Not sure if your engine has vanos it’s worth putting the bmw diagnostic on it to perform a vanos test to see if it can hold the timing angle.
Mine couldn’t hold the timing so I bought a rebuild kit for £100 from Besian systems it’s a high quality well put together kit after i retested and it...
Beware of catcams I bought a set for my bmw m3 and they Would not time in correctly to the timing setting on the timing card provided. It was horrible dealing with them and refused to refund me took me 6 months with credit card company to get my money back horrible horrible horrible customer...
Hi iam just reading through to learn how to restore my car iv never heard of epoxy mastic can you tell me more about it i had a google it comes in 2 tins i just paint it on with a brush?
I should use it in areas to resist stone chips start such as wheel arches?
The parts themselves got three...
Your post isnt relevant to this thread and is derogatory. I do know how to weld but I don't want a crappy patch put over it and to pay through the nose so that's why I am on here.
I believe what everyone is saying here but it is conflicting. Years ago my fathers car failed it's Mot on corrosion so he cut it out welded in new section and under sealed it. When he went fir retest they told him they could not pass it unless he scraped off all the new underseal do they could...
Good replys makes interesting reading. So from what I gather once I apply a skim of filler and smooth it off and paint it and take it to a different garage it should pass no problem shouldn't it?
Because if I seam welded it then grind the welds flush how would they know if it was seam welded or...
I bought the car from family member. My plan is to do the repairs and mot at a different mot station. Iam a bit confused on how to proceed from here because iv spot welded it the same as original sill and the replys are telling me it's not right?how do I proceed from here just fill and paint...
Hi just finished welding the sill 16" long by 4" accross :-0 what's next filler on the fresh metalwork or do I primer it first then filler followed by primer again?
Can someone tell me the process of filling and sanding and recommend what stone chip to apply to finish it off. The car is light grey.
Hi Iv got a bmw that is my pride and joy and Iv noticed this bubbling rust is getting bigger so want to deal with it sooner rather than later has anyone got any guides or previous projects that can tell me about or tell me how to repair this or should I just wait till the summer?
I have a Clarke Mig welding machine 135TE Turbo and 0.6mm mild steel clarke welding wire. proper BOC Argoshield light.
Whenever I am welding on my cars there can be a space between the new sheet I am placing on top of the original clean shiny metal as its difficult to get a new piece to...
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asked for justin woman told me he does another job now so i asked about the volkszone offer and she sorted me out :)
look in the section shielding gases i posted there with details just bough the gas yesterday the 1st of june son!
when you go...
just picked up the boc aroshield light today for doing car bodywork.
i got it through the volkszone offer.
what kind of bottle reg do i need single or twin guage?
is one guage for bottle pressure and the other is flow pressure on the twin guage one?
whats a typical flow setting for 0.6mm...