Recent content by Matt.rowley.1990

This is my one: As far as I’m concerned, this is as good as you’ll get on a manual M Sport 30i. Refreshed suspension, new wheels and tyres, new windscreen, fully upgraded sound system with CarPlay, immaculate bodywork, thoroughly maintained and refreshed engine, upgraded brakes and all the...

What’s your budget, Tony? The 3L N52s are generally harder to come by, more so in M Sport guise. Also, is it a manual you’re after?

“Reconditioned” rack has arrived. Now the long wait till September 14th when I get it fitted.

On my E89, I was able to access them from the top of the engine bay. It was fiddly and I imagine a small mirror would help. Nonetheless, I did it within an hour and honestly there was basically nothing on mine. I've no idea if they'd been cleaned in the past (such as when the VANOS recall was...

Now you’re just like one of the AliExpress digital dashes that doesn’t have the correct Z4 images embedded!

There is no idle control valve on an N52. Have you tried the basics such as replacing the VANOS solenoids? Would be a cheap and quick test.

There's a more recent recall that was issued in 2023 or 2024.

I believe 25 is the location and it is a 25 amp fuse.

Just reading through this. I welcome the view from the more experience but my view is: No sensor failure will blow a 25 amp fuse for the roof. The sensors will interface with the roof control module and these are all low voltage interfaces. Any failure to these will be handled gracefully and...

Exhaust note shouldn’t be impacted by spark plugs unless you had a misfire or other running issues. They won’t have any impact on the volume or tone of the exhaust. The tone of the exhaust when cold will be due to a number of factors, with the biggest being: Acoustic performance of the metal...

To be blunt, yes, you are being silly. Now, there’s the whole argument about the proficiency of dealers and their technical abilities but they follow strict repair guides and technical documentation. They are paid by BMW to perform recalls, so there is no interest to perform a recall to a lower...

Well, I had one of those moments where I just sat in the car to unwind from the day and the EPAS errors were coming through left right and centre. I’d be a fool to think the rack would repair itself, so have ordered a reconditioned unit. I have seen others in the forum use Hirsche and they...

No steering rack errors since first encountered, so gave her a quick clean and went for a bit of a drive.

An annoying one today. Started up the car to take it out for its first spin in a few weeks and was greeted with a steering issue. I turned the thing off and back on and all was well again. It didn’t present any issues throughout the drive or after re-starting again. Given what I’ve read from...

Yep, my other car is a G20 330e. It seems to be a lottery between the A or B variant of the B48 in those cars. Thankfully mine has the B variant, so when I get around to tuning, I should be at around 425bhp 😃.