[willywi]

Originally Posted by Wgosma

I'm not much of a cosmetic detail kinda guy, but I popped the hood and wiped off my motor cover and some painted frame areas, used a brush to dust off the other components- motor looks decent at 78K miles

impressive, no oil leak ??

[Wgosma]

Quite recently replaced both valve cover and oil filter housing gaskets, they were just beginning to seep oil.

[willywi]

Originally Posted by Wgosma

Quite recently replaced both valve cover and oil filter housing gaskets, they were just beginning to seep oil.

Is your oil cooler leaking? I had oil cooler housing gasket seeping oil and dealer charger 1K for replacement a year ago, I had that gasket warranty by dealer twice and it's still leaking.

[Wgosma]

Originally Posted by willywi

Is your oil cooler leaking? I had oil cooler housing gasket seeping oil and dealer charger 1K for replacement a year ago, I had that gasket warranty by dealer twice and it's still leaking.

zero oil cooler leakage; it and OFHG were PM repairs, there was only VERY minor seepage at OFH gasket, I mean next to nothing.

[bmalbert22]

Originally Posted by Wgosma

Looks nice....how is that Meguiers product to apply? Easy or lot or work or ???
Thanks/Bill

Not hard at all! I did read a couple places that it's better for the initial application if you do it on a dry car rather than a wet car like the instructions said to. After that you just spray down the car while it's wet after a wash then use a pressure washer to spray it off and it refreshes the coating. I think you only need to do that once every three to six months or something like that. I'd say the stuff is about as close to idiot proof as you get. So far I'm pleased with it.

[bmalbert22]

Put on some black "flowing" LED side markers. I also put the black kidney grills on recently. Had the car for a little over four months and I love it so far!

[scostu]

Originally Posted by bmalbert22

Put on some black "flowing" LED side markers. I also put the black kidney grills on recently. Had the car for a little over four months and I love it so far!

Nice. Any advice on how to get those damn things off!

I’ve tried and it’s a No-Go!

[vwillo1]

Ordered a new engine

[bmalbert22]

Originally Posted by scostu

Nice. Any advice on how to get those damn things off!

I’ve tried and it’s a No-Go!

What worked for me was to first slide it forward, toward the front on the car, then pull the side toward the rear of the car out. Maybe a spudger would be helpful to get underneath the housing on the backside to pry it off, but I didn't need one.

[bmalbert22]

Originally Posted by vwillo1

Ordered a new engine

Oh no! Timing chain grenade on you??

[bmalbert22]

Some Hybrid Ceramic Wax from Maguiar's to try to battle the brake dust! Also put in a fair amount of elbow grease to get rid of some gunk that was majorly stuck! Ok so it was the brush on the end of my drill that did all the hard work but whatever.

[gomichigan]

Just picked up my X3 about a week ago, came from the dark side (Mercedes). She is filthy in this photo! Although I did detail the interior when I picked it up.

As for what I did: Picked up an OEM roof rack + bike attachments for $130 locally. Bought gloss black kidney grilles, just waiting for it to warm up so I can install them. New pads/rotors/tires all around. Coded a few things in via Bimmercode.

What she needs next: front windows tinted.

[littleob]

I recoded that pesky auto start/stop now it will only turn on when I want it to

[scostu]

Finally added Bootmod3 and removed the JBTuner.

Bootmod3 is definitely smoother during shifts vs the JB1. I'm going to start playing around with the burble settings next.

[E90705]

Wasn't done today but a new valve cover and vcg gasket & valvetronic actuator seal. OEM via fcp euro

[Buzz110]

Installed an auto start. Great addition.

[andreigbs]

Added yellow Lamin-X covers to fog lights.

[willywi]

Redoing oil filter housing gasket and replace the entire housing with a 15K miles used one from F30. I had this gasket replaced by dealer 3 times and it recently leaked again!!!!! This time I will do the job my self, the mating surface between oil filter housing and cylinder head had residual gasket material on. I bet dealer probably never clean the surface and just slap on a new gasket which is causing it to leak 3 times in a year.

Here is the old housing

[evilchargerfan]

Originally Posted by bmalbert22

Some Hybrid Ceramic Wax from Maguiar's to try to battle the brake dust! Also put in a fair amount of elbow grease to get rid of some gunk that was majorly stuck! Ok so it was the brush on the end of my drill that did all the hard work but whatever.

let us know how the megs hybrid ceramic wax holds up?

Originally Posted by E90705

Wasn't done today but a new valve cover and vcg gasket & valvetronic actuator seal. OEM via fcp euro

how much was the valve cover?

did you use their youtube vid as a guide?

Originally Posted by willywi

Redoing oil filter housing gasket and replace the entire housing with a 15K miles used one from F30

was it not possible to clean the old housing and re use?

[willywi]

Originally Posted by evilchargerfan

let us know how the megs hybrid ceramic wax holds up?



how much was the valve cover?

did you use their youtube vid as a guide?



was it not possible to clean the old housing and re use?

You can reuse old housing but mine had oil all over the place and hard to clean. The used housing I bought cost $60 it was super low mileage and looked like new.

[willywi]

Cleaning up oil filter housing leak mess, oil leaked all over engine bay I get my hands dirty eveytime I work on the car now all cleaned.

[Bowtiefanatc]

New wheels and tires for winter.



This morning so perfect timing!