[StradaRedlands]

Originally Posted by fazm

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[StradaRedlands]

I figure one of my three N52 cars will need an alternator sooner rather than later, so picked up a used one today from LKQ. Bosch 180 from a '13 128i, so practically new and for $55! I probably should have grabbed water pump and starter while I was at it.

Weird seeing a BMW alternator w/out a quart of oil seared onto every surface!

[E92_William]

Originally Posted by StradaRedlands

I figure one of my three N52 cars will need an alternator sooner rather than later, so picked up a used one today from LKQ. Bosch 180 from a '13 128i, so practically new and for $55! I probably should have grabbed water pump and starter while I was at it.

Weird seeing a BMW alternator w/out a quart of oil seared onto every surface!

Probably because it's supposed to start leaking at 10 years old from the filter housing. Got it early enough

[E92_William]

Originally Posted by AlpineE93

I've been fighting this same thing for some time. I recently made the switch from Bilstein B8 with H&R sport springs to Koni yellows/H&R sport springs. Replaced all hardware ( strut mounts, spring perches and shims). Still had the clucking. Re-torqued my M3 control arms, the right way this time and that helped a bit. Checked my adjustable end links and they are a little rough. I just ordered a new pair, I would look into that if I were you and make sure to adjust them while the car is on the ground and have a buddy sit in the passenger seat.

Maybe the end links will be it for you since there's probably nothing left to change. That's how it was for me except I had new links. I resolved my horrible clunking noise the other day by loosening and retorquing the subframe with anti seize on the bolts and loosening and retorquing control arm bolts with that too at ride height. No idea why but it was that.

[StradaRedlands]

Originally Posted by E92_William

Probably because it's supposed to start leaking at 10 years old from the filter housing. Got it early enough

High mileage external lubrication system!!!

[Masonpants]

New windshield wiper transmission.

[StradaRedlands]

Originally Posted by Masonpants

New windshield wiper transmission.

How was the install process?

[Serf27]

Originally Posted by StradaRedlands

High mileage external lubrication system!!!

They designed the gasket to start leaking and spray oil as the alternator bearing starts to squeak. Gives the alternator a bit more life.

[StradaRedlands]

Originally Posted by Serf27

They designed the gasket to start leaking and spray shoot oil as the alternator bearing starts to squeak. Gives the alternator a bit more life.

Those Bavarians, what will they think up next!?!?!?

[Serf27]

Originally Posted by StradaRedlands

Those Bavarians, what will they think up next!?!?!?

Hopefully better gasket materials. My dads Yaris is on ~250k miles and has never leaked oil, LOL.

[Vulcan50]

I had gotten the recall letter for the blower motor wiring, and like any self respecting man, I ignored it for a long time. Well last week the blower motor ceased to do it's only job. So I scheduled an appointment for the recall hoping that maybe that would solve my issue. Once complete, my blower function returned! So that was a win! Then like 2 hours later a tooth that had a root canal like 12 years ago split off a 1/3 of the tooth. So suffice it to say, what started off as a good day crapped out real quick.

[E93Dude]

Pecking away at maintenance….changed oil and was pleased to note that there was no debris at all on magnetic drain plug. Also changed brake pads, cleaned calipers. Basic stuff, but it's what we do.

[colorado.e9x]

Finally after months we're starting to make progress. I begin the five hour voyage to Denver to get everything repaired and upgraded. Keeping it dirty to hopefully deter any thieves

Edit: Its been done.. for the first time in my life I've dropped my car off at a shop for more than just an alignment. Terrified but excited

[F13.KENN]

Put on my VRSF street catback.

Also, burnt my old bosch pre turbo bank 1 o2 sensor. Was being dumb and turned on burbles to see if it would shoot flames on my previous exhaust.. which it didnt.

Just ordered some NTK sensors. P/N for those who are interested: 24322 (bank 1) and 24345 (bank 2)

Other than that. Car is still on base map @ 17psi (wastegate only) and feels amazing. Fueling is looking great in the logs. Cant wait to bump up the boost.

[E92_William]

Crossed the 150k mile threshold on the way to work so missed that 150,000 picture. Goal to get at least to 200k

[S65Hunter]

I'm in need of help... desperately. I had been having a bad rattle in the car latley and found the headers were touching the motor mount so I figured the motor mount had gone bad. Purchased a new one and went to install it. This is what I found. Some how the studs that hold the cradle or what ever you'd call it have broken. So basically just the driver side mount has been holding the motor down. Question is...now what? There isn't enough stud left to thread a bolt on to put the cradle back on... please help

*update*
The 2 of the 3 studs came right out by hand. The third (top) one is broken off right at the motor so there's nothing to grab. I'm going to grab an extractor set tomorrow morning and see what I can do.

[StuKatz]

Finished the the 3 stage manifold mod
https://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1915998

[Cpet]

Replaced all coils. Cold starts have been a bit rough lately, and occasionally while stopped, idle will jump and fall. While no codes were thrown, figured it couldn't hurt to change them - all originals with 61k on em.

[E92_William]

Originally Posted by AlpineE93

I'm in need of help... desperately. I had been having a bad rattle in the car latley and found the headers were touching the motor mount so I figured the motor mount had gone bad. Purchased a new one and went to install it. This is what I found. Some how the studs that hold the cradle or what ever you'd call it have broken. So basically just the driver side mount has been holding the motor down. Question is...now what? There isn't enough stud left to thread a bolt on to put the cradle back on... please help

*update*
The 2 of the 3 studs came right out by hand. The third (top) one is broken off right at the motor so there's nothing to grab. I'm going to grab an extractor set tomorrow morning and see what I can do.


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I'm pretty sure those are aluminum bolts so once the head is off there's pretty much no torque on the threads. Try hitting it with a hammer and a punch to get it to start turning. Left hand drill bit would be great in this situation but fitting it there or just having them at hand probably isn't possible rn.

That would definitely explain the rattle sound though.

I'd check up on the other mount as it has probably been strained quite a bit with that

[Vulcan50]

I had a headlight out for about 2 weeks, finally decided to go with osram CBI. Significantly brighter, but I see about 0 blue once warm. I really wanted something that would match my LED halos. Which I don't really think it does, Definitely warmer. I'd say it's like 5000k vs the 6-6500k that's advertised.

[Vulcan50]

Originally Posted by E92_William

Crossed the 150k mile threshold on the way to work so missed that 150,000 picture. Goal to get at least to 200k

I'm about 150 miles away from the 150k mark!

[RealJ22]

Got a smoking deal


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