Excessive white smoke when the car revs up after idling for a few minutes. We started with basic checks: engine breather and pipes; we checked the turbochargers for excessive play and found nothing. It is well known that on these engines, the valve steam seals harden and cause excessive exhaust smoke. Does your car have … Read More about BMW X5 M with oil consumption and consistent exhaust smoke on rev-up after idling
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The Winter Is Here: Prolonging Your Battery Life (Update)
QUICK 5-STEP GUIDE TO GETTING THE MOST OUT OF CAR BATTERIES: One last recommendation: Check the car battery water level indicator on a regular basis! Most car batteries will indicate if it needs more water. It may never require water, but if so only use deionised water. “Use it or Lose it” WHY IS MY … Read More about The Winter Is Here: Prolonging Your Battery Life (Update)
Diesel Engine Block Breathers
WHAT IS A Diesel Engine BREATHER PIPE? A breather pipe allows an internal combustion engine to vent crankcase pressure out of the engine. When an engine suffers from a clogged breather pipe, the engine overheats and often begins to misfire. Oil consumption increases and the engine seems to have less power. Failure to repair the clogged breather can cause spark … Read More about Diesel Engine Block Breathers
Swirl Flaps
WHAT ARE SWIRL FLAPS? Swirl Flaps are one of BMW’s greatest design mistakes, causing 1000’s of owners throughout the world either very expensive repairs or even vehicles being written off. The flaps live in the inlet manifold of BMW diesel M47, M47TU, M57 & M57TU engines (either 4 or 6 flaps, depending on the number of cylinders). … Read More about Swirl Flaps
BMW MINI Heated Seat Installation / Retrofitting
HEATED SEAT INSTALLATION SERVICE FOR BMW MINI PARK LANE / SIDEWALK SPECIAL EDITIONS. Drive a BMW Mini Park Lane / Sidewalk special edition with the piped leather interior? This service allows you to have an official BMW heated seat kit installed to activate the heated seats in your car! Using the BMW loom enables you … Read More about BMW MINI Heated Seat Installation / Retrofitting
AUDI A4, A5, A6, A8, Q5, Q7 No Sound From Speakers
DO YOU HAVE ONE OR MORE OF THIS SYMPTOMS? No sound from speakers? Sound only from one speaker? Instrument cluster showing safe? Certain functions on some systems inactive? WHAT COULD IT BE? It is very likely that component protection active is present on one or more modules due to different reasons. WHAT IS COMPONENT PROTECTION? For … Read More about AUDI A4, A5, A6, A8, Q5, Q7 No Sound From Speakers
