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Monthly Archives: August 2016
X5 comfort access inop
The car is aX5 F15 2015,,,,customer said his comfort access is inop,,,sure enough it didn’t work,,,,also he said his rear trunk lid lock button doesn’t lock the doors,,,so I scanned for fault,,,,found left rear antenna ariel is not connected,,,,check al … Continue reading
Stunt driver
Ok once in awhile we get to see a stunt drivers,,,,this is are new off road car we are testing,,,,lol. Thank goodness no one was hurt.
Cheap oil filter
We have a nice oil leak here,,,,your typical customer who thinks he’s doing the right thing. You can see the oil went on to the drive belt and start spraying oil everywhere,,,,this is a N20 engine,,,,I know I have talked about … Continue reading
M6 turbo coolant heat shield wrap
M6 2014 turbo coolant line,,,,update kit,,,,see the short 4 rubber hoses,,,notice how they sit almost on top of the turbos,,,,well BMW wasn’t thinking,,,,they get really hot and the rubber hoses start to get damage. Here is the updated fix,,,,so the hoses … Continue reading
Defect tire
This kind of sucks,,,we just installed this new tire on the car and it started to split. At least it happened at the dealership,,,,you just hate to see this happen,,,especially when these run flat tires are so expensive,,,,there must have been … Continue reading
N55 blow off valve
This is a good one,,,we don’t see this to often,,,,F10 2012 N55 engine,,,,check engine light came on 1 time only,,,,fault was turbo over boost,,,,happen at 2600 rpms,,,,,we already replaced the electric pressure control valve which sits next to the valve … Continue reading
E65 IVM unit
I know a lot of you guys are saying what the hell,,,but I’m going old school for some of those E65,,,,this is a IVM module,,,,it’s not really a module,,,it’s a multi relay box and fuses,,,this is like a relay box … Continue reading
Artist painted BMW
Here is sometime we happen to see this last weekend,,,my wife and I stopped in at the Peterson car museum ,,,,and first two cars we saw were these custom painted BMW,,,,both cars were painted by famous artist,,,,my wife and I … Continue reading
M4 S55 front pulley
Ok this is a new M4 with the S55 engine and about 2k miles,,,as you can see the front pulley came loose and started to wobble,,,,and it a nice groove into the front of the engine block.,,,,we thought the big … Continue reading
F10 wrapped brake rotors
Some of you have asked me about brake shimmy,,,these are front brake rotors on a F10,,,BMW has use measure the brake rotors in 8 different places. You can see the one brake rotor almost all the measurements are the same,,,and on … Continue reading
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