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hi,
I would like one too. what's the exact name and where can i buy it?
thanks

being on the road I don't have my notes with me. but as far as I remember one exhaust valve had a clearance of 12mm. the other valve on the same cylinder (4 or 5) was at .19mm. original shim on the 12mm clearance one was 3.45mm which I replaced by a 3.25mm one to get a clearance of .29mm. can't figu...

i just finished mine clearances with the engine around 130000km (m635csi 1985) the clearances were quite off -- all were less than the .30mm spec! Anywhere from .28mm to .12mm. most of the lower figures were with the exhaust valves. could have something to do with the unleaded fuel used without an l...

thanks for the info.
just waiting for the parts to arrive.

ok I see. i'll do it as you say.
on the 'm' it can't be done with the engine running to save the battery. the airbox/afm has to be remove together with the windshield washer bottle.

I had done a search but didn't come up with an answer.
I just want to know on the outer low beam lights which plastic knob does the vertical movement (up/down) and which the lateral movement (left/right).

no mention in the owner's handbook.

i was cleaning the back of the passenger side headlight assembly, when i noticed that the plastic knobs were broken. the white plastic had turned deep yellow and was brittle. replacements are on the way. now from the back of the passenger side low beam headlight assembly, there is a knob on the top ...

oil change is the next item on my list.

update put back the air box/afm turned over the engine a couple of time to make the oil circulate around the cam shafts. then started the engine and it ran no problem I warmed it up and noticed the smoothness of its running. i'll be taking it for a cleaning and a drive this weekend i'm happy bmw own...

today, between bending over, checking clearances, removing shims, shim thickness, installing shims, rechecking clearnaces, I finally finished 18 valves. the brake cleaner worked miracles. sometime the shim just popped out when using the valve bucket 'tool'. 6 more to go on the intake side! is the m8...

today I tried out the brake cleaner and I got two shims out without any difficulty. I protected the area around the two valves with paper towel to absorb the excess cleaner. I used an aerosol air can for cleaning photo negatives to release the shim and a magnet to pull it out from under the cam lobe...

thanks for the great idea.
i'll give it a try this weekend and hoping I can finish the started job.

hi everyone, i've been trying to redo the valve clearances on my m88/3. i've succeeded in doing seven and there are still 17 to go! the problem i'm encountering is that i can't get the shim to pop up even with a squirt of compressed air. the shim turns freely in the cup but the engine oil is holding...

thanks for the reply and the especially the link

hi, i've decided to do the valve clearances on my m88/3 engine, having got hold of the m88/3 valve tool. is there a special precedure to follow? bmw lists the valve clearances for both exhaust/intake at .30 to .35mm. should i set everything up at .30mm clearance or should I open up the exhaust clear...

hi,
is there some trick to get the smaller end of the boot over the intake horn?
i tried and i tried but haven't succeeded yet!
thanks

the behr rad in my 'm' broke at the top hose plastic attachment point. i replaced it with a wizard unit and since then no future leakage problems as the plastic 'tanks' are in aluminium. everything is superbely welded -- like a work of art! for the little driving i've done since the installation eng...

i recently purchased mine from wizard and installed it.
my only small problem was getting all the hoses from bmw. it took 2 weeks! the radiator took only 5 days.

well, i put in the skf pump and a new all alu radiator from wizzard. looks real kool! just wanted to know if the upper radiator mounts should be under a little compression when fixed to the front body? how large should the opening between the radiator and the front body valence? i get the impression...

well, the problems has been resolved. a piece of forgotten paper towel had sucked its way into one of the throttles and got stuck. the throttle couldn't close completely giving the high idle. the paper towel must have found it way into the air box. i had checked but didn't notice anything. everythin...

hi, i thought maybe something to do with the throttle not closing fully. i have a lot of slack in the accelerator cable which i didn't have before. i had taken off the air box to change the coolant hoses that run under the throttle bodies. maybe when re installing the air box some of the rubber gask...

hi, today as i was going of the lights and pulled the car forcely through its gears when stopping at the next lights the idle would not come down and it would stay at 3500rpm. i in the beginning i thought it might be a sticky accelerator cable or jammed throttles but on this side everything was ok. ...

i'm beginning to have my doubts about putting in the new pump. the one i removed has no end or lateral play.
what would you do?
which manufacturer makes the closest to the orignal? dolz, feb bilstein, delphi, valeo, qh?

hi guys, got the radiator out in 30mins. didn't have to remove the hood. the only problem encountered was how to flush the coolant. the behr radiator did not have an outlet screw at the bottom. as everything was out i decided to also change the water pump. the pump was quite easy to remove -- had to...

thanks for the info and pictures.

you do have a clean engine bay!
i contacted wizard and am waiting for a reply.

at the same time, i'm searching for a radiator shop in france that can weld alu side tanks to the main core of the radiator together with the necessary temp senders etc.....