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I have a bavarian autosport oil extractor that was used ONCE. Still in the original box with all the stuff it came with. Purchased back in 2011. Comes with a socket for the oil filter housing but I am not sure exactly what models it works on. I used it on a 2004 Z4. $75 shipped lower 48 states...

I have a set of lightly used carpeted floor mats I bought off of a member on another forum. I never used them, just left them to hang in the closet. Sold the car and don't have a use for them. Comes with the velcro pads. Looking for $55 shipped or BEST OFFER, in the lower 48 states.

going to end up selling it saturday. I will probably pick up another one in a few years. I do like the car, I just don't use it anymore and I can use the 10k the dealer will give me for it. hopefully by then I can get a hard top or even an M at a reasonable price.

its paid off and I could use 10k+ on my savings account I suspect a clutch job on this car would cost 1-1.5k?

there could be but I am not really in the mood to research that. The dealer I would go to I at least know, we take my wife's mini there. Unless it was covered under my extended warranty, I wouldn't pay to have them tear it apart and figure it out. I'll probably just end up selling it.

i think that is the plan next week to get it into an actual BMW dealer and see what they say about the transmission. Least they'll give me a loaner car. and I assume doing something like a fluid change in the transmission and/or brake/clutch isn't going to help?

they said it started right up and acted like it had a lot of fuel dumped into the cylinders...well no s**t, I told them that. Whats weird is I couldn't get the damn thing to start after pulling the plugs, drying them off, letting everything sit for like 8 hours, cranking it with the pedal to...

id ont know, I'm to afraid to lay a plug out on the engine and crank it. I think if I was getting spark, the engine would do more than it is and ther wouldn't be so much unburnt fuel in the cylinders. is there something I can do with a multimeter on the coil, the coil wiring, etc that can at...

is the text at least white? If the text isn't white, the screen is having problems. Collision place broke the housing on my screen once so it didn't open any more, they replaced it with a used part and the screen had like a brownish/green hue to everything. other than it looking horrible from...

well, its getting towed tomorrow :( so much fun...my $50 dollars from the insurance company will probably cover the drivers ability to help push it out of the garage and the time it will take him to maneuver the truck down the drive way.

Yes, don't get the retro fit junk unless you like taking the car to a detailer to shampoo your carpets when the things snap and your drink spills all over the place. unless you have to actually drink something while you drive, I just carry one of those 4 cup, cardboard/paper things from a...

here is a really dump question can i check for spark (at least at the coil wire) using a timing light?

guess it is going to sit for today and I'll try it in the morning.

with the plugs out, I just held the pedal to the floor and cranked it over a few times. I also wiped and brushed the plugs to clean them up. I'm going to let everything sit for a bit and air dry and see what happens I have no idea how to check for spark and I want to do it safely and I need to...

Pulled all the plugs, they are wet and smell like gas. pics: http://starshipvonbraun.com/von/ss//103_PANA//P1040284.JPG http://starshipvonbraun.com/von/ss//103_PANA//P1040286.JPG