Project 2006 Z4 - restoration (Enjoy!)
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You've inspired me to do a restoration job on my coupe I've had it about eight months and done 12k miles in it already. So rather than depreciate the value too drastically I'm retiring it from daily duties and I'll start giving it a makeover like you are doing. Great work it's been interesting to read and as I said earlier an inspiration.
W17GLE said:
My pleasure!! Good luck with yours! Post your progress will you?
Andy
andyfanshawe said:
I've got the new daily driver now so I'll slowly start making progress on the coupe. It's the start of the big clean today. I'll post a link to a thread once I've got some updates. It'll end up a bit of a show queen as I've got my mx5 for spirited driving duties and I'm going to have the coupe as my show and shine type car.
Fantastic. Best of luck, and, most of all, enjoy it!
Andy.
Andy.
Not had mhch time to work on my z4, but its tucked up at the back of my workshop.
Anyway, i wanted a wind deflector and all associated hardware (hoops, boot brackets etc), so contacted
Mizzy, at bmw parts and servicing,
unit 2 mill entrance,
whalley road,
clayton le moors,
bb5 5hd
Tel: 01254230033,
Fantastic service, and Mizzy say if anyone needs any bmw advice,they can ring me.
Photos to come, but paid £150 for everything.
Andy
Anyway, i wanted a wind deflector and all associated hardware (hoops, boot brackets etc), so contacted
Mizzy, at bmw parts and servicing,
unit 2 mill entrance,
whalley road,
clayton le moors,
bb5 5hd
Tel: 01254230033,
Fantastic service, and Mizzy say if anyone needs any bmw advice,they can ring me.
Photos to come, but paid £150 for everything.
Andy
Mizzy is "bmwexpert2014" on ebay
enzed4 said:As you'll have the new hoop covers to install, they'll be easy to paint...... red, before you fit them
Only things that are going red are the calipers!! Well, some underside components may be, ......perhaps. :wink:
Was going to ask if you had any red bits, but sounded a bit wrong!
Andy.
May be a possibility that my tyre sizes are wrong! Gonna check tomorrow.
Can someone confirm - are the wheels the same size front and rear?
Andy.
Can someone confirm - are the wheels the same size front and rear?
Andy.
Been driving the Z4 around for a few days and it is gorgeous in the sun with the top down. I told my Wife I was having an affair with a black girl! hahaha. Me and my z4 are one!!
Anyway, popped into stratstone BMW for the under wing plastic foglight access panel that was missing
Here's a photo of the view from the parts dept chair while I was waiting!
Bought 4 plugs for about £10 each. NGK iridium
Notice the aftermarket coil here
Im going to scope the waveforms to the aftermarket one and the OE ones and post the results. Be interesting to see how they compare.
Changed the air filter, and the box underneath had loads of sand in it. Blew it out with compressed air and sandblasted my face. Bloody hurts.
Also cleaned throttle body out round the butterfly but it was hardly dirty.
Taking it to the seaside tomorrow so should be a nice day. Taking my youngest son Adam with me, whos 13, and he said its a sexy car!!
Andy.
Anyway, popped into stratstone BMW for the under wing plastic foglight access panel that was missing
Here's a photo of the view from the parts dept chair while I was waiting!
Bought 4 plugs for about £10 each. NGK iridium
Notice the aftermarket coil here
Im going to scope the waveforms to the aftermarket one and the OE ones and post the results. Be interesting to see how they compare.
Changed the air filter, and the box underneath had loads of sand in it. Blew it out with compressed air and sandblasted my face. Bloody hurts.
Also cleaned throttle body out round the butterfly but it was hardly dirty.
Taking it to the seaside tomorrow so should be a nice day. Taking my youngest son Adam with me, whos 13, and he said its a sexy car!!
Andy.
Oh, for the spark plug aficionados out there, here are the old plugs
Oh, and for completeness, here's the old and new air filters
Andy.
Oh, and for completeness, here's the old and new air filters
Andy.
Haha, "sandblasted my face, bloody hurts" - it's when the eyes get it the pain really starts!
Finally got round to fitting my wind deflector!
Look at the bloody state of the pollen filter
and the dead leaves left behind in the slot
If someone cant be bothered to service the pollen filter, doesn't bode well for the rest of the car does it?!! :headbang:
Oh, Im gonna change the clutch, 'cos its annoying and I want to do it anyway,...for fun!!
Andy.
Look at the bloody state of the pollen filter
and the dead leaves left behind in the slot
If someone cant be bothered to service the pollen filter, doesn't bode well for the rest of the car does it?!! :headbang:
Oh, Im gonna change the clutch, 'cos its annoying and I want to do it anyway,...for fun!!
Andy.
oh, can anyone tell me......is the clutch one of those fancy self adjusting ones?
Just out enjoying my car and look what popped up on my dashboard in the middle of the M1
So, out with the verus and lets see what comes up...
So its a VVT fault, cat code and immobiliser issue.
Interestingly, over the last couple of days I have turned the key and nothing! Not even a click. Couple of tries later, and it starts as normal. So the immobiliser fault code makes sense.
Back to verus and into the immobiliser data..
Typical! The data was absolutely fine. So the intermittent start fault is not present.
Also noticed that it was key 3. But ive only got 2. So, i swapped keys over and here we are
So that is key 2. What the hell happened to key 1?! No doubt it was lost at some point.
Onto the VVT fault. Back to verus, and into actuator tests for the inlet and exhaust solenoids
Heres a screenshot of the inlet solenoid actuation procedure
Which did absolutely nothing!
Then the exhaust solenoid and the engine stumbled around for a bit. So focus goes to inlet one.
Both solenoids out and activated on the bench and blown through with compressed air
Both seemed to work okay on the bench with nothing obvious.
And back on the car
Cleared the codes and driven and nothing has come back yet.
So onto the CAT code. Back to verus and into EOBD and heres what appeared
This code only appears after about 10 mins on the motorway, Nothing when being driven around town.
When I first bought the car, there was an ignition coil in the door pocket, and number 3 cylinder one has been replaced. I wonder if the car was misfiring for quite a time and has contaminated the CAT.
Ran out of time, but live data when driving tomorrow of the 2 post CAT sensors.
Poor car. Wants some love.
Andy.
So, out with the verus and lets see what comes up...
So its a VVT fault, cat code and immobiliser issue.
Interestingly, over the last couple of days I have turned the key and nothing! Not even a click. Couple of tries later, and it starts as normal. So the immobiliser fault code makes sense.
Back to verus and into the immobiliser data..
Typical! The data was absolutely fine. So the intermittent start fault is not present.
Also noticed that it was key 3. But ive only got 2. So, i swapped keys over and here we are
So that is key 2. What the hell happened to key 1?! No doubt it was lost at some point.
Onto the VVT fault. Back to verus, and into actuator tests for the inlet and exhaust solenoids
Heres a screenshot of the inlet solenoid actuation procedure
Which did absolutely nothing!
Then the exhaust solenoid and the engine stumbled around for a bit. So focus goes to inlet one.
Both solenoids out and activated on the bench and blown through with compressed air
Both seemed to work okay on the bench with nothing obvious.
And back on the car
Cleared the codes and driven and nothing has come back yet.
So onto the CAT code. Back to verus and into EOBD and heres what appeared
This code only appears after about 10 mins on the motorway, Nothing when being driven around town.
When I first bought the car, there was an ignition coil in the door pocket, and number 3 cylinder one has been replaced. I wonder if the car was misfiring for quite a time and has contaminated the CAT.
Ran out of time, but live data when driving tomorrow of the 2 post CAT sensors.
Poor car. Wants some love.
Andy.
