learn from my mistakes…
It’s been a while blog… Here’s a quick entry regarding a little disaster I had recently. Driving along one day and I get a “low oil” message on my display. This isn’t the first time I’ve seen it, it’s been about 5,000 miles since my last oil change with a few autocrosses mixed in so…
Foreword: By request! Here’s a super simple maintenance task that will save you some out of warranty money from the dealer. Not much to say about this one, super easy, only 2 tools needed, hardest part is bending to get under the dash to get to the nuts and torx screws out. Prerequisites: T15 torx…
Foreward: I thought I blew my subwoofer… Keyword there is thought. On my way to an AutoX event back in November I was driving on the highway to the event, listening to news radio at a low volume. All of a sudden I get a “passenger restraint system” warning on the screen… It goes away pretty…
Foreward Sooooo…. I had an unfortunate incident with a parking spot stopper thing. You know, those concrete things that stop you from pulling up to far… Yea, went over one that had a piece of rebar barely sticking out of one of the 2 holes in it… It was just enough to easily pass under…
Foreword It’s an oil change DIY. Not much more to say. It’s really straight forward but I enjoy writing these, so why not. Prerequisites Make sure you have the tools needed for the job: 7 liters of the oil of your choice (I use the standard BMW Twin Power Turbo 5w-30) New oil filter…
Looking to start using some e85 in your car but are unsure how to start? Here’s my experience with it. Hopefully it helps clear up some of the confusion I had about it.
Inside you’ll find a very in depth look at how I use E85, how to analyze your logs, E85 facts from California’s largest E85 distributor, the importance timing plays in tuning, and more.
On the various BMW 3 series forums I wasn’t able to find a good pictorial/instructional step by step post on how to change the spark plugs out on an N55 F30 335i. There isn’t much out there in terms of what needs to be done to access all of the spark plugs. Here you will…