Recent content by Gebbly

There are also good videos on youtube showing how its done.

So I plan to replace the faulty brake pipe and whilst at it might as well replace all 4. Looking at @Mr Tidy 's photo and also https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showparts?id=DU92-EUR-05-2006-E86-BMW-Z4_M32&diagId=34_1500 I *think* the pipe in question is part 5 in the diagram. It was the...

Occasionally a stranger will comment on my M but there was a moment of panic a week ago in crawling traffic as 2 lanes merged and someone in the car next to me about to merge started matching my crawl speed and gesticulating at me through his window. I thought he was trying to tell me something...

All I had to do was connect the car wiring to the bluemusic device, the bluemusic connector to the back of the head unit and turn to aux. Then on the phone go to bluetooth and scan for devices. There should be one called bluemusic, connect to it. Then if you play music on your phone it uses the...

The brake line was indeed rubbing on the tyre and had worn away part of the plastic sheething. RAC man didnt want to disconnect in case it reintroduced the leak so it is held back with a cable tie and hopefully that holds until I can get home.

I can just about get my hand back there and I can feel towards the front of the rear arch there is a pipe or tube and it is touching the rear wheel on the inside. Is there some sort of clip or something that should hold the pipe away from the tire?

I spoke to my mechanic on the phone and he said it could be fluid level but could be something else so call RAC to make sure it's safe. RAC guy found leaking brake line in offside rear arch. Disconnected, cleaned, reconnected and tightened and leak fixed. Seemed ok so he left. Then I tried...

Halfords reckons ordinary dot4 is not appropriate and suggests dot4 ESP?

If the petrol station does not have dot4 will any sort of brake fluid do?

Thanks for the fast reply. After some searching on here I saw other mentions of brake fluid. Just checked the reservior and it's right on the min level. I think the first time it happened I was going up hill. Are there different types of brake fluid like engine oil? I am in a premier Inn next to...

Hi All, As usual I am after advice. Over the last week we have driven maybe 200 miles on holiday. This afternoon whilst driving the 'handbrake on' red warning light came on whilst doing about 40 then went off after about 5 seconds. It happened another couple weeks of times on a drive. Any idea...

Regarding music from your phone its ever so easy and there are many ways to achieve it. There are various bluetooth devices that can be fitted. Some have attached them near the CD changer in the boot. I have a "Bluemusic" adapter which has a car facing connector on one end of the set of wires...

I experimented with an android head unit a little while ago and I'm pretty sure i was able to program those 2 buttons to do a selection of things with the stereo like start satnav or switch to mp3 player etc.

Has anyone got any thoughts on the following please? On a drive this evening I noticed a warning light come on on the dashboard. referencing https://www.athensbmw.com/bmw-warning-lights-and-symbols/ the symbol is the "Emissions" warning. "An emissions light is easily confused with an engine...

I see thanks. Is the plastic part attached to the surrounding area in some way or just slotted in loose?