Today we have Stuart’s beautiful Z4 in for an inspection 1 service and brake fluid replacement. This car is in totally immaculate condition, and is being serviced ready for sale, as an upgrade to a Z4M is on the list. It’s a beautiful colour combination and a fully loaded 3 litre model.
Category: BMW
Bmw X5 E53 4.4i automatic transmission fluid and filter
Hi everyone. This is a guide on how to replace your transmission fluid on your X5, it also includes the filter replacement. First off. The fluid is considered by BMW as lifetime fluid and not replacement necessary. With a fairly high rate of automatic transmission failures it’s becoming more common to replace at maximum 60k […]
Z3M Roadster brake inspection
The brakes on this gorgeous Z3M look old and tired, and the braking performance is below what we expect for an M car. Time to strip out the pads and see what’s going on. The car is running EBC redstuff pads. These pads should be a good inprovement over standard spec pads, but the brakes […]
Jacks BMW E46 M3
Jacks lovely low mileage example of a pampered E46 M3. The perfect colour combo?
BMW E46 316i and 318i M43 engine oil filter housing leak
Today we have Georgina’s 316i in to repair the large oil leak from the oil filter housing. This problem is very common on the M43 engine and we’ve seen cars with as little as 20k miles showing early signs of oil leaking from the filter housing where it joins into the engine block. as you […]
Bmw E39 M5 rear top mounts
This M5 has developed some light insulated suspension clonks from the rear of the car. Time for some new shock absorber top mounts. New top mounts to be fitted. To access the mounts the rears seats need to be removed. And the shock absorber unbolted at the bottom where it joins the rear suspension. Now […]
BMW E46 Automatic transmission fluid change ATF
Today we are servicing the automatic tranmission on this E46 325ti Compact. The car has covered only 46000 miles, and drives faultlessly. BMW claim that the ATF is ‘lifetime’ oil and never needs replacing, however we all know that in the real world even the best specification oils degrade, and what exactly does Lifetime mean? […]
