Project 2006 Z4 - restoration (Enjoy!)

andyfanshawe said:
crabbes said:
Hi Andy

Regarding your post on a friend that had fault codes reading bank 2 lean, I have this appear on my dash engine light, roughly after the 3rd or 4th long run, when I use my fault cable it allows me to clear the codes.

I am now using the Shell V power fuel but codes do come back, can you advise how to rectify this please.

Z4 roadster 2004 model

Thanks Steve :thumbsup:

Hi Steve.
Sorry, only just seen this! Ooops!
Can you give me the actual fault codes?
Bank 1 and 2 lean is normally an indication of an air leak assuming fuel trims are okay above idle. Otherwise fuel delivery issue (MAP, fuel pressure etc).
One bank lean (cyls 4, 5 and 6 for you) means more diagnosis needed. If the pre cat sensor on bank 2 and the post cat sensor on bank 2 both read lean then one sensor is confirming what the other one says and more diagnosis is needed.
If the pre cat one indicates lean and the post cat is not, you have a faulty pre cat o2 sensor.

Hope this is of some help and its not too late.
Andy.

Forgot to say,....could still be an air leak though. i would smoke that intake straightaway.
 
Next job on my z4 done today...vanos solenoid seals.

And the brackets that hold them in - rusty little blighters!

Media blasted them and swapped over 2 new seals on each.

Crappy photos here, but
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Not felt a difference in the way it drives though, so old ones must have been pretty good! Looked ok when I changed them over.

Andy.
 
Sorry to hear you're selling the Z Andy, but after spending some time with you and seeing what you've got planned I totally understand.

Hopefully you'll drop by here and show us what you've done when the big projects are finished.

All the best, and keep in touch! :thumbsup: :driving: :D
 
Hi Andy,

This is my first post. I am not the Z4 owner yet.
I read all 26 pages of your project and I am impressed.
I admire your work, there are very few people like you. You are very detailed :thumbsup:

Although I am from Croatia (Europe - LHD) I would like to buy your car. It will be second car in my family and I would continue to maintain this beauty of Z4. Despite the big mileage, I think that in good hands will be great for many years.

Please tell me the price you are asking, and what is emmision of CO2... 176 or 181 grams ?
It is important for the tax I have to pay to customs in my country.

Thanks,
Mladen
 
Hello
Andy I would also like to know the price IV been looking for a nice little z4 for a few years promising one day I would get one and can see how much work you have put in to it I'm in the west Midlands and would love to have a look at it thanks David
 
Sory guys, not logged on for ages. Business has been busy and my poor zed has been lurking under a cover at the back of my workshop for ages. Poor thing.
It is started up daily and moved around (sometimes around the industrial estate a few times to get it warmed up). A/C cycled up also.
Needs a good polish now which I will do next few days.
The restrored wheels are looking amazing inside and out still. Credit to Brian at just alloys. And, no, I'm not being paid commission.
A customer came in last week when the zed was on my lift and I was polishing the wheels inside and out! Easy to do when its 7 feet in the air! He was amaxed. Probably can see why, but normal to me with show cars.

My 91 camaro project is progressing well and I need loads and loads of time on it. Gotta move my z4 on soon so someone can actually use it.
Here's the back axle waiting to go into the car
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i promised myself that i wouldn't turn this into a show car, but i seem to be failing!! Got to try to resist more...heres a shot of the underside where the chassis rail meets the rear valance.
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Not bad for a 27 year old car.
And how is this for sad........I have cut out the rear inner arch sections where it spot welds to the outer quarter panel. Notorious rustspots on older cars and I hate to see it. So i removed it from the inside without marking the outer skin! A tough task but look at how beautiful the wheel arch lip is in.
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Andy.
 
And.....................interesting news lately..........................Been having a few aches and pains recently in my left hip and my back has always been stiff, so nipped off to the docs to get a checkout. I was sent for an x ray and it took me 6 months to go and get the results! yeah, yeah, i know.

Anyway, apparently i have osteo arthritis in my left hip and lower spine. Xrays showing damage. Wish i hadn't have gone now :(
So it looks as if my very very sporty past and active lifestyle for the last 57 years has worn my joints out. Suppose its better than smoking and drinking myself to death!! Never had a cig and last alcoholic drink I had was when I was 17 back in 1978 (didn't like it).
Excesses eh?
So, I am under no illusion that my days working on cars are numbered. And I'm determined that my 2 american car projects are not going to end up as "unfinished projects" on ebay, so my priority is to get these finished off before i can go no further. i don't know where the finish line is or how quickly I will get there so its all hands to the deck to get my car affairs in order. So the z4 needs to go to someone who will look after it and finish it off (the few tiny jobs it needs anyway). The car needs a foster parent so to speak! Someone to take over from me. Already had a potential carer pop in to see it, but wasn't suitable. Lol!!

Andy.
 
That's terrible news Andy. I hope there are some good medication options available that will allow you to continue doing what you love for as long as possible.
Best of luck mate, you have been an inspiration to many of us with your technical know-how, and amazing 'can-do' attitude.
Kia Kaha.
 
Andy
So sorry to hear about your medical condition. Your link was titled Restoration (Enjoy !), well I certainly have along with many others and would thank you for your valuable contributions.
I do hope that your condition is not too restrictive and that you can still enjoy what is obviously your passion.

Good luck and all the best, Mick
 
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andyfanshawe said:
And.....................interesting news lately..........................Been having a few aches and pains recently in my left hip and my back has always been stiff, so nipped off to the docs to get a checkout. I was sent for an x ray and it took me 6 months to go and get the results! yeah, yeah, i know.

Anyway, apparently i have osteo arthritis in my left hip and lower spine. Xrays showing damage. Wish i hadn't have gone now :(
So it looks as if my very very sporty past and active lifestyle for the last 57 years has worn my joints out. Suppose its better than smoking and drinking myself to death!! Never had a cig and last alcoholic drink I had was when I was 17 back in 1978 (didn't like it).
Excesses eh?
So, I am under no illusion that my days working on cars are numbered. And I'm determined that my 2 american car projects are not going to end up as "unfinished projects" on ebay, so my priority is to get these finished off before i can go no further. i don't know where the finish line is or how quickly I will get there so its all hands to the deck to get my car affairs in order. So the z4 needs to go to someone who will look after it and finish it off (the few tiny jobs it needs anyway). The car needs a foster parent so to speak! Someone to take over from me. Already had a potential carer pop in to see it, but wasn't suitable. Lol!!

Andy.


Sorry to hear of your problems Andy, you won't remember this but ironically when I originally came to see you its was because I had a bad back :roll:
Good luck for the future and I really hope you get those projects completed before you hang up your spanners.
Although you will be Zedless soon please keep coming on and updating the forum and maybe when I'm passing if you don't mind I can pop into your workshop to view the results first hand.


Jim.
 
And its finally out of my workshop. Dug oiut of the far corner, polished up and off for MOT test
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Passed with no advisories.
Going to tax it tomorrow and actually enjoy the thing while I get customers cars done and my other projects moving.

Oh, an update on this osteo arthritis thing I was diagnosed with........went to see the physio 4 weeks after the news and she looked at the x ray and said it was hip and back wear consistent with a 57 year old!! She didnt agree with the diagnosis at all! Bloody NHS. Went ahead with the physio anyway and everything seems normal at the moment. So its back to the car projects after all.

Andy.

PS Hope all the forum members enjoy their summer motoring in their Zeds :D :driving:
 
Hey Andy, I've just been through this entire thread and was simply amazed at your drive at turning this car around.

I've just bought a 56 plate coupe myself and want to bring it back to glory as well. Recently I pulled out the foglights and tried to sort out the condensation but to no avail. I intended to pull them apart at some stage and clean them but the reflective coating, like yours, is shot.

Anyway, to cut a long story short, what did you end up doing to yours? I'm not sure if I missed anything but you hadn't decided their fate.
 
Z4C_er said:
Hey Andy, I've just been through this entire thread and was simply amazed at your drive at turning this car around.

I've just bought a 56 plate coupe myself and want to bring it back to glory as well. Recently I pulled out the foglights and tried to sort out the condensation but to no avail. I intended to pull them apart at some stage and clean them but the reflective coating, like yours, is shot.

Anyway, to cut a long story short, what did you end up doing to yours? I'm not sure if I missed anything but you hadn't decided their fate.
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Thank you for the compliment! Fog lights....I eventually, after aqua blasting, etch primed them and srayed them in the brightest silver I could find, then lacquered and sealed them back up. Then got on with other projects. Will probably never use them, so quickest was best.

BUT......I have now started electroplating at home, so they will most likely be coming apart again and be electroplated!! Watch this space.

Andy.
 
andyfanshawe said:
Oh, an update on this osteo arthritis thing I was diagnosed with........went to see the physio 4 weeks after the news and she looked at the x ray and said it was hip and back wear consistent with a 57 year old!! She didnt agree with the diagnosis at all! Bloody NHS. Went ahead with the physio anyway and everything seems normal at the moment. So its back to the car projects after all.

Andy.

PS Hope all the forum members enjoy their summer motoring in their Zeds :D :driving:
That's bloody brilliant news mate :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Get stuck in and get the yank tank finished :lol:
 
Thanks Andy. I foresee maybe a business restoring foglights??
Next question, can you share the name of some of the products you use for rust treatment/neutralisers and an 'aluminium spray' you used on the underbody once? Also any coating/treatment products you found useful during your restoration projects?
 
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