Crowz: My lift gate “soft close” ok but it does not open with remote. Do you have aftermarket struts installed?



Garage:
E53 4.4i M62 born 2003-03-04 [SOLD]
E53 4.8iS N62s born 2006-03-16
E90 325i N52 born 2006-03-28 [TOTALED]
F30 328i N20 born 2012-09-06

Replaced the viscous fan impeller.
The old one had one wing broken and spinning unbalanced,caused a weird vibration.Could have done damage to the bearings too on the long run.
My beast is silky smooth now!Paid $20 + $12 postage from fleabay.

To xbimma : Its just a pair of springs that go over the normal rear hatch struts to pop the hatch up a few inches when you open the hatch. The struts do the rest.

This is what I bought :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDxsgyn42MY

I like it. Thanks for sharing.

Keep us updated on the spring force over time. I read that some types of springs collapsed over time as the are fully compressed 99.9% of the time. :dunno:

Will do. I wasn't going to add them to it when it was mine but the wife wanted them so I got them.

Still need to replace the struts again as the current ones are not doing right. They are new but only go up 1/2 way most of the time if you don't move them a bit yourself then they go up the rest of the way.

Old ones went up all the way on their own.

Your welcome. She likes the way it works now with the springs.

replaced coil packs and spark plugs. was getting an intermittent misfire on 2 cylinders in the AM when it was cold outside. then the misfire became more constant, anytime punching the gas, going up a hill, etc. running smoooooooth now.

seems like these go out between 60-80k miles. replaced all 8, now i have 6 spares ;)

still waiting for weather to warm up before tackling the alternator mount gasket...

Monitor the alternator bracket like a hawk. My buddies went from a quart per 1000 miles to a quart per 1000 FEET (not exaggerating) within two days.

Remove the metal plate on the bottom that will hide how bad the leak is


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I’m already paranoid after seeing a few drops on the driveway. Have all the parts ready, just waiting for a good time to do it. I’ve been adding approx 1 quart between oil changes (7500 miles), but I think it’s slowly getting worse because it’s starting to show on the driveway. I HATE OIL LEAKS. I just did my e46’s oil pan gasket. Took me almost 8 hours start to finish to replace a 20$ gasket..