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If you are seriously considering a BMW of that vintage, make sure that the cooling system has been redone. The original water pumps are known to fail rather spectacularly, the plastic radiator necks are known to become brittle and break, and engine driven fan is known to seize up and fling plastic shards all over the engine bay.
If it hasn’t had this done, then bank on spending $1-2000 on getting it done. It’s cheaper of course if you DIY it.
A lot of the BMW sensors can’t be dealt with unless you have a BMW specific scan tool. (On my car, the Air Bag light has been on for the past 3 years and I haven’t gotten around to taking it to someone to scan yet) You could buy one, or take the car to a dealer/Indy BMW specialist.
Apparently wonky sensors a common problem for E46/39 models.
You might find this link useful: http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4205801&postcount=48
A lot of the BMW sensors can’t be dealt with unless you have a BMW specific scan tool. (On my car, the Air Bag light has been on for the past 3 years and I haven’t gotten around to taking it to someone to scan yet) You could buy one, or take the car to a dealer/Indy BMW specialist.
Apparently wonky sensors a common problem for E46/39 models.
You might find this link useful: http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4205801&postcount=48
Yep, first thing I did was look around with a flashlight to see if anything was leaking. So far so good.
I’m visiting my grandma at her cottage so most of my tools and my garage are 500 miles away 🙁
There is a great auto parts shop in town though, so what kind of paint would you recommend? Would rock guard work be what I’m looking for?
Yep, first thing I did was look around with a flashlight to see if anything was leaking. So far so good.
I’m visiting my grandma at her cottage so most of my tools and my garage are 500 miles away 🙁
There is a great auto parts shop in town though, so what kind of paint would you recommend? Would rock guard work be what I’m looking for?
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Not that I’ve ever worked as an auto tech, but as a computer tech, I do the same sort of thing as shops do. To me, a shop charging a markup for parts that they’ve bought from an auto parts store makes sense. The shop has to pay someone to get on the phone and track down the part, pick up the part if the parts shop doesn’t deliver, and then needs to factor in the costs of replacing the part if the original part is faulty. The part may have a warranty and be replaced by the supplier, but the labour costs are still there.
Plenty of shops are quite happy to install your own parts with the caveat that if they fail, you’re own your own.
Not that I’ve ever worked as an auto tech, but as a computer tech, I do the same sort of thing as shops do. To me, a shop charging a markup for parts that they’ve bought from an auto parts store makes sense. The shop has to pay someone to get on the phone and track down the part, pick up the part if the parts shop doesn’t deliver, and then needs to factor in the costs of replacing the part if the original part is faulty. The part may have a warranty and be replaced by the supplier, but the labour costs are still there.
Plenty of shops are quite happy to install your own parts with the caveat that if they fail, you’re own your own.
Fascinating topic, reminds me of one of my technician friends who remarked to me once “back in the day, they used to fix parts instead of just replacing them” which I thought was pretty interesting. When my 1992 Honda Civic needed a new starter, he showed me that you could just clean the contacts on the solenoid and have a perfectly functional starter. I wonder how many cars today you’d be able to do that on?
With all these manufacturers switching to sealed transmissions with lifetime fills, lifetime brake fluid, and dipstick-less engines that can only have their oil levels checked with a specialized computer, does anyone think that eventually independent shops won’t be able to service new vehicles any more?
Fascinating topic, reminds me of one of my technician friends who remarked to me once “back in the day, they used to fix parts instead of just replacing them” which I thought was pretty interesting. When my 1992 Honda Civic needed a new starter, he showed me that you could just clean the contacts on the solenoid and have a perfectly functional starter. I wonder how many cars today you’d be able to do that on?
With all these manufacturers switching to sealed transmissions with lifetime fills, lifetime brake fluid, and dipstick-less engines that can only have their oil levels checked with a specialized computer, does anyone think that eventually independent shops won’t be able to service new vehicles any more?
I had a 1992 Civic that I put a remanned master cylinder on back in 2007. Put 60,000 miles on it before someone in a truck hit me at an intersection in January. Was still working just fine after all those years and miles.
I had a 1992 Civic that I put a remanned master cylinder on back in 2007. Put 60,000 miles on it before someone in a truck hit me at an intersection in January. Was still working just fine after all those years and miles.
Hey Eric, thanks for the great video!
Aside from waiting to them to leak, is there a time when you would suggest replacing dampers preemptively?