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Just finished replacing all the coil packs as one had failed causing a nice misfire intermitantly. What a difference, engine is now nice and smooth again with a bunch more horses throughout the rev range. Happy day!!!

Mike

Mandalay Bay is great. Ask for the suites at the end of the corridors, they are magic with a panoramic view up the strip. I spent 2 weeks living there on company business. Well recommended.

Mike

We would come along but are in the process of moving to France and will be zipping about Brittany signing final papers this weekend. If its as good as the Dunsfold outing it will be great. Once settled in Brittany I intend organising a cruise along the south Brittany coast. Something to look forward...

Mike

Gary, The KDC-BT60U seems very good. The CD / USB / Ipod and Radio work great. The main rotary control takes a bit of getting used to but if you have used a BMW IDrive system is no big hassle. I am using the phone stuff with an external microphone placed up by the rearview mirror and it seems good w...

Mike

The HD is totally protected. I put it into a small plastic bag and then dunked it into a plastic container filled with the stuff to fill holes in walls. The aerosol foam stuff. When set I shaped the foam to give a 1cm surrounding chunk of protection. Then cut the foam into two pieces to take the HD ...

Mike

After a few weeks of my kenwood unit deciding to cut out and lose all memory every time a bump was hit, I decided to investigate the problem. Changed out the BMW-ISO harness, cleaned all the terminals and reseated all the connectors as a first pass. Did not solve the problem. After what seemed an et...

Mike

it could just be the guard rubbing on the rear drake disc. Mine had a similar noise and it turned out a spot of offroading had marginally bent the guard behind the disc so as speed the airflow pushed it to just touch the disc. Worth a look.

Mike

Well, took out the dash, reseated all the connectors, changed the bulbs behind the odometer and all seems to be working fine. I suspect there was some water in the connector joints as they were dampish and the recent chilly snap turned it to ice. Only thing not working now is the fuel guage but I th...

Mike

Take the dangling electrics and connect to the vandels plastic lugs and press START.

Life in the UK is so great !!!!

Mike

Did the Odometer check and no problems with the cluster. All seems to be working now although the speedo is a big sluggish. The fuel guage seems stuck at zero with the orange light on but I suspect a dodgy flaot sensor in the tank. Ill give it a thrash on the way home to see if I can loose it up.

Mike

Thanks for the reply. Ill check out the test mode first and go from there.

Mike

Driving into work this morning, all the instruments stopped working. Petrol quage went yellow and read 19 miles left even though I filled up last night. Speedo stuck at 55mph, Tacho reading 2000 revs but does drift up and down sluggishly. Temp gauge ok I think. I have disconnected the battery at wor...

Mike

ive had a powerflow on my 2.8 for about 3yrs now. Reasonably happy. They can be a bit noisy when you push it, make sure you tall them to make it as quiet as possible. You also get a lot of overrun burble when decelerating quickly. Materials OK sp no real worries there. Make sure they fit it well and...

Mike

I'll go have a look on the way to work next week. I drive through Ripley most mornings and did spy this lurking in the garage. No time to stop though.

Mike

well, work completed. Breather pipe totally blocked. Replaced and cleaned out all the other bits. Car drove fantastic on the way home. cost UKP134 and worth every penny. AND they cleaned the car as well.

Mike

Car goes in tomorrow to get the work done. Looking forward to the drive home.

Mike

Thanks Jimbo much appreciated. I guess you notice a good performance difference.

Mike

My 97 2.8 has all the systems of a knacked crankcase breather tube. idle speed wobble between 600 to 800 revs. and slow to drop to idle. Air sucking sound under the intake manifold, bubbling in the dipstick tube when the dipstick is removed. Bubbling goes away if I remove the oil filler cap. Fail wi...

Mike

Ha Ha. It seems a dodgy cam position sensor was to blame. I did a test where I swopped it with one from the wifes Z3 and lo and behold my Z3 started behaving itself and running smooth as a baby. Misfire free all the way to work today. Now just to get a new sensor for the wifes car before she notices.

Mike

Hi, my 2.8 is suffering from a misfire that only occurs sometimes. Does anyone know of a reputable Indi who is good with Z3s in the Woking area?

Mike

I had a simalr story of failed emissions. Ive just changed out a bad coil on cylinder 5 and all the spark plugs. Seems cylinder 5 was not firing correctly. it is now and everything ok.

Mike

A "Tinny" sound. Have you just got Married? It could be you are trailing some tins !! LOL

Mike

Hi, have a good time tripping to Spain. I've done it a few times and its great fun especially over the Pyrenees. Regarding the M25 most probs will be M40/M25 junction to M25/A3 junction although friday is a bit of a bun fight. Stay in the inside lane as much as you can as it goes fastest and you can...

Mike

They gave me the partial retest for free, so that worked out OK. Car is going well now and is legal again so we took it to Purbeck for the weekend. Fantastic sunny weather blatting about Corfe Castle and the surrounds.

Mike

It passed. New plugs, filters and a 30 min blast round the country lanes so it was red hot when I took it in and all dandy. Another year of legality.
Got two new front tyres and trackrods replaced as well as they were lookning a bit dodgy.

Mike

It passed. New plugs, filters and a 30 min blast round the country lanes so it was red hot when I took it in and all dandy. Another year of legality.
Got two new front tyres and trackrods replaced as well as they were lookning a bit dodgy.

Mike

Last time this happened to me I went along to BMW in Chiswick, UK and a nice man gave me a zipper free and gratis. What a nice man.

Mike

OK, thanks for your input. Can I ask what you might suggest I do?

Mike

I think is is the handbrake issue as I have had this. However check the exhaust especially any covers on the joints, they sometime slip a bit and rattle as you say

Mike

Can anyone have any ideas my Zed 2.8 failed with the following Fast Idle Test CO 1.657% and 1.728% Lambda 1.025 and 1.191 Natural Idle Test CO 5.568% Could this be just that its sat doing little this year or is it symtomatic of something else? I'll change the plugs and filters and up the fuel octane...

Mike

scum, we had similar chav problems until I got a big dog. When I hear noises now I just let him out for some chomping.

Mike

touring switzerland and the awsome passes in bright sunshine

Mike

We went anticlosckwise, starting and ending in Grindlewald where we hotelled. Its a full day if you stop and admire the scenery properly, lunch etc... pictures are at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=117094&id=690054084&l=4693aae74e Recommend a small roadside cafe halfway up Susten wher...

Mike

The sun shone all week and we were in Grindelwald, Switzerland. Spent a daya doint Grimsel, Furka and Susten passes. What can I say - Awesome fun. More pictures to follow when the download from my camera finishes, currently showing 4.5 hours to go!

Mike

I agree with Robert T. dont carry load of fuel in cans in your car. I lived in nigeria for some years and saw a minibus with 20+ passengers crash and burn as they each had plastic bottles of Petrol with them !!! Not nice at all.

Mike

TWO warning triangles. I have friends who got stopped only having one and fined. Also with regard to the hivis vests there is confusion over the number required. Some say each person in the car, others one for each seat. Not a problem for the Z obviously but those who drive people carriers need mill...

Mike

Im off to europe next week as well. I just use black plactic tape and stick over the appropriate place on the headlights. Comes off easily, not like those damn Halfords clear bits which are a pig to get off.

Mike

This happens on my Z as well. I solved the problem with 2 pieces of medium thickness soft plastic cut as per the attached picture. just make them sightly smaller diameter than the vents and slide in to the side of each vent in the middle. Good plastic can be cut rom an old palstic bottle or tupperwa...

Mike

There will be one more in and about Lauterbrunnen at the end of next week as we are off on a Z-trip to Switzerland. Lots of passes planned to travel over and we will have the top down as long as its not raining.

Mike

Definately interested on another great Dunsfold day. Count me in.

Mike

Funny that exactly what it said on my wifes new contraception device

Mike

Indeed so, I've gone back to black plastic for a while whilst my credit card recovers.

Mike

myredzed - Now you tell me

Mike

Thanks for your comments c_w Interesting but as a Physicist I'm not totally convinced with this explanation and found this geeky information on google. In 1702, Amontons discovered a linear increase of P with T for air, and found P to increase about 33% from the freezing point of water to the boilin...

Mike

Maybe an old favorite I know. My daughter bought me some nice chrome dustcaps for christmas that looked really good on the Z. Problem is I noticed a tyre a bit low yesterday and went to investigate and pump it up. Not one of the dustcaps would budge!!!!! All were stuck like **** on a blanket. Popped...

Mike

This is how to enjoy the dordogne !!

Mike

Hi Phil,

We would be up for the trip having visited the Dorgogne in the Z in 2003. its a fab place. Hôtel de la Madeleine in Sarlat is recomended as it is right in the centre of Sarlat which is a great town.

Please put us on the list.

thanks

Mike

This is a classic "Nigerian 419" or Advanced Fee fraud. I worked in Nigeria for 2 years and I just have to laugh at the audacity of these guys. I also laugh that some people actually do respond to these and then complain their bank account has been emptied. The most common scam begins with...

Mike

Ill try to get along to the lunch at the Parrot as the food is great there - recommend the fresh Trout. hopefully will manage a whizz around too.

Mike

Ill try to get along to the lunch at the Parrot as the food is great there - recommend the fresh Trout. hopefully will manage a whizz around too.

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