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Ok so question to anyone who has broken one of the oil pan bolts: what did you use to extract it?
I broke one of the e10's that go to the back side of the transmission to mate the oil pan, and I'm not sure what to do to get it out, it seems so in there. Also, weird question, do some e82's not come with the crossbar underneath? Mine did not have it and was very confused
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Ugh! The remaining bolt piece is way down in there. I'd be worried that it stretched and won't want to come out because of the friction against the stretched threads. I hope it's in a place you can access it easily. Do what you can with the extractors. Get the block nice and hot and maybe that will loosen it slightly.
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Don't buy the shit you get at the local auto parts store. Been there, broke them. I know Lisle makes some bolt extractors. See if they make something small enough. Nothing beats hardened German tool steel. You don't want to screw it up any worse than it is. You'll probably need to drill a small pilot hole in the remaining stud and then use the extractor. It sucks that you'll need to wait a few days, but it's much better to do it right the first time.
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If it were me, I'd get the Gedore extractors: https://www.amazon.com/GEDORE-265935...68&sr=8-1&th=1
I bought a set of these, but I don't know if the smallest one would fit that far up into the block. https://www.amazon.com/Williams-EXS-...s%2C380&sr=8-2
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So we just took a 300 mile road trip to break the new gasket in. Not our intention, but we had a family event near us and we just decided to go!
Car ran very smoothly and seemed to go well. Idrive said oil was right in the middle, so I ordered another quart of oil to top it up. Checking under the car, doesn't seem to be leaking, though I am going to take the plastic undertray off sometime in the next month to see how our broken bolt is doing. In regards to that, I still havent decided how I want to go about that as it seems extremely tough and out of the way, but if i see a leak then I will address it
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Quick update on some things done,
Replaced the trunk handle as some of the rubber bits were coming off, as well as the plastic expanding nuts in the license plate bracket were kaput. Both bought on Amazon for about 15 bucks a piece and are well made. Fuse blew on the cigarette lighter (fuse 8) so I replaced that. Pics added, need a clean on that center console one. Passenger side dashboard has a weird squealing noise I assume is from the air blower motor. Initial searches finds a weird sound coming from the a pillar but this definitely sounds internal to the engine bay. Thoughts are welcome! View post on imgur.com
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Hello friends,
It’s been quite some time! I hope you all are well. Not too much to update but I’ll let y’all know what I’ve been up to anyways I have yet to fix that broken bolt in the transmission to gasket, but we haven’t had any issues either. still on my radar, just haven’t gotten around to it. -We’ve replaced the brake and rear lights to LED’s due to the driver one go out. However, the driver side outer light went out again and I think this is due to poor quality control. I was able to do this by using bimmercode’s LED retrofit and turn off voltage check and swap from halogen to led codes. Still need to do turn signal, reverse and front turns. -Replaced the arm rest. Ours had a crappy latch and would go up any time we hit a bump. Big thanks to David for being a big help Other than that, not much! She’s just about to hit 100k miles and one year into our ownership. It’s been a very fun year wrenching and learning about this car and it’s quirks and I hate to say it, but I almost like driving it more than my car! I hope when I get a stable income I can give this car the true treatment it deserves. As always, remember that smiles per mile > miles per gallon
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Awesome thread. I recently purchased a 128i at 87k Miles and so far everything’s okay. I anticipate changing out my window regulator at some point in the next 6 months as it pauses when on the way up sometimes as well as makes an annoying noise 3/4 the time. Car is totally stock and I’m also on the halogen lights, so I think that’s one of the first couple things I’ll have done.
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I’ve been trying to do incremental quality of life things in order to make it feel more modern, more recently with the bulbs. I just went with h7 LED’s from Amazon, however schmiedmann has lci xenón front and rear tail lights for a decent price if you want to go that route. The high and low beams still work great and it’s a much improved sight line over the basic halogens. Issue came when I tried to do the rears. I had the left outer brake bulb go out and had some led’s from my other car laying around. I swapped them over, coded through bimmercode but had 3 different bulbs burn out on the same side. I’m unsure why now, so I’m going back to halogens for now. Window regulators can be a pain so I wish you luck. Just be sure to focus on the engine as the oil consumption can offset a lot of people. Even after doing the valve cover, it looks like I’ve got another leak unfortunately :/
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Hello friends,
Happy sunday, I hope all of your projects are going well. Today I was doing some basic maintenance. Swapped out the license plate cover with a liqui moly one I got from Super lap battle, looking super sweet! Put some air in my tires cause of all the fluctuating temperatures, think we're nice and steady going into spring here in texas now. I consistently check the passenger side of the valve cover as I still seem to have a very small leak somewhere around the secondary air injection pump area. I've tried replacing the gasket for that last year, but I don't think it's the issue. The bolt that is behind the pump has been tightened down, but I don't want to go any further in case it snaps. Additionally, the ground suppression band (Part No. 12427578869) seems to have a bit of oil on it, may be causing some of my electrical gremlins. Would like to replace but 30 bucks for that? not in the mood lol. I'll take a look at my local junkyards to see what I can scrounge. Outside of that, car is running strong. No maintenance seems to be necessary in the near future, and hope she runs for 200k more.
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