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Yeah, at the time I didn't. I bought this thing to flip so I didn't want to just chuck parts at it since I wanted to keep the expenses as low as possible. So after thinking about it, I was 99% sure the sensor was shot. So I went to the dealer and picked up and new one and sure as white on rice, the sensor was bad. As soon as I changed it, started driving and the speedo worked and the tranny started shifting right.
Then I discovered the motor was leaking oil like a banshee... Pulled the valve covers off and saw a nice crack in them that let the oil just drain out. It was interesting looking at their engine design. The cover nor the head had any grooves for the gasket to sit in. The gasket was just held in place with grommets built into the gasket that fit over the bolts. FSM says to just put the gasket on dry, but I ended up coating it in glycerin just for that extra something. But atleast no oil leak. But after doing all that, the rough idle went away, so I am assuming the crack was big enough for a vacuum leak. So now the Flame Red jeep is ready to go. Just surprised by the amount of hits I got on it already. A lot of people have inquired about it and have wanted to see it. Pretty neat. Not the easiest thing to work on given the heater core pipes were mostly
Made out of aluminum and ran right over the pass valve cover and every plastic bit was so brittle that it just turned into dust, but I guess no different than out BMW's lol. All in all, good experience.
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2011 E70 50i M Sport
Exterior: Alpine Weiss III Interior: Nevada
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