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Personal preference here, but I've had others with the same experience. Bosch only. The rest may work for a while, or not at all. And that is no doubt the cause of the rich smell. The Motronic system (and almost all others) default to full rich if the O2 sensor fails. My Jeep Grand Cherokee is doing...

What catalytic converter?

As seldom used our E24s are, I hardly think they are making a measurable difference to the ecosystem.

The intensity of the heat given off by the core is way more than the air conditioner can overcome. Reconnect that center lever.

I'm no expert, don't own an M6, but I think your philosophy of "ain't broke/don't fix" is a good one. You _might_ improve the idle. Then again you may spiral out of control (flying reference just for you) and end up with a great, non-lopey idle, but running worse overall...or not running at all.

Ants are crazy like that, something about the ozone from the make-break of the contacts, maybe. When I worked in the machine shop I was also the maintenance guy/electrician. At least once a summer I had to clear the ants out of the relay on the office air conditioner's outside unit.

Isn't that backwards, Jay? Correctly operating ABS brakes at full application will pulse but not lock the brakes or slide the tires. Non-ABS will lock and slide the tires.

This article carries a pretty strong warning not to use VR1 other than in a race car... https://myengineneeds.com/valvoline-vr1-racing-oil/ I have my doubts about anyone claiming the exhaust headers can "malfunction", the spark plugs loosen and the oil turn to a large ball of sludge from using VR1....

I'll guess there's at least a 70% chance that it's the crank sensors. Just because they worked 1.5 years ago doesn't mean they still work. I hope the new ones cure your anxiety.

What he said ^^^^^^^^
The Mustang injectors are a lot better design, particularly the spray nozzles (4 of em per injector instead of one). Much better atomization.

wow!

Air conditioning? What is this sorcery of which you speak?

(Mine has never worked in either E24....that's why they get little use during the summer)
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Definitely looks like the lights are swapped. And it appears you have no codes stored. Can you get it to flash 1444?

That's the best news I've heard all week.

Beside having several cats that are good "mousers", I had moth crystals in the interior, but never considered the little SOBs would nest in the engine compartment. Live and learn. By the way, what wasn't rat crap and remains of wires was peanut hulls. A farmer had leased the field and planted peanut...

If they're stock length bump stops you'll need to shorten them by the amount of drop from stock.

I don't know about the oil. I believe it was intended to help cool the shocks, but I'd never heard you don't add oil with Bilsteins.

How do you think I felt when I opened the hood on my M3 that had been stored in a barn for a couple months and found this (I was physically ill!) and these pictures were AFTER I'd vacuumed enough that you could see the valve cover. I've been piecing the wiring harness together for weeks. Amazingly t...

I've discovered, remembered, actually, that I'd signed up for the Yahoo group but was never approved before the list owner died, so, although I get the emails I cannot post to the group. I was wondering why my reply to the roll call email never showed up. I went to the home website and my membership...

It used to be you sent a "join" email, and the list owner had to approve it before you were signed up. Trouble was the list owner died and had no one that had been designated as owner before he passed, so no new member approvals or other list maintenance was possible. It faded to inactivity. Be awar...

Got an email from the long-dormant [email protected] mailing list! I though we'd never see that mail group again, but lo and behold, it's back! Already about 15 people have responded to a roll call of sorts.

The fan running slowly is normal. There is no "off" position. It was one of the multitude of rules the U.S government put into place in the name of "safety". The fan running at low speed is to make sure there is air circulation any time the ignition is on. U.S. cars had the same setup as to the forc...

I don't know if any of you have had a Citizen Band radio in the past, or maybe even still have and use one. I'm more oriented toward Amateur radio, but for short range communication it's hard to beat a CB (cell phones notwithstanding). Browsing eBay for a radio I came across this one. Perfect!

That is a spectacular color! Ken approves!

It's been almost 10 years since I last did that job, so the memory is a little fuzzy, but I _think_ it was 6 x 1.0M. And both have to come out. Any time I see "fracture screws" or "security bolts" my back twinges.

You got the right idea. See my reply in the other thread mentioning removal of the security screws. The security screw bit set will do you no good, since the screws are completely slotless. Nothing to put a bit into!

Alternately you can Dremel tool with a flex drive to cut a slot in the screws to use a regular screwdriver to remove them. First time I did the removal it was 95° F. I laid on my back with my legs over the driver's seat and used a chisel to persuade them to unscrew. I decided then and there that the...