Thanks for the reminder regarding cleaning out the sunroof drains. Also, I never gave any thought to spraying the CV joint boots, but I'll be getting on that at the next oil change! Thank you for providing great, common-sense, DIY tips!
135i, 150k miles, 428xi 100k miles and now i'm diving a 430xi.....tips! 1) every day warm up car before you start driving, use remote start to start the car before you grab your bag and go....that 2 min will allow the oil to move around and the head to come to temperature! in winter a little longer! It's a plastic filled engine....quick heating = damaged parts. 2) clean your engine bay twice a year if not more. Go to a self service car wash....use the high pressure hose to clean the hoods underbelly of "crud" that builds up inside the hood. then turn on the foaming brush and just lay it on top of the engine and allow the foam to pretty much degrease your engine...try to not get any on belts....just turn it on lay it on top of the engine and use your hands to kind of move that foam around so it just slides down the engine and components. again oil + plastic = bad! Then use the foaming brush to clean off the inner fender walls. 3) go under with rubber restore or white lithium or something and hit anything with a bushing.....the engine mounts.....flood them with the stuff...it will help restore them and keep them happy! 4) Before you go though a car wash or you wash your car....grab a can of brake cleaner and just about soak the crap out of your brake pads to keep things free of buildup...that buildup may cause brakes to freeze up and your brake pads will last longer because less crap between then and the disc. 5) Keep your car clean as best as you can. Not easy but do your best. As for interior....grab one of those dust glove things that look like fuzzy mittens.....grabe a bottle of black magic...spray a few squirts on to the glove and massage it into your dash your doors and anything plastic which will get cooked by the sun or frozen by the cold...don't worry it won't cause electrical issues if it gets into the dash. while you are doing that grab a towel soak it in black magic and your door seals and your hood seals heck any seal on the car you can see....soak it in the stuff! 6) if you are an old lady driver like me .....Italian tuneups.....let car warm up to temp.....on ramp to a high way or some hill....you really need a long steep hill......gun it! just give it the beans a few times.....really helps remove the carbon buildup on your pistons and in your exhaust. 7) Enjoy your car! They are amazing vehicles! I loved my 135i and i adore my 430xi, love and respect them and they will love and respect you.
Thanks for the tips! I had a BMW dealer tell me it’s a bad idea to replace the fluid and filter in a ZF transmission. Same thing with replacing diff fluids. I think they’re crazy. What do you think?
I think the diffs you're totally fine to change the fluid. but for The transmission it really depends on how many miles you have on it at the first trans flush.if its higher milage around 100k then I would say do not change. But if you do it at 40k intervals I think you'll be fine. We usually don't do this at all. It's very rare and seems to work ok, lasting well into the 100k miles even into 200k miles. Personally I wouldn't change it keeping it original. thanks for watching!!
@@TheTownTechnician8993 I’ve got 73000 on it now, and I wouldn’t do a flush. Just fluid replacement and a new filter. Do these transmissions really go 200k on original fluid? That bends my mind!
hello please can you do a video on the causes of rough and stumbling idle on the B48 and also is there anyway to contact you aside the comments .Appreciate all the videos and tips so far
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Thanks for the reminder regarding cleaning out the sunroof drains. Also, I never gave any thought to spraying the CV joint boots, but I'll be getting on that at the next oil change! Thank you for providing great, common-sense, DIY tips!
Thanks for watching!
135i, 150k miles, 428xi 100k miles and now i'm diving a 430xi.....tips!
1) every day warm up car before you start driving, use remote start to start the car before you grab your bag and go....that 2 min will allow the oil to move around and the head to come to temperature! in winter a little longer! It's a plastic filled engine....quick heating = damaged parts.
2) clean your engine bay twice a year if not more. Go to a self service car wash....use the high pressure hose to clean the hoods underbelly of "crud" that builds up inside the hood. then turn on the foaming brush and just lay it on top of the engine and allow the foam to pretty much degrease your engine...try to not get any on belts....just turn it on lay it on top of the engine and use your hands to kind of move that foam around so it just slides down the engine and components. again oil + plastic = bad! Then use the foaming brush to clean off the inner fender walls.
3) go under with rubber restore or white lithium or something and hit anything with a bushing.....the engine mounts.....flood them with the stuff...it will help restore them and keep them happy!
4) Before you go though a car wash or you wash your car....grab a can of brake cleaner and just about soak the crap out of your brake pads to keep things free of buildup...that buildup may cause brakes to freeze up and your brake pads will last longer because less crap between then and the disc.
5) Keep your car clean as best as you can. Not easy but do your best. As for interior....grab one of those dust glove things that look like fuzzy mittens.....grabe a bottle of black magic...spray a few squirts on to the glove and massage it into your dash your doors and anything plastic which will get cooked by the sun or frozen by the cold...don't worry it won't cause electrical issues if it gets into the dash. while you are doing that grab a towel soak it in black magic and your door seals and your hood seals heck any seal on the car you can see....soak it in the stuff!
6) if you are an old lady driver like me .....Italian tuneups.....let car warm up to temp.....on ramp to a high way or some hill....you really need a long steep hill......gun it! just give it the beans a few times.....really helps remove the carbon buildup on your pistons and in your exhaust.
7) Enjoy your car! They are amazing vehicles! I loved my 135i and i adore my 430xi, love and respect them and they will love and respect you.
Thanks for the tips!
Thanks for tips. Would love videos on older 3 series (2008 328xi for example).
Good idea I will definitely do that! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the tips! I had a BMW dealer tell me it’s a bad idea to replace the fluid and filter in a ZF transmission. Same thing with replacing diff fluids. I think they’re crazy. What do you think?
I think the diffs you're totally fine to change the fluid. but for The transmission it really depends on how many miles you have on it at the first trans flush.if its higher milage around 100k then I would say do not change. But if you do it at 40k intervals I think you'll be fine. We usually don't do this at all. It's very rare and seems to work ok, lasting well into the 100k miles even into 200k miles. Personally I wouldn't change it keeping it original. thanks for watching!!
@@TheTownTechnician8993 I’ve got 73000 on it now, and I wouldn’t do a flush. Just fluid replacement and a new filter. Do these transmissions really go 200k on original fluid? That bends my mind!
hello please can you do a video on the causes of rough and stumbling idle on the B48 and also is there anyway to contact you aside the comments .Appreciate all the videos and tips so far
Hey thanks for watching! Yes I can try to make a video on that for sure. You can email me at the email in my description. Thanks for the comment!
I second that request
Change ur oil 5000 instead of 10000
I agree!!