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Just finished doing a Vanos rebuild, Icv clean/hose replacement, and CCV hoses/unit on my 95 m3. The car is somewhat new to me, but since I’ve had it it’s been showing 1225 and 1226 codes. The light will pop up at 3k rpm then goes away almost immediately. It won’t do it every time, it seems very intermittent. I’ve tried unplugging the battery overnight and clearing the codes with no luck. It doesn’t throw any other codes. Thanks in advance

Pulling the intake manifold on my 95 m3 in the next couple days to replace the 4 way coolant hose, what else should I do while I’m in there? I’ve already cleaned the ICV and replaced the hoses. The CCV has also been replaced with new hoses. It has 130k miles for whatever it’s worth. Not looking to go crazy, I wouldn’t mind pulling it again if need be but I’d like to replace whatever is a common critical failure point. Thanks

Been throwing all types of maintenance at my new to me e36 m3. Immediately replaced everything cooling related, then heard a horrible rattle that sounded a lot like chain tensioner. Upon further inspection it turned out to be the Vanos rattling. Went ahead and had the Vanos rebuilt. I also had a lean code and hunting idle, found a torn ICV -> intake hose so went and did the ICV hoses, pcv/hoses, and cleaned the ICV unit.

I’ve been pretty concerned about the oil pump nut horror stories so I’m considering having the pan dropped and the nut secured. I don’t have a garage and this is outside of what I can do in a parking lot so I’d need to have someone else do it. Is it worth doing rod bearings at the same time? I’m already pretty deep in maintenance cost on this car considering I bought it for 11k

And if anyone feels like dropping a pan on an e36 and you’re in the phx area, send me a PM

My truck is loosing about half a qt of coolant every 10k miles. I don’t see a visible leak anywhere, no smoke from the exhaust, no coolant smell in the exhaust or around the engine bay, no intermix, no wet carpet, no overheating. Water pump rad and tstat were all done around 70k miles ago, and the truck was immaculately maintained before I got it. Any ideas? I haven’t had a chance to chem block test it yet but the coolant in the reservoir doesn’t show any weird film/ signs of over pressure. Anyone else have a similar problem or find the issue? From what I can see in the valley without taking off the intake manifold it looks dry

I’ve been shopping around for a drz for a while, I’m coming from a dr200. On Facebook marketplace there seems to be a wide variation in pricing, some are clapped out listed for like 2k while somewhat nice ones go from 3-6. A local dealer had one advertised for 2500 but wanted 3800 out the door for a clapped 07 with 19k miles and oil residue all over it. I live in Arizona if it matters, there at least seems to be a good supply locally

I had an old dr200 that I would ride around growing up but I’m reasonably new to motorcycles. There are a few drz400s and klx250s in the same price range in my area and I’m split between the two. I’d be doing 98% off road riding only hitting the pavement to connect trails as I don’t like street riding bikes. I have a truck and the trails are super close by so highway comfort isn’t a big deal. I’ve sat on both and the drz felt a little better for my size (6’5 170lbs) but I could see where the klx being smaller would help with a new rider. I’m not looking to do anything super technical, just fire trails and forest roads around Arizona. Thanks in advance

Bought an e36 m3 recently and as I’m going through it fixing odds and ends I’ve read about the oil pump nut a few times. The car seeps from the oil pan gasket and I plan to get to it eventually, but if the oil pump nut issue is widespread enough I’ll bite the bullet and do it now. So far the car has gotten a full cooling system refresh and I’m getting ready to diagnose the inop AC. It was one owner 95-23 and I doubt it’s been tracked as it’s full old man spec (silver on black with lux package, delivered to BMW of the Hamptons). Anything else I should look at (not necessarily related to having the pan dropped) while I have the car in my garage? Thanks in advance