Recent content by KitsonRis

Just been scouring eBay and AutoTrader for M140i's. As previously stated the prices are still strong! It is also hard to find one that is a good spec and standard, then that instantly boosts the price. Think I found two that I would have gone to take a look at. Basically want what I had before...

Thinking about getting an Apple Watch for the girlfriend this Chirstmas as she has made many comments about mine and the fact she doesn't like her FitBit (tbh her FitBit isn't really a watch, it is just a bracelet with a pedometer in it that syncs to your phone). I got an Apple Watch SE last...

Trying to buy a house. The houses I can afford don’t have big enough garages and it’s a car that I’m not keeping outside. I’m trying to work out some way of keeping it as it forms a large chunk of the deposit

I had similar with my old Octavia vRS when I had that TerraCleaned. Soon developed an oil leak that no one could find. Must have been during the cleaning process it got rid of some crud that was plugging a small gap.

So you used the same weight deisel oil for a small amount of time to help clean it then removed it and used the 'correct' oil? A pressure gauge would be good, but don't want to be spending much money on it as it is meant to be for sale. Have ordered a pressure sensor from BMW so will get...

Yep, found the sensor I need and that so will check if it is leaking and the wiring. Doing more googling about it it is a poor placement of the sensor and the other end of the engine so does take time to read and most people are seeing the pressure light staying on for about 5 seconds. Will...

Semi Clio related-ish as it relates to engine care, but the oil pressure light on my E34 is slow to turn off when starting to the extent another warning appears saying oil is low but that then turns off after about 30-40sec of it starting. It was always been slow to turn the oil pressure light...

Few nice new parts fitted this past week. First up was the correct near side drive shaft. Pretty certain that is the cause of the humming/vibration with a bad CV joint. Also had front wheel bearings too. Now the car has had new front and rear wheel bearings, new wish bones, ball joints, track...

Put the new plug and loom on. Got it the wrong way round to start with (which was always going to happen). Fires up first time. For reference if anyone searches this in the future this is the way the wires go: Pink (new loom) to orange (car) Yellow (new loom) to white (car) was a genuine...

Sensor and loom has just turned up so will be fitting this on Sunday when I get a chance. Will try that trick before soldering it together. Hope it isn't a pain to get to solder to as I remember when I had my old Ph1 I took the old one off and cleaned it up and it was a faff to get at.

Had this recently. I thought it could have been a non-round wheel. But on inspection I noticed the CV gaitor on the N/S was split so then thought that it could be a CV joint. Have got a new drive shaft in but not been able to test it as it is currently not starting as I am waiting to fit a crank...

Need to get a new crank shaft sensor as I think this is causing the starting and cutting out issues on my Ph1 172, or at least the first thing I am changing. Was going to get this sensor 8200647554 and the updated loom 8200673202 Now this is the updated sensor and loom - will this fit my Ph1...

As per usual when the AA turned up it fired up first time. Piece of scrap that it is. He thought crank sensor too so that is going to be my first point of call to change

tried that, doesn’t look like it has activated but have pressed it to see if it does anything. Thought that cut the fuel pump but I can hear that prime.

When I go to start the car it starts than then just runs out of puff within 30secs and cuts out. Then it won’t start. Cranks all fine, immobiliser light off, fuel pump primes. I got the AA out the other day for it as I was a bit stuck, took about 20mins to turn up and it fired up first time. He...