Recent content by Speedex750

Hi Guys, I usually watch the Disco4 and formally the P38 areas but I'm helping my son with his TD5 110 and hope I can tap into the depth of knowledge and experience you have. The steering box is leaking and expecting the usual steering arm location I set myself up to do it. However on closer...

No; it's not sold as such - but better than putting them in dry if you've nothing else to hand. I suspect Copaslip etc is more angled towards steel on steel threads, nuts and bolts etc. With the aluminium head its as much to deter corrosion as it is for long life lubrication.

I've done a couple of these for the same reason. I inherited a dodgy one with the car that came off first time I checked the plugs. I've done a second since as the guys above suggest - a crimp and solder - it is very tight with only about an inch of reluctant cable accessible outside the...

Sounds like you're fixed up - but Allen headed screws might have been a better option if your crap experience were to continue and you needed to get it off again?

Hi, I've a 2001 DHSE and have the short condenser you describe. See these two threads for my experiences. I doubt you'll find a replacement - and if you do it'll be eye wateringly expensive. My fix is still tight after a year. I did think that the earlier square condenser would go in with a bit...

My blockage was the non return valve behind the near side rear lights stuck shut. You can reach it by groping through the small removable hatch, it looks / feels like a 5p sized round thingey in the tube up behind the foam insulation. I thought mine was bunged up with dried washer fluid. I blew...

I too have an annoying drip from one of the flexy's under the main radiator, I'm pysching myself up to fix it when the box needs an oil change soon. Crimp on engine cooler hoses have been a cheap and chearful success for me (see the How To's). What sort of pressure is in these gearbox pipes, I...

A constant weep eventually makes a right mess, it's satisfying to fix something and know it's better. I found that it was the O ring on the body. The leaker I removed was fat at one side and thin (undersize) at the other. It was visually obvious without measuring. I've now got some spare O...

No problem; you've contributed to the collective knowledge on here - this is our payback. A picture of the mangled remains of the plug and what finally worked always goes down well.

Have you tried an Allen key mounted in an impact driver, similar to getting disc screws out. The extra whack from the hammer on the driver may take the key further in to reach part of the hex that hasn't been rounded off. If no good I'm with the others on the bigger hammer and harder whack...

2 bar is fact. I agree with you, it seems high and would suppress boiling beyond where something else would happen. But there must be millions of various model Beemers around the world with 2 bar systems. I suspect initial over filling to compensate for air elsewhere in the system was part of...

Not P38 RR but my son has had a similar problem with his BMW Z4, I've fitted 4 replacement tanks - I'm getting good at it! The last one was a genuine pre-loved BMW one and has been OK so far. The three cheapy replacements split easily, one even had a shrinkage crack in as delivered. I also...

As far as I can ascertain the smaller condensers are fitted to the late diesels, some in 2001 and all 2002, from chassis YA447505. The square condenser is fitted to all petrol cars and the pre YA447505 earlier diesels. See this post for my experiences with the late (unobtainable) condenser...

Although there are hints about it on other threads; the last few P38 diesels in 2001 and 2002, for some unobvious reason, had a different condenser installed. It’s basically the same width and has the same fan unit but is shorter at the bottom. This short condenser is matched by an engine oil...

10w/40 should be fine. I don't know the spec of the stuff you're proposing but as long as it's A3/B3 spec that's fine. 4 litres of Carlube fully synthetic is £19 at Morisons. The oil goes black almost instantly, if you don't know its history doing an extra change inbetween the regular 5000 miles...