» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | looove 04-16-2024 01:18 PM 04-16-2024 01:18 PM 0 Replies, 1,291 Views | | lolita porn 04-13-2024 11:45 PM 04-13-2024 11:45 PM 0 Replies, 592 Views | lolita porn 04-13-2024 11:43 PM 04-13-2024 11:44 PM 1 Replies, 489 Views | lolita porn 04-13-2024 11:40 PM 04-13-2024 11:41 PM 1 Replies, 504 Views | lolita porn 04-13-2024 11:38 PM 04-13-2024 11:39 PM 1 Replies, 499 Views | lolita porn 04-13-2024 11:36 PM 04-13-2024 11:37 PM 1 Replies, 516 Views | lolita porn 04-13-2024 11:35 PM 04-13-2024 11:35 PM 0 Replies, 495 Views | lolita porn 04-13-2024 11:34 PM 04-13-2024 11:34 PM 0 Replies, 487 Views | lolita porn 04-13-2024 11:33 PM 04-13-2024 11:33 PM 0 Replies, 477 Views | | | | | 01-25-2012, 10:24 PM | #1 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Fremont, CA Posts: 148 | Oil filter housing Leak and some preventative stuff... I finally got a chance to have some work done on Trixie. I'm dropping her off at Motorspeed West, a BMW specialist here in , for some work. First, I have a huge oil leak. It looks like the area around the oil filter housing and the entire bottom of the engine are covered in oil. I think its the oil filter housing, so they're going to change the gasket tomorrow. Second, I'm going to have them change those plastic cooling connectors on the side of the block and the back of the head. She's at 176K miles and the original parts are still on her, so I'm getting those replaced ASAP. Finally, she hasn't had a transmission or differential fluid change in about 140K miles. The previous owner was good about having the oil changed every 3-5K miles, but used dinosaur oil and didn't even realize that the transmission and differential fluid need to be changed. I plan on getting the differential rebuilt later this year, so they're just going to use plain Pennzoil synthetic in that, but the transmission is getting filled with Redline. When they rebuild the differential, I'll have them use Redline in that too. This is going to clean out my mad money, but I figure its a good first step to getting Trixie back in shape. I've already started on the paint chips on the hood. I'm also ordering new fog lights - something was bouncing down the freeway the other night and took one of them out. No bumper damage, but the fog light was busted. I'm replacing them with projector units. I might upgrade to HID headlights next. I saw a conversion kit on eBay for about $50. My two big repairs after these are done is a new clutch/guibo/center support bearing with a SSK, and a rebuild of the differential to take care of a bad pinion gear. She's also making a ticking noise when warm that is driving me nuts. She's fine when cold, but after running for a few minutes you start hearing a tick-tick-tick noise from the driver side. I thought it was a bad lifter at first, but you barely hear it from the passenger side, which is where I'd expect to hear it since the valve cover is on that side. I'm going to try to post video clips so forum members can listen to it and give me their opinion. I'll probably do that this weekend. __________________ Trixie Alpine White 1996 BMW 318ti Sport | | | 01-25-2012, 11:12 PM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Wichita Falls, Texas Posts: 1,364 | I'd be interested to know what your bill comes to for the oil leak fix and plastic pipe replacement. | | | 01-25-2012, 11:56 PM | #3 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 1,464 | Quote: Originally Posted by jca I'd be interested to know what your bill comes to for the oil leak fix and plastic pipe replacement. | +1 (because I think the grand total for all those parts is about $30, while I'd suspect that the labor cost is several hundred dollars...) | | | 01-26-2012, 04:27 AM | #4 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Fremont, CA Posts: 148 | The total is going to be $450 for the oil filter housing, plastic cooling connectors, Redline in the transmission and differential, and an engine cleaning. __________________ Trixie Alpine White 1996 BMW 318ti Sport | | | 01-28-2012, 10:56 AM | #5 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Fremont, CA Posts: 148 | I'm glad to report that Trixie is doing better. The ticking noise seems to be gone. I'll drive her more this weekend to make sure. She used to bind shifting into fifth, but that seems to have improved with the addition of the Redline ATF. I still need to clean the bottom of the engine, so I plan to put her on ramps and spray the bottom with GUNK. I'm also glad I got those cooling pipes fixed. She's a great daily driver. __________________ Trixie Alpine White 1996 BMW 318ti Sport | | | | Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 2 (0 members and 2 guests) | | Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | |