E34 BMW 525i Sport (The Bomber)

RobCallow · Post by **RobCallow** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:33 pm

Fail!!

Tyres
Front shock
Bushes
and wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy high on emissions not sure how to get these down yet?

Watch this space

Fast Eddy · Post by **Fast Eddy** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:51 pm

RobCallow wrote:Fail!!

Tyres
Front shock
Bushes
and wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy high on emissions not sure how to get these down yet?

Watch this space

Bushes are no surprise on a BM, but a pita to do depending which ones they are. Usually the rear subframe & arm ones.
Tyres and shocks are an easy fix, but not cheap.
Emissions is the awkward one. Could be a number of things.

Eddy

RobCallow · Post by **RobCallow** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 1:01 pm

Front control arm bushes are gone may just put a couple of arms on

Fast Eddy · Post by **Fast Eddy** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 1:23 pm

RobCallow wrote:Front control arm bushes are gone may just put a couple of arms on

Yes, easiest option

RobCallow · Post by **RobCallow** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:50 pm

It's fighting me this car!! It has taken me 4 hrs to get the wishbones off one side this morning!!!! Every bolt is being a pain to undo and I can't get the ball joints off so going to take it into work and use the press!!

Bloody cars but we still all love them!!!

RX7 · Post by **RX7** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 5:20 pm

wrong time of year to be doing stuff like this mate. It'll be cold, can you put a heat gun on it to help warm up the joints etc ?

RobCallow · Post by **RobCallow** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 4:21 pm

Drivers side is all back together passenger side is in many parts!!! Got the wrong shock absorber delivered so will have to get that changed before that side is done. Found a split pipe from the Maf to the throttle body (new one on order pick up tomorrow) so hope that was the cause of the high emmissions if not possible lambda???

RobCallow · Post by **RobCallow** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 1:37 pm

Second shock is wrong!!! Got 2 more coming tomorrow hope they get it right this time as that's all I'm waiting for

Rob S · Post by **Rob S** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 5:35 pm

Don't know why they're getting the shock wrong, it's not as if they kept changing its design. (To my knowledge anyway)
The split pipe sounds promising mate, I had a split pipe on my old one and it ran like a pig till I fixed it.

RobCallow · Post by **RobCallow** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 7:47 pm

The engine runs really well just a pain about the emissions going to give it a real good blast on the way to the retest.

The shock that is coming is old stock (M Sport) the ones that have been delivered so far the shaft for the top mount is about an inch shorter than the one I have!!!