What have you done to your car today?

Gaygle · 9 May 2019 at 23:09

almoststew1990 said:
To do:
Clean all wheel sensors, replace if needed to get rid of traction control coming on and killing all power for an instant, every 10 seconds (MOT failure I think).

Top tip - if you need new wheel speed sensors, or "pulse generators" as BMW like to call them, don't buy them new because they cost a fortune. Get some second hand ones as they are approximately £10-20 Vs £70-100. They came fitted to pretty much every E46 so there are thousands of the things second hand.

Oh and when trying to get the tiny hex bolts out, be careful. The rust terribly and hex heads suck. Impact tools work well, as does heat. Don't round the head as they're a ball ache to remove if you ruin the head.

azazl187 · 9 May 2019 at 23:15

tom_e said:
Done some more digging when I got home. Wasn't the coil or plugs, I was getting an o2 sensor error code caused by a faulty oil pressure switch letting oil into the loom and coat the plug connectors.

£5 switch and a can of contact cleaner later and the error code is gone.

And will be back within a week I expect

Diagro · 9 May 2019 at 23:31

Found my speed sensor wires on drivers side to have been ground through my the tyre.
So now I get a random and light due to shorting of the cables.

Need to replace the entire wire or splice in clean wires -.-

Akagi · 9 May 2019 at 23:55

Diagro said:
Found my speed sensor wires on drivers side to have been ground through my the tyre.
So now I get a random and light due to shorting of the cables.

Need to replace the entire wire or splice in clean wires -.-

Just... How

tom_e · 10 May 2019 at 05:47

azazl187 said:
And will be back within a week I expect

You're not wrong, Looks like a couple of weeks of cleaning the plugs every now and again until there's no more oil and then probably a replacement o2 sensor

azazl187 · 10 May 2019 at 07:04

tom_e said:
You're not wrong, Looks like a couple of weeks of cleaning the plugs every now and again until there's no more oil and then probably a replacement o2 sensor

Fun times. Cars are such time sinks

Diagro · 10 May 2019 at 07:05

Acme said:
Just... How

Probably came loose.

vanpeebles · 10 May 2019 at 08:41

Not put something back together properly?

grudas · 10 May 2019 at 08:48

Diagro said:
Probably came loose.

tbf it sounds like your whole car is loose

Armageus · 10 May 2019 at 08:48

Acme said:
Just... How

Flawless example innit

Diagro · 10 May 2019 at 08:50

vanpeebles said:
Not put something back together properly?

I didn't do the last bit of work to the car in that area, so it seems the garage who did didn't clip the wire back into its mount on the dampener...
I can see where it's rubbed through.

Not a problem really, just need to strip the cable back, splice a new one in, heatshrink it in place and done

Firestar_3x · 10 May 2019 at 08:52

I'm waiting for a door to fall off.

Diagro · 10 May 2019 at 08:56

Armageus said:
Flawless example innit

Compared to a lot of them yes. As I spend time and money maintaining it.

Firestar_3x said:
I'm waiting for a door to fall off.

Not going to happen!
I checked the hinge bolts recently and greased them as one was creaking haha

Akagi · 10 May 2019 at 08:58

I misread it last night while tired, I thought it said it had ground through your tyre :eek:

-westy- · 10 May 2019 at 09:19

Diagro said:
Compared to a lot of them yes. As I spend time and money maintaining it.

Clearly not

Jony27 · 10 May 2019 at 09:40

Not me personally but had the dealer sort out my sunvisors(cracked/paint smears) and replaced the actuator on the petrol cap.
Getting new set of rubber fitted tomorrow as one has a bulge on the side wall and thought I may as well replace the whole set.

-westy- · 10 May 2019 at 10:23

New pair of tyres being fitted this afternoon - got 18k out of a pair of fronts, not bad!

LawAbidingCitizen · 10 May 2019 at 21:54

I'm looking to buy a car and modify it to go faster, from what I've heard the way to make a car faster is to improve acceleration handling and braking. I was wondering what mods are best to improve my 0-60 time?

LawAbidingCitizen · 10 May 2019 at 21:55

Also the car I'm looking at buying is a jaguar s type 3 litre v6 2000, it's quite cheap plus I could learn how to do some basic maintenance work with it along with learning how to modify cars properly

Akagi · 10 May 2019 at 21:55

LawAbidingCitizen said:
I'm looking to buy a car and modify it to go faster, from what I've heard the way to make a car faster is to improve acceleration handling and braking. I was wondering what mods are best to improve my 0-60 time?