactly in the right place or the grille wouldn't clip home. This meant the depth of material had to be the same too.</div>
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After quite some time honing the infill parts to the right shape, we set about bonding them in. They took a little tweaking once bonded in, but they fit great.</div>
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Moment of truth time, new grille in hand I offered it up and pressed it into place.</div>
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In actual fact, the fit was so good, it was better than stock, it certainly wont be dropping out anyway.</div>
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After the success I had <a href="https://andybuck330d.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/exhaust-tips-polished.html" target="_blank">polishing the exhaust tips on my E46 330d</a>, I was keen to emulate the results on the 335i. After-all the defining feature of the 335i is those symmetrical single exit exhausts.<br />
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In addition to the Scotchbrite fibral polishing kit I ordered for the 330d, I picked up a kit that was much less abrasive, allowing me to achieve (nearer to) a mirror finish.</div>
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The Scotchbrite kit was £16 delivered and the Buffing kit £18.95 delivered, neither really breaking the bank, and I've no doubt will be useful for all-sorts of future applications.</div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">I ordered the buffing kit (above, right) from </span><a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/e11400.m1842.l1181/7?euid=ba55e05ea3a3414fbe090339c617959b&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fusr%2Fmetalpolishingsuppliesuk" style="text-align: justify;">metalpolishingsuppliesuk</a><span style="text-align: justify;">, I have to say their customer service is fantastic. Out of the blue I get a call from an unknown caller, which usually I don't answer but this time I did. Turned out to be one of the guys from the store asking if I'd received the kit and if I had any questions or wanted help and advice on the job I was doing.</span><br />
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Much like my 330d, I suspect the exhaust tips had never been cleaned properly before - 8 years and 40,000 miles of corrosive emissions had probably taken a bit of a toll.</div>
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So here's what I was starting with:</div>
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To get the bulk of the build up off, I started with some Autosol and the Scotchbrite fibral polishing bit. The keener eyed reader will notice these images say 330d, I forgot to take a picture of this bit, doh!</div>
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Moving on, I chucked up one of the more abrasive felt buffing bits and loaded it with the first cut compound.</div>
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And to finish, I loaded the cylindrical buffing wheel with some of the high lustre compound.</div>
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The photos don't really do the results justice, despite the corrosion leaving pitting on the surface, the actual surface finish is great. The high shine really makes the exhausts stand out and takes years off the car.</div>
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Definitely a worthwhile job, only takes about 30mins and really makes a difference to the back end of your car.</div>
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<br />AndyBuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12442827792442140532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8745196577528385666.post-56571155047510218732016-12-21T08:44:00.001+00:002017-07-31T07:57:21.266+01:00My N54 335i Cost Me £3k In The First Week<div dir="ltr">
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It was a hot day when I bought the car, and although I'd tested the windows worked on the test drive, I'd driven mostly with the windows up, muting exterior sounds. Ironically, this was something I'd praised the car for, being lovely and quiet whilst cruising.</div>
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On the way home, however, I wound the window down. Whenever I let off the gas I heard a really annoying fast paced clicking noise, rather ruining the purr of the straight six's exhaust note.</div>
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I didn't think much more of it for a couple of days, then curiosity got the better of me and I started Googling it.</div>
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Rather quickly I'd diagnosed the noise as the dreaded 335i N54 turbo waste gate rattle. This post on <a href="http://www.bmwforums.info/general-guides-and-how-to-s/4640-bmw-n54-engine-twin-turbo-rattle-boost-to.html" target="_blank">bmwforums.info</a> tells you everything you need to know to diagnose the problem and the cause of it.</div>
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I'd owned my <a href="http://andybuck330d.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">E46 330d</a> for 4 years when I decided to replace it. I loved the car to bits but it was getting rather high in miles (182k) and I needed a car I could rely on to get me to work and back.<br>
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Enter the pre-LCI BMW E92 335i, probably the most bang for your buck all rounder car on the market in this price bracket.<br>
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Originally I'd been looking for a face lift BMW E39 540i, you've gotta love a V8. </div>
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