Recent content by craig_p

I would advise just biting the bullet and buying a new pair of OEM springs, as used springs could just give you the same problems a few months down the line. BMW's are notorious for breaking rear springs so why not give yourself piece of mind with a shiny new pair? On my car BMW would only...

Thanks for the reply. Generally during the week the car either sits in the driveway or does the occasional short run to the train station. The excess smoke (and I mean a lot of smoke, not just a mere puff out the exhaust) seems to be happening after long runs or when it's been driven harder...

Afternoon all. I’m looking for some ideas of what could be causing the excess smoke from the exhaust on start up. It generally doesn’t happen when starting from cold but if the car has been running then left to sit for anything up to 30 minutes there is a LOT of grey smoke when the engine...