Zed Shed Cymru Today

[colb]

Had another session on @bombur 2002 1.9 again today, replacement air hose Maf boot to fuel rail done, involved lifting the throttle body and intake up to get at the fuel rail stub to get the new hose on the stub. Fitted seconday air pump hose to replace the split one. Checked the Air con belt for tension, it was ok. Changed the gearbox and diff fluids so now we know wehats in them. Seems gearbox had original oil in there judging by how tight the plugs were, shouldn't think they have ever been out. Turned attention to replacing the coolant, drained then used my vaccum coolanf filler to put the fresdh coolant in 50/50 mix. Vaccum filler worked well and filled the system ok, we did leave the vaccum applied befor filling just to check we had no leaks in the system, it held vaccum ok. After refil we ran the car up to temp and did bleed some air out via the bleed screw. Once up to temp I did notice a small bubble appear on the plastic connector tube of the top hose, it would appear that we have a small crack in the plastic, thats another replacement hose needed!! Also on close inspection of the intake boot we nothed that a crack on the concentins fold of the rubber was starting to crack, no leaking yet but thats going to be replaced as well.
After running out of parts to fit we broke out the pressure washer and shielding the alternator with a plastic bag set to cleaning the engine bay and underside of the car. Got rid of years of built up grime and cleaned the underside up where the old oil leak had spread underneath. Used the airline to dry it off and ran the engine. Must say the alloy heatshields underneath now sparkle. Replaced the small rubber vaccum pipes at the front with some new 3mm silicone pipe then plugged the laptop into the car and checked out a few things. No codes found only historical shadow codes remain on the engine, and other modules.
Checked out the coolant temp and at what temp the fan cuts in, it gets to 118degrees, fan cuts in and loweres the temp. Checked out the fuel trims and they looked spot on as did the exhaust sensor(s). @bombur got home ok keeping an eye on the temp guage, remained at 12 o'clock all the time. Will check level when cold in the morning and keep an eye out on that little crack in the top hose plastic tube, will be replacing that on the next visit along with the intake boot.
Plan is to get it totally watertight and maybe renew the water pump and thermostat along with a new radiator in the future.

 

[bombur]

Thanks again @colb for your help and use of your zedshed yesterday- really enjoyed and Im learning so much.
Thought this was the end of my cars domino effect but then we found those little leaks on the top hose connector and it was like...oh no here we go again!
Some pics.

In with the new

Diff next

Swapped the aluminium rings with copper but was tight fit so adjustments needed

Vaccum the coolant

Good clean underneath- years of grime -gone!

Naughty pipe bend!

So ordering some parts ready for next visit!

 

[colb]

How the gear changing with the new oil, should notice it changes slicker.

 

[bombur]

How the gear changing with the new oil, should notice it changes slicker.

I actually think it is slicker!

 

[mrscalex]

Is the vacuum coolant thing putting in new coolant after evacuating the air?

 

[colb]

Drain as normal pop hose off or use drain screw refit when empty. Connect up vaccum tool to radiator filler hole with rubber tapered adapter connect compressed airline turn valve on tool to suck air out of cooling system and make the vaccum, you will see the hoses go flat, monitor the guage on the tool for a stable vaccum. Have your chosen coolant mix in a container and put the sucking tube into it, switch the other valve on the tool and the coolant gets sucked into the car, have the heater control set to hot so that gets filled with the rest of the system.

 

[mrscalex]

Drain as normal pop hose off or use drain screw refit when empty. Connect up vaccum tool to radiator filler hole with rubber tapered adapter connect compressed airline turn valve on tool to suck air out of cooling system and make the vaccum, you will see the hoses go flat, monitor the guage on the tool for a stable vaccum. Have your chosen coolant mix in a container and put the sucking tube into it, switch the other valve on the tool and the coolant gets sucked into the car, have the heater control set to hot so that gets filled with the rest of the system.

Thanks. Was thinking of getting one but in truth bleeding is not really a problem on M54s.

 

[Stacey Aylmore]

Hi all where are you based to in Wales I’m in Bridgend.

 

[colb]

Hi all where are you based to in Wales I’m in Bridgend.

We are dotted around the South Wales area, Newport, Blaina, Merthyr, Cwmbran, Cardiff, The Vale also have a couple on the Bristol side.
Meet up as and when something needs doing on our cars and have run outs to some of the Car Shows. Been using my garage for a few jobs lately as I have a lift which makes things a lot easier. Also have runs to Zedshed West which is at @Nodzed works on a Saturday thats in Lydney. Nice to get together, tea coffee and donoughts and BMW banter. We have a Whats App Group which makes it easy to communicate any runs and shows we may be doing. PM me if you want adding in I will then send my number so you can text me yours to add you in.