What did you do to/for your 1er today?

[desertman123]

Originally Posted by Suprgnat

Hit 60K+

That cluster looks amazing.

[bmw1racer]

Eccentric shaft sensor is acting up again... Looks like I'm going to have to change it out this time.

EDIT: It's backordered at FCPEuro.

[Papa Popov]

Originally Posted by bmw1racer

Eccentric shaft sensor is acting up again... Looks like I'm going to have to change it out this time.

EDIT: It's backordered at FCPEuro.

You might try cleaning out the connector with some electronics cleaner before dropping the cash on a new part and pulling the valve cover.

[bmw1racer]

Originally Posted by Papa Popov

You might try cleaning out the connector with some electronics cleaner before dropping the cash on a new part and pulling the valve cover.

I did that the previous time (around June 2021) and coated the contacts with dielectric grease... I checked the connector this past weekend and it was clear of any oil, so I think the sensor is permanently hosed this time.

I knew that the sensor was failing again when I noticed that the revs would jump to around 1200 from startup and the engine would stumble a bit when cold. Also, each time I depress the clutch when at a stop, the revs would go up a couple hundreds revs... Weird.

EDIT: Oh, and I changed the coils (Delphi) and plugs (NGK) in 2020.

[Papa Popov]

Originally Posted by bmw1racer

I did that the previous time (around June 2021) and coated the contacts with dielectric grease... I checked the connector this past weekend and it was clear of any oil, so I think the sensor is permanently hosed this time.

I knew that the sensor was failing again when I noticed that the revs would jump to around 1200 from startup and the engine would stumble a bit when cold. Also, each time I depress the clutch when at a stop, the revs would go up a couple hundreds revs... Weird.

EDIT: Oh, and I changed the coils (Delphi) and plugs (NGK) in 2020.

Figured it was a Hail Mary but worth a shot. I was in the same boat. No oil in the sensor but my idle would fluctuate so much on cold start that it would shake the entire car. No issues since replacing the sensor.

[lemansblau135is]

Took it off the charger yesterday just drive around run errands for a couple of hours.

[Mike Whitney]

Towed my "budget restore" 128i back from the paint shop today. Roof and trunk had completely failed clear coat (hood had previously been repainted). So just the roof, trunk, and bumpers were resprayed. New rear bumper and repaired front bumper coming home Fri. I love that the paint guy insisted the front and rear glass be removed to do a proper job.

DIY'ing the disassembly and reassembly saved a lot of cash. I can do just about anything on a car but I learned long ago through trial and error that I don't do paint!

[tracer bullet]

Originally Posted by lemansblau135is

Took it off the charger yesterday just drive around run errands for a couple of hours.

I'm in the same boat. Finally drove mine last week for a while, we had an amazingly clear-road day for MN. Grabbed my 5 year old and we drove past her old, current and future schools just to have destinations. Spent about a half hour and got the car totally warmed up. Hoping tomorrow is the same again here. I drive mine in the winter but only if it's basically guaranteed to not get a lot of salty slush all over it (or even a little).

[bnace10]

Washed it pretty well, filled the tank, put in some fuel stabilizer, gave it a couple pulls up to redline and now she's parked in the garage on the battery tender.

Definitely going to miss it while driving the MK 4 Golf through the winter.

[Gray_Panther]

Originally Posted by bnace10

Washed it pretty well, filled the tank, put in some fuel stabilizer, gave it a couple pulls up to redline and now she's parked in the garage on the battery tender.

Definitely going to miss it while driving the MK 4 Golf through the winter.

I'm in the same boat but my MK4 turned to swiss cheese on wheels so I replaced with a MK7 some years ago. Just waiting for spring to come around again to get the 1er out.

[Suprgnat]

60294 miles.

Plugs

[p][m]

I have been busy this last weekends working in my car.

After debating my self with this if I should or not go head, I finally decided to move forward and replace my dashboard.

My original dashboard was already suffering for the leather popping out and creating a bubble in the passenger airbag area, I tried to fix it as I seen someone explaining heating and applying glue with a syringe below the leather, it has worked was fine but after 2 months even using sun shade it popped up again.

Here some pictures how it was before I removed it:




Also I have retrofitted the NBT EVO ID6 into my car, so the dashboard even having the storage compartment, the middle section was not prepared for the navi unit, so it had to be changed to allow the unit to fit, but to be honest was not at my taste and I like to have it as much original and easy to remove/add as possible, so another point to move ahead with the dashboard replacement with one from a car that has Navi from factory.

To I have started, new dashboard is in place, I am now taking the advantage all is off to get the wring loom for the NBT retrofit in better place and shape.

Here the pictures without the old dashboard and with new one already in:




Since I will be replacing my seats and the new ones the passenger seat doesn't have the occupancy sensor I have decided to retrofit the original on/off switch with the car key, since when I replaced my interior with the original black one from pack M my new roof read light panel has the airbag light and I found the loom for this was already pre-installed in my car and the plug just sitting there inside the dashboard on the passenger side just near where the switch goes.

So I received my on/off airbag switch and after taking some measurements I drilled the hole for the switch in the side panel of the dashboard.

Here the mold I did to mark the side panel to what I had to cut from it:


I looks to me as factory, just need to code it now for it to work:







I have a second E82 123d which I decided to swap the front 1M bumper the previous owner installed by the original pack M one to match the remaining car since it has pack M from factory, for this I had to retrofit the headlight washers holes in the bumper since the one for which I swapped mine didn't had the holes and were just marked as usual from the inside, so with a dremel and very patience I was able to get it done without damaging the paint as it already as the same color matching my car:








Follow weekends I will continue to finish and close all my interior.

[Meestah Chow]

There's a great guide on the M3 section of the forum.

It's pretty simple and it flushes the system instead of just siphoning and diluting the dirty fluid.

[K9Leader]

Okay, one corner done. Will do the other front corner next weekend and (I hope) get started on the rear.



With the wheel well cover off, I pulled out the fog light housing to see if it could be polished and salvaged. It could not. Replacements arrived today and I popped the left side in. Here is the new and the old for comparison - and this was after I tried polishing the old one:

[djacinto]

Completed some more maintenance to the car, she's running very nicely I might add.

I mentioned in my thread about carbon build up on the piston heads. We're at 95k miles now so I'm expecting some but didn't know how much.

Are there any good tunes for n51 to make them run a little richer?

[zx10guy]

Originally Posted by K9Leader

Okay, one corner done. Will do the other front corner next weekend and (I hope) get started on the rear.



With the wheel well cover off, I pulled out the fog light housing to see if it could be polished and salvaged. It could not. Replacements arrived today and I popped the left side in. Here is the new and the old for comparison - and this was after I tried polishing the old one:

You might want to consider doing a clear vinyl wrap over the new fog light(s). I've done so on my cars and to me is well worth it to maintain the clarity of the lenses.

[bnace10]

Originally Posted by Gray_Panther

I'm in the same boat but my MK4 turned to swiss cheese on wheels so I replaced with a MK7 some years ago. Just waiting for spring to come around again to get the 1er out.

I always forget how ridiculously slow the MK4 2.0 is. The first couple weeks are agonizing, but then I get into the groove of redlining every gear to keep up with traffic.

[Gray_Panther]

Originally Posted by bnace10

I always forget how ridiculously slow the MK4 2.0 is. The first couple weeks are agonizing, but then I get into the groove of redlining every gear to keep up with traffic.

Ahh the 2.slowww, reliable and dull ha!
I had the 1.8T neva lose edition!

[Jony722si]

Last test before putting everything back.

Next project

[bnace10]

Originally Posted by Gray_Panther

Ahh the 2.slowww, reliable and dull ha!
I had the 1.8T neva lose edition!

No doubt it's reliable. It's been leaking oil since the day I got it 8 years ago. I couldn't begin to count the amount of times I've stopped on the side of the road to put oil in it because I'm too lazy to check it until the low oil pressure light comes on.

It just keeps going

[tjswarbrick]

Was a couple days ago - but I finally got photos to work again.
First wash of the winter:





Was just going to wash and quick-wax, but noticed a few sticky spots so hit it with the clay bar sponge. Then had to polish out the streaks.

[Gray_Panther]

Originally Posted by bnace10

No doubt it's reliable. It's been leaking oil since the day I got it 8 years ago. I couldn't begin to count the amount of times I've stopped on the side of the road to put oil in it because I'm too lazy to check it until the low oil pressure light comes on.

It just keeps going

Loving it! Curious why you never tracked down the source of the leak? Sounds like valve cover seal.

How many miles on your 2.slow?