u/the_ssarb

Hi everyone. Ever since i got the car the AC has smelled pretty badly right after turning off the compressor. No smells are present in fan mode or heat mode. It cools pretty good though. I am guessing 26 years have caked layers of dust and grime in the evaporator. Can it be cleaned without having to take off the entire AC unit (and having to discharge the system), or can it even be cleaned at all?

Since i will be doing an engine swap probably within a year and i will be replacing quite literally everything up front, maybe its worth it to also replace the evaporator and heater core? In that case which brands to go for?

Lately i have been getting annoyed by the original 26 year old clutch because it would jerk every time i would go from a stop and the flywheel was knocking like mad when engine was cold. I didnt wanna spend a grand on a brand new clutch only to have the engine swapped within a year, so i decided to grab used known good flywheel and pressure plate and buy a new friction disc. I also got a new FTE clutch slave because it was leaking like mad.

Took the trans out, installed the parts and everything seemed all and well. Took the car for a drive and everything looked good, but the clutch randomly started slipping in 5th with engine at max torque, then started slipping in 4th, then in 3rd and at last in 2nd. Nothing seemed suspicious from the outside. Took the trans out today and literally nothing suspicious was visible so i blamed the pressure plate and bought a new pressure plate which came with a new friction disc.

Installed the new friction disc and pressure plate but kept the used flywheel i swapped earlier because it was perfectly usable. Cleaned the pressure plate before installation. Took the car for a deive but it was slipping even more than the one i took out, then slipping went up to 3rd, then 4th and 5th at max torque but it stopped there and didnt get better.

At this point i am lost, what could cause clutch slipping with practically a new clutch?

Hi everyone! I was given a 530d to troubleshoot but i havent been able to find out the cause of these 2 issues

1. E-fan works when it's triggered via inpa, but doesnt run at all when AC is turned on (AC works perfectly at speed) or when the engine gets hot (on my car the e-fan starts running when engine goes over 105 degrees iirc). What could the issue here be?

2. The interior lights turn on with ignition. If you take the key out iwth lights ln the horn will start sounding constantly until you turn off the lights. The same thing will happen also if you turn on the lights with ignition off after unlocking the car.

Hi everyone! I recently got my hands on a 4.6is cluster and want to replace the face for a black M5 kph one (currently its a mph cluster) however i am having a very hard time trying to find someone that makes perfect copies of the stock M cluster. I basically want a black M5 face with the OEM look and feel. Does anybody produce them?