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Calling all e39 aficionados (Fox, I'm looking at you, you must have encountered this in over 200k miles).
Knackered headlight adjusters, how did you fix this without spending £800 on two new headlights? This would be much easier with halogen units but trying to find facelift xenon units with adjusters fixed is proving difficult.
Knackered headlight adjusters, how did you fix this without spending £800 on two new headlights? This would be much easier with halogen units but trying to find facelift xenon units with adjusters fixed is proving difficult.
JZZ30 said:
sam303 said:
I have it in my 745i (which, coincidentally, is for sale in Scotland within thread budget
Oh b
ks, I'm in Stirling too. I do like a barge, and that looks real nice.
Patrick Bateman said:
Calling all e39 aficionados (Fox, I'm looking at you, you must have encountered this in over 200k miles).
Knackered headlight adjusters, how did you fix this without spending £800 on two new headlights? This would be much easier with halogen units but trying to find facelift xenon units with adjusters fixed is proving difficult.
On Mercs it is usually one of the senders which are attached to the anti-roll bars front and back rather than the lamps themselves (and think about it, it would be a hell of a coincidence for both lamps to fail simultaneously). It is not the best place in the world for a sensitive little electronic gadget to live out its life. I don't suppose it is any different on BMWs.Knackered headlight adjusters, how did you fix this without spending £800 on two new headlights? This would be much easier with halogen units but trying to find facelift xenon units with adjusters fixed is proving difficult.
r129sl said:
On Mercs it is usually one of the senders which are attached to the anti-roll bars front and back rather than the lamps themselves (and think about it, it would be a hell of a coincidence for both lamps to fail simultaneously). It is not the best place in the world for a sensitive little electronic gadget to live out its life. I don't suppose it is any different on BMWs.
I had the height sensor replaced when I first got the car due to the lights pointing down at the ground. It's the mechanism. The lights vibrate at speed, there's excessive play when you grab the back of the bulbs and wiggle them. I'm led to believe this is still something to do with the adjuster mechanism despite the fact the lights do adjust their height when I turn them on...On facelift cars the repair requires you to either bake/heat the lights to free the glue, allowing the housing to come apart.
r129sl said:
0a said:
cat220 said:
All this AMG chat, currently up the North west coast of Scotland with the e55 (w210) the roads are just fantastic, think I passed one car heading south to Ullapool, the 5.4 n/a is a total joy, makes a lovely noise when pushing on and provides mountains of torque across the rev range. Even fully loaded makes for very brisk overtaking.
The 55k in w211 form would seem a natural progression perhaps in a few years. The chap I bought the w210 from had bought a 55k, he did say he very rarely got to exploit the 476bhp, only been in one briefly and it was an absolute monster.
Lovely, get us some pictures - a great part of the world for driving. When I get my W124 back (I, er, lengthened the to do list with the garage, and will be away this weekend!) I will be back there. I'd like to try the 5.4 NA, I bet it's good fun. The 55k in w211 form would seem a natural progression perhaps in a few years. The chap I bought the w210 from had bought a 55k, he did say he very rarely got to exploit the 476bhp, only been in one briefly and it was an absolute monster.
Patrick Bateman said:
I had the height sensor replaced when I first got the car due to the lights pointing down at the ground. It's the mechanism. The lights vibrate at speed, there's excessive play when you grab the back of the bulbs and wiggle them. I'm led to believe this is still something to do with the adjuster mechanism despite the fact the lights do adjust their height when I turn them on...
On facelift cars the repair requires you to either bake/heat the lights to free the glue, allowing the housing to come apart.
On some of them you can't even heat them to get them to apart.On facelift cars the repair requires you to either bake/heat the lights to free the glue, allowing the housing to come apart.
You could try one of the ebay repair people who'll do you exchange units if you don't want to have a crack yourself.
Like this bloke
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-Hella-E39-M-Tech-M5-...
Motorrad said:
sam303 said:
The *45i engine is a peach - I have it in my 745i (which, coincidentally, is for sale in Scotland within thread budget, but I digress 
) but there is one major consideration: the potential coolant pipe leak. Google it and you'll see that it's a 50p seal within the engine that goes and BMW will take several thousand quid off your hands to fix. There is a cheaper fix but still over a grand. Of course it might not happen to you, but if you can find one where it's been sorted already you are protected against it. Did I mention that I had the issue with my 745i and had it fixed at great expense? But I digress again
Well this looks nice good advert as well.) but there is one major consideration: the potential coolant pipe leak. Google it and you'll see that it's a 50p seal within the engine that goes and BMW will take several thousand quid off your hands to fix. There is a cheaper fix but still over a grand. Of course it might not happen to you, but if you can find one where it's been sorted already you are protected against it. Did I mention that I had the issue with my 745i and had it fixed at great expense? But I digress again http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/b...
Looks good, lower miles than mine. I'm dreading the coolant thing, I'm sure it'll happen to me but I'll cross that road when I get to it.
I've just noticed that on yours when the coolant is cold you have the lower rev counter, like mine, but also in the speedo.... I swear mine used to do that but doesn't any more
I'll check later tonight! Weird. E65Ross said:
Looks identical to mine on the outside. Only thing is... The red car light is on, with no faults showing, so it's overdue on some service item?
Looks good, lower miles than mine. I'm dreading the coolant thing, I'm sure it'll happen to me but I'll cross that road when I get to it.
I've just noticed that on yours when the coolant is cold you have the lower rev counter, like mine, but also in the speedo.... I swear mine used to do that but doesn't any more I'll check later tonight! Weird.
Think the wee red car symbol is because it thinks it wants new coolant, but the coolant was changed when I sorted the coolant pipe leak; I think the garage that did it just neglected to set the service indicator. Looks good, lower miles than mine. I'm dreading the coolant thing, I'm sure it'll happen to me but I'll cross that road when I get to it.
I've just noticed that on yours when the coolant is cold you have the lower rev counter, like mine, but also in the speedo.... I swear mine used to do that but doesn't any more
I'll check later tonight! Weird. The line on the speedo comes up when I've used cruise, it's not related to engine temp.
Do you have the car MOT'd at a BMW main dealer? If not, then the service overdue warning could be that.
Our E91 325 flags up a 'service due' red warning light if the car thinks it needs an MOT. Interrogating the 'i' drive reveals the car needs a 'statutory inspection' - rather than a service of the mechanicals/oil change etc., which is still a while off.
Last time, disorganisation meant the MOT became pressing and it was done at a garage down the road, who didn't reset the computer - so the car thinks it has no MOT. This may be the reason.
Our E91 325 flags up a 'service due' red warning light if the car thinks it needs an MOT. Interrogating the 'i' drive reveals the car needs a 'statutory inspection' - rather than a service of the mechanicals/oil change etc., which is still a while off.
Last time, disorganisation meant the MOT became pressing and it was done at a garage down the road, who didn't reset the computer - so the car thinks it has no MOT. This may be the reason.
Motorrad said:
On some of them you can't even heat them to get them to apart.
You could try one of the ebay repair people who'll do you exchange units if you don't want to have a crack yourself.
Like this bloke
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-Hella-E39-M-Tech-M5-...
I referenced him in the thread I made about this. I might just remove the lights myself and send them away for repair. Having an extra car could prove useful now.You could try one of the ebay repair people who'll do you exchange units if you don't want to have a crack yourself.
Like this bloke
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-Hella-E39-M-Tech-M5-...
sam303 said:
E65Ross said:
Looks identical to mine on the outside. Only thing is... The red car light is on, with no faults showing, so it's overdue on some service item?
Looks good, lower miles than mine. I'm dreading the coolant thing, I'm sure it'll happen to me but I'll cross that road when I get to it.
I've just noticed that on yours when the coolant is cold you have the lower rev counter, like mine, but also in the speedo.... I swear mine used to do that but doesn't any more I'll check later tonight! Weird.
Think the wee red car symbol is because it thinks it wants new coolant, but the coolant was changed when I sorted the coolant pipe leak; I think the garage that did it just neglected to set the service indicator. Looks good, lower miles than mine. I'm dreading the coolant thing, I'm sure it'll happen to me but I'll cross that road when I get to it.
I've just noticed that on yours when the coolant is cold you have the lower rev counter, like mine, but also in the speedo.... I swear mine used to do that but doesn't any more
I'll check later tonight! Weird. The line on the speedo comes up when I've used cruise, it's not related to engine temp.
Hmmm, who knows!
Good luck with the sale. Resetting the coolant on the obc is quite easy by the way.
JF87 said:
This E320 looks a lot better than most, crap plate and slightly iffy rims notwithstanding. Sensible miles & LPG!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-E320-Estate-Aut...
minimoog said:
Apropos of nothing :cough: what mpg could one anticipate from a 745i in mixed use, but mainly local/town? Not sitting in queues of traffic as such, just pottering?
Low 20s. I do mostly motorway and over the last 1k miles I'm averaging 27mpg driving sensibly but not like my nan and occasionally using the engine as intended. Just town and short trips will be high teens.
Extra weight and power, more efficient engine design by a decade/two generations (M60 superseded by VANOS equipped M62, in turn superseded by Valvetronic N62), plus an extra gear ratio that if nothing else improves the 50mph+ economy/overall average.
As Ross says, I'd expect 15-20 average for town pottering (the E38 750i was about that too), high 20s possibly slipping to early 30s (with due restraint applied...) motorway for an average 22-24 in most cases.
If it's all town stop/start and urban crawl though, 10-15 would be a more pragmatic figure to work with.
As Ross says, I'd expect 15-20 average for town pottering (the E38 750i was about that too), high 20s possibly slipping to early 30s (with due restraint applied...) motorway for an average 22-24 in most cases.
If it's all town stop/start and urban crawl though, 10-15 would be a more pragmatic figure to work with.
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