What have you done with or to your M3 today?

[SoCalRPM]

Originally Posted by kcdedric

Installed the Eventuri intake to pair with my plenum. A couple days after I bought the Eventuri intake an opportunity came up to buy a full Karbonius setup. The Karbonius should be arriving tomorrow so I'm anxious to weigh/compare the sound of the two and then decide which to keep

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PLEASE - no one has given us a really good comparison between the sounds of the two full carbon intake/plenum setups on the same vehicle. This forum would certainly benefit from a good before and after video - minimizing variables - of one setup to the next.

[Grip Addict]

Drove it for the first time all month.

[EuroStep]

A crazy run between a N/A DCT and supercharged 6spd

[DL335D]

^ my 4 yr old could make a better video. If it wasn't for the glorious sound of the s65 I would have been completely pissed for wasting 30 seconds of my time.

[aerosynch]

Replaced my front rotors yesterday with VNE from FCP Euro. Starting on the rears today.

[Helmsman]

Originally Posted by Helmsman

Finally got around replacing the thermostat. Easy job except that freeeaking plenum and the rear hose. Lubed the connection and TBs this time so hopefully easier next time.

...and of course it turned out leaking, ffs. Coolant in the V so assume its one of the connecting pipes. Replaced all 4 o-rings and assumed ones the thermo house is in place the pipes can't move but are all the way in (any one who can confirm this?).
Lubed the rings to avoid damages on their way in. Very strange. I hope lubing the plenum hoses makes it less of a pain. Also hoping I can reuse the current (new) thermostat/sealing. Bummer.

[stefan_e36]

winter journey with me M3))
track days are over in Ukraine, so in the offseason, I'm trying to drive at weekend for pleasure

[SGM_E90]

Took the E93 to Thundethill yesterday.

[Mimmer]

Took her on a drive after a new set of lug bolts oem got installed on the wheels. Didn't get take pic of the wheels tho 😅

[torrque]

Originally Posted by Helmsman

Finally got around replacing the thermostat. Easy job except that freeeaking plenum and the rear hose. Lubed the connection and TBs this time so hopefully easier next time.

I did the same thing in the weekend. Plenum came out easy, but man, that rear recirculating hose, was a bitch.. my fingers still hurt...

Good job.

[Helmsman]

Originally Posted by torrque

I did the same thing in the weekend. Plenum came out easy, but man, that rear recirculating hose, was a bitch.. my fingers still hurt...

Good job.

Yeah, require finger tips of steal, which mines not made of..

No leaks? I have assumes the connecting pipes are all the way in once the thermostat house is boltet down, but now Im hoping they still can be pushed into the engine a tad more. Anything you thought of when assembly mate?

[Maxroach]

Malibu Canyon Run during the long weekend with Silos WNS2N_T

[torrque]

Originally Posted by Helmsman

Yeah, require finger tips of steal, which mines not made of..

No leaks? I have assumes the connecting pipes are all the way in once the thermostat house is boltet down, but now Im hoping they still can be pushed into the engine a tad more. Anything you thought of when assembly mate?

No leaks, been driving her for a bit after that. The old thermostat was stuck on the body, and left quite a bit of debris and rubber after being when pulled out. So I took a 400 grade sand paper and slowly cleaned the lip the best I could..

The 2 connecting pipes were clean coming from the engine, so I left those alone. My car is just under 50k miles, so the issue is age, not really mileage now.. more likely rust and plastics getting brittle.

When inserting the thermostat and connecting things back, I like to smear a very very tinny bit of Mobil 1 synthetic grease on the connecting points, just to make it slide in easier.

If not, just use full strength coolant ( I have a small bottle I keep undiluted, so it's kind of greasy and makes the pipes slide in each other easier).

I had the thermostat and sensor error too before doing this, so I changed both (the sensor is pretty much looking at you in the thermostat body, might as well do it).

Cheers

[Helmsman]

Originally Posted by torrque

No leaks, been driving her for a bit after that. The old thermostat was stuck on the body, and left quite a bit of debris and rubber after being when pulled out. So I took a 400 grade sand paper and slowly cleaned the lip the best I could..

The 2 connecting pipes were clean coming from the engine, so I left those alone. My car is just under 50k miles, so the issue is age, not really mileage now.. more likely rust and plastics getting brittle.

When inserting the thermostat and connecting things back, I like to smear a very very tinny bit of Mobil 1 synthetic grease on the connecting points, just to make it slide in easier.

If not, just use full strength coolant ( I have a small bottle I keep undiluted, so it's kind of greasy and makes the pipes slide in each other easier).

I had the thermostat and sensor error too before doing this, so I changed both (the sensor is pretty much looking at you in the thermostat body, might as well do it).

Cheers

Same here love to lube a tad which I did with proper grease. Still what do you know, clumshead managed to cut one o-ring. Simply ca't understand how that happen but better luck next time I guess... Hopefully the new thermostat sealing will put up with a 2nd bolt down.

Had the airbox and plenum off in a blink this time around though, very helpful with some grease on the hoses.

Update: Got new o-rings in and test drove, seems tight and dry this time around, lovely.

[Megabrode]

Got an oil change.

The weird thing since I switched to Liqui-Moly: The e-dipstick shows full when I leave the shop. Shortly after, it drops to half. Later, it pops up to full, then drops to 3/4, back to half, etc. I never had this problem with the BMW recommended 10W-60. I hesitate to top off the oil since it's unclear how much oil remains. With the last Liqui-Moly oil change, I just added a quart when the car asked for it. Fortunately I keep a quart in the trunk.

Is this variability a characteristic of Liqui-Moly, a problem with the "dipstick," or normal?

[Tommysalami]

Originally Posted by Megabrode

Got an oil change.

The weird thing since I switched to Liqui-Moly: The e-dipstick shows full when I leave the shop. Shortly after, it drops to half. Later, it pops up to full, then drops to 3/4, back to half, etc. I never had this problem with the BMW recommended 10W-60. I hesitate to top off the oil since it's unclear how much oil remains. With the last Liqui-Moly oil change, I just added a quart when the car asked for it. Fortunately I keep a quart in the trunk.

Is this variability a characteristic of Liqui-Moly, a problem with the "dipstick," or normal?

The one time I used liqui-moly I had to add a bit after I did some driving and the level dropped. Never went down after that.

[pbonsalb]

Fluctuating oil levels after an oil change are common on these cars. If you have done a bunch of oil changes On your E9xM3 and never experienced fluctuation except this one time when you used LiquiMoly for the first time, I would say that is very strange. I cannot think of any reason why LiquiMoly would do anything different unless somehow its thicker consistency is causing slower true readings.

[torrque]

Originally Posted by Megabrode

Got an oil change.

The weird thing since I switched to Liqui-Moly: The e-dipstick shows full when I leave the shop. Shortly after, it drops to half. Later, it pops up to full, then drops to 3/4, back to half, etc. I never had this problem with the BMW recommended 10W-60. I hesitate to top off the oil since it's unclear how much oil remains. With the last Liqui-Moly oil change, I just added a quart when the car asked for it. Fortunately I keep a quart in the trunk.

Is this variability a characteristic of Liqui-Moly, a problem with the "dipstick," or normal?

I have Liqui Molly right now in, and I never had this issue. I had to top off once as it took almost 9L to show up to full (left it many hours to drain, and emptied the filter enclosure too with a syringe) , but never complained or moved from Max since.

Might be a coincidence, but maybe your level sensor is not quite happy anymore ?

[djsilverjohnson]

Is the oil level sensor a float, or some type of conductivity/capacitance/etc device? Since Liqui-Moly has "moly" in it, could that cause the level sensor to read different from a non-moly oil? We only had our car long enough to do 2 oil changes, but it didn't do anything weird like this either time.

[Dpc2u]

58,000 miles of nothing but Liqui-Moly and never had a level reading issue, so doubt it's related.

[Yvette]

Finished replacing spark plug and the TA. Very noticeable differences after the plugs are replaced. 45k miles on the plug.

[Helmsman]

Originally Posted by djsilverjohnson

Is the oil level sensor a float, or some type of conductivity/capacitance/etc device? Since Liqui-Moly has "moly" in it, could that cause the level sensor to read different from a non-moly oil? We only had our car long enough to do 2 oil changes, but it didn't do anything weird like this either time.

Its a capacitive sensor with built in temp. Believe similar to this: https://www.m3post.com/forums/attach...3&d=1241794389

Cheers