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Old 11-29-2021, 01:59 PM
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Good stuff, Crystalworks!
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Old 11-29-2021, 08:36 PM
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Love the lower DRLs on the E70. Sweet.
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Been trying to figure out what is drawing battery on the e65... It is going to be nightmare to find.
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Old 11-30-2021, 12:11 PM
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Thank you sir. Still trying to locate another cabinet to throw on the wall...

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Love the lower DRLs on the E70. Sweet.
Thanks OB. Unfortunately they look better than they are built. This is the second set and you can tell there is a dim/blown LED on the driver's side. Will have to order another set before I sell the truck. That is, if I ever get a stupid ICOM to be able to reprogram the DDE so it will start again. The E70 was the "inspiration" for the winch...
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Old 11-30-2021, 12:12 PM
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Been trying to figure out what is drawing battery on the e65... It is going to be nightmare to find.
Pull one fuse at a time and check drain on multimeter. Be sure it is in sleep mode. If you have recently done any work on it check your work first.
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Do you mean check drain by using an amp clamp on the main battery wire, or do you mean pulling the fuse and putting the multimeter leads in place of the fuse? Just curious, I'm sure I will never have to chase parasitic battery draw on my 20-y/o german car.
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Pull one fuse at a time and check drain on multimeter. Be sure it is in sleep mode. If you have recently done any work on it check your work first.
E65 power module had a code that even after both front and rear fuse box has been cut off the circuit by it, bus remain active. I had a spare power module and swapped it last night and still had 12,8v today evening on the battery so we will see. But gotta check drain with multimeter soon, if it still continues.
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I shed a tear over the new 4.6 harmonic balancer that showed up with a hairline crack in the lip of the outer pulley. I didn’t notice it until I put a light on the motor so I could start torquing all the parts and accessories I’ve been sticking on it. Oddly the box didn’t look overly smashed, for something that came from Germany. But clearly it had been dropped, or otherwise smashed into.

I had hung the thing on the motor a couple weeks ago and was expecting a hassle, but to their great credit GetBMWparts.com ordered a new one, no questions asked.
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I bit the bullet and ordered a bunch of parts for the X:


All the power steering hoses ($$$) which are leaking

Oil filter housing gasket and VANOS oil line, also leaking

Spark plugs and oil filter

German Auto Solutions DISA repair/upgrade kit


I say this a lot but we were hoping to get four years of reliable use out of this old BMW. We are 5.5 years in now, and I like this car a lot more than I thought I would. So we are committing to keep it running well for a bit longer. Our family car got into a fender bender a few weeks ago, so we are going to take this on a 1,000 mile road trip for the holiday as well.



Anyone have any specific experience with the GAS DISA repair kit? It seems like a good product/upgrade.
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I bit the bullet and ordered a bunch of parts for the X:


All the power steering hoses ($$$) which are leaking

Oil filter housing gasket and VANOS oil line, also leaking

Spark plugs and oil filter

German Auto Solutions DISA repair/upgrade kit


I say this a lot but we were hoping to get four years of reliable use out of this old BMW. We are 5.5 years in now, and I like this car a lot more than I thought I would. So we are committing to keep it running well for a bit longer. Our family car got into a fender bender a few weeks ago, so we are going to take this on a 1,000 mile road trip for the holiday as well.



Anyone have any specific experience with the GAS DISA repair kit? It seems like a good product/upgrade.
I did the DISA upgrade. Happy I did. Much better than the original crap BMW used. Great idea to use a stud that can come loose and get sucked into the engine and destroy it BMW.
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