Anyone else want a BMW? lol.

 

these have been ordered:

From AutohausAZ

Air Intake Boot/Hoses; Air Boot from Air Flow Meter to Throttle Housing $13.25
Air Intake Boot/Hoses; Air Boot to Valve Cover; 6 Inch with Small Side Nipple $3.61
Air Intake Boot/Hoses; Air Duct to Alternator; Straight $7.97
Air Intake Boot/Hoses; Boot from Air Flow Meter to Air Filter Housing $20.48
Air Intake Boot/Hoses; From Idle Control Valve $7.55
Fuel/Gas Cap; Non-Locking Black Plastic $9.20

http://www.autohausaz.com/search/pro...e%20Boot/Hoses

http://www.autohausaz.com/search/pro...Fuel/Gas%20Cap


From ebay

BMW Fuel Injector Service Kit O-rings Filters $24.99

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-F...item3f02e3c37b


Estimated Shipping FREE
Grand Total $87.05

 

Add this to the list of ToDO's on this think. Ordered this as well: http://www.amazon.com/Bosch-13052-Ox.../dp/B000BZI0ZQ

Bosch 13052 02 Sensor. $56.27. If we got this thing from Autozone it would have been $93.99

 

Guess what came FedEx today.

 

Bosch O2 sensor and injector rebuild kit is here.

 

More goodies, new air intake parts and a gas cap.

 

2 hours and the new o2 sensor is in. 1 1/2 hour to take it out, half hour to put it in. Not counting 2 smokes breaks and 3 yotatech posts in between.

This would be the option I chose to lift the car, since the 02 sensor is underneath right before the cat.




Not much room, I think the car is trying to tell me to loose a few pounds. Only light I had near the end was a 5 LED flash light. Work lights and garages are for wimps.




This is the room I had to work with. Since none of the exhaust hangers are really accessible. Especially the muffler hanger. Which is neatly tucked up between the bumper and gas tank.




245,000 miles on original bosch 02 sensor. And no CEL. Not bad IMO.




inter road salt not too friendly on half of the heat shield around cats. So off it came before it fell off on it's own and took out some tires along with it.




Melting snow and dirt driveway don't mix. Me after job was done.

 

I can help you put that gas cap on. I'll look for a write-up.

 

For you Jerry. Old on the top, new on the bottom. So much easier to remove gas cap now. P.O.S. autozone fuel cap.

 

yeh but where's the details.....that's just before and after pics. details man....details.

 

Started the second biggest job on this car to date.

Before pulling anything, pics of both sides of the engine.





Air intake tubes, MAF, IACV and air box removed. Took me 15 minutes to undo all of these.




Fuel injector rail and wiring harness undone from injectors ready to pull injectors. Took me almost two hours to the the wiring harness off all 6 injectors as none of the injectors had push type connectors. Worked myself from front to back undoing each clip from the injectors, one by one giving more room on each consecutive one to pull the next clip.

Then it was a matter of undoing 3 bolts to loosen the rail off the intake manifold. Turns out, this rail has been off before as 1 of the three bolts were broken off at the head. So I only had to undo two bolts. Then I had to wiggle and pry up the rail off the injectors. I did notice one of the small hoses going to the fuel pressure regulator was bad, so that is gonna get replaced as well.

The rail itself isn't gonna come out as I didn't undo the fuel line from it. Nor will the wiring harness move much more than where it sits either. But I do have enough room to pull out the injectors.





Old intake and breather tubes. Hmmm wonder if some of these electrical tape jobbies might be causing some of my issues. hahah.

 

Finished it up today.

Injectors w/ new o-rings and filter baskets are in. Didn't need the pintle caps or nylon spacers as they were for a different style injector.

No pictures of me taking them apart though as my hands were filled with 80W-90 for the o-rings. Didn't want to mess up the camera.




Old plug wires removed



Comparison of the old plug wire assembly and the NGK assembly.




They went in relatively well. I did have to get some more slack on the wires so the boots were easier to put on, but they are tighter on the plugs then the old ones.




New intake tubes, hoses etc ready to go in.




AFM, IACV, Air filter box, fuel injector rail all buttoned back up.






Car sitting ready to prime the fuel system and start. Again, my work area is kinda small.




Vid after first start. Cold idle is much better than it was before, it does kinda sound different as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbfNx9Ljj88


After the test drive it still pings a little but no hesitation whatsoever so far. I did notice the tach is either off or it's idling a little higher than before. 1000 RPM vs 750 RPM as it was before. Highway RPM is indicated a little higher as well. I wonder if this has something to do with the new plug wires since it's some sort of inductive type system as well. Will have to research that a little more.

 

well that looked like fun. i like that car.

 

more updates? took the winter off and was surprised this went as long as it did

 

Look what happened yesterday.

 

nice111!!!

 

Pretty impressive the only major engine work that has been done is the original problem with the cooling system/busted radiator and the injector o-rings that I replaced. Oh and the fact the fuel pump (2 of them) make a little more noise then I believe it should.

Still pinging slightly. Wish seafoam was a little cheaper then it is.

 

My God. You must really love this woman!!!!

 

The girlfriend or the car? JK.

 

Ya so what...I've used a half a tank of gas before! I've even let it go as far as 1/4 tank...


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