Mrs Fb’s 650i...regret may be strong with this one!
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Good to see you're all sorted
Similar job to what I needed to do on my E65 just to swap the bloody halo lights...
Full front end off jobby; stupid design!
E39 - 4 bolts, 2 mins and off come the headlights. Not that you need to remove them to change the bulbs or ballasts, it's all just there. Nice & accessible!
Similar job to what I needed to do on my E65 just to swap the bloody halo lights...
Full front end off jobby; stupid design!
E39 - 4 bolts, 2 mins and off come the headlights. Not that you need to remove them to change the bulbs or ballasts, it's all just there. Nice & accessible!
All had been well with the 650, until last night.
Running slightly late to meet friends for a meal. Jumped into the car and fire it up, as I moved forwards of the drive I heard a very feint pop, similar to running over a little stone or something. Pulled forwards off the drive and then reversed to park next to kerb and that’s when I saw the mother of all oil slicks !!!
I shut the car off immediately and jumped in the Touareg to grab sand from local B&Q. Threw down as much as I could over the slick and buggered off out for dinner with the hump ! Cleaned up the sand today and degreased the rod as best I could, which had little effect. I’ve ordered some special chemicals for tarmac and driveways so hopefully that will lift it more .
Jacked the car up today expecting to find a burst oil cooler line or similar. Turns out the poxy oil filter housing and split. Ordered new one for mid next week along with filter and oil etc. it’s almost more annoying that it’s something so simple given the monumental mess it’s made.
I suffer with severe OCD, to the point I told my daughters boyfriend he couldn’t park outside my house as his van dropped a half dozen drops of oil outside my house… now I’ve got half of Kuwait outside
Running slightly late to meet friends for a meal. Jumped into the car and fire it up, as I moved forwards of the drive I heard a very feint pop, similar to running over a little stone or something. Pulled forwards off the drive and then reversed to park next to kerb and that’s when I saw the mother of all oil slicks !!!
I shut the car off immediately and jumped in the Touareg to grab sand from local B&Q. Threw down as much as I could over the slick and buggered off out for dinner with the hump ! Cleaned up the sand today and degreased the rod as best I could, which had little effect. I’ve ordered some special chemicals for tarmac and driveways so hopefully that will lift it more .
Jacked the car up today expecting to find a burst oil cooler line or similar. Turns out the poxy oil filter housing and split. Ordered new one for mid next week along with filter and oil etc. it’s almost more annoying that it’s something so simple given the monumental mess it’s made.
I suffer with severe OCD, to the point I told my daughters boyfriend he couldn’t park outside my house as his van dropped a half dozen drops of oil outside my house… now I’ve got half of Kuwait outside
fastbikes76 said:
All had been well with the 650, until last night.
Running slightly late to meet friends for a meal. Jumped into the car and fire it up, as I moved forwards of the drive I heard a very feint pop, similar to running over a little stone or something. Pulled forwards off the drive and then reversed to park next to kerb and that’s when I saw the mother of all oil slicks !!!
I shut the car off immediately and jumped in the Touareg to grab sand from local B&Q. Threw down as much as I could over the slick and buggered off out for dinner with the hump ! Cleaned up the sand today and degreased the rod as best I could, which had little effect. I’ve ordered some special chemicals for tarmac and driveways so hopefully that will lift it more .
Jacked the car up today expecting to find a burst oil cooler line or similar. Turns out the poxy oil filter housing and split. Ordered new one for mid next week along with filter and oil etc. it’s almost more annoying that it’s something so simple given the monumental mess it’s made.
I suffer with severe OCD, to the point I told my daughters boyfriend he couldn’t park outside my house as his van dropped a half dozen drops of oil outside my house… now I’ve got half of Kuwait outside
Bugger, well that’s the OCD fairly well stamped upon Running slightly late to meet friends for a meal. Jumped into the car and fire it up, as I moved forwards of the drive I heard a very feint pop, similar to running over a little stone or something. Pulled forwards off the drive and then reversed to park next to kerb and that’s when I saw the mother of all oil slicks !!!
I shut the car off immediately and jumped in the Touareg to grab sand from local B&Q. Threw down as much as I could over the slick and buggered off out for dinner with the hump ! Cleaned up the sand today and degreased the rod as best I could, which had little effect. I’ve ordered some special chemicals for tarmac and driveways so hopefully that will lift it more .
Jacked the car up today expecting to find a burst oil cooler line or similar. Turns out the poxy oil filter housing and split. Ordered new one for mid next week along with filter and oil etc. it’s almost more annoying that it’s something so simple given the monumental mess it’s made.
I suffer with severe OCD, to the point I told my daughters boyfriend he couldn’t park outside my house as his van dropped a half dozen drops of oil outside my house… now I’ve got half of Kuwait outside
At least it’s a simple fix on the car.. I’ve had my 630i 4 years now and it’s been great, until a couple of days ago when it threw a wobbly. Turned out to just be a duff coil, so easily sorted. I keep looking at 650s wondering if I should swap 6 for 8
Waynester said:
Bugger, well that’s the OCD fairly well stamped upon
At least it’s a simple fix on the car.. I’ve had my 630i 4 years now and it’s been great, until a couple of days ago when it threw a wobbly. Turned out to just be a duff coil, so easily sorted. I keep looking at 650s wondering if I should swap 6 for 8
You should, the 8’a are epicAt least it’s a simple fix on the car.. I’ve had my 630i 4 years now and it’s been great, until a couple of days ago when it threw a wobbly. Turned out to just be a duff coil, so easily sorted. I keep looking at 650s wondering if I should swap 6 for 8
I had mine for 8 years with hardly a problem, great cars!
Tobermory said:
Waynester said:
Bugger, well that’s the OCD fairly well stamped upon
At least it’s a simple fix on the car.. I’ve had my 630i 4 years now and it’s been great, until a couple of days ago when it threw a wobbly. Turned out to just be a duff coil, so easily sorted. I keep looking at 650s wondering if I should swap 6 for 8
You should, the 8’a are epicAt least it’s a simple fix on the car.. I’ve had my 630i 4 years now and it’s been great, until a couple of days ago when it threw a wobbly. Turned out to just be a duff coil, so easily sorted. I keep looking at 650s wondering if I should swap 6 for 8
I had mine for 8 years with hardly a problem, great cars!
Waynester said:
Bugger, well that’s the OCD fairly well stamped upon
At least it’s a simple fix on the car.. I’ve had my 630i 4 years now and it’s been great, until a couple of days ago when it threw a wobbly. Turned out to just be a duff coil, so easily sorted. I keep looking at 650s wondering if I should swap 6 for 8
Yes that’s safe to say the marks won’t be going anywhere in a hurry. This is what it looks like after 5 liters of Gunk driveway cleaner and being scrubbed with yard brush before being washed down for 2 hours At least it’s a simple fix on the car.. I’ve had my 630i 4 years now and it’s been great, until a couple of days ago when it threw a wobbly. Turned out to just be a duff coil, so easily sorted. I keep looking at 650s wondering if I should swap 6 for 8
Looking at my last post is was 6 days short of a year ago, so after a few initial niggles, it’s been faultless for a year. The 6 pots are fantastic cars but you just can beat the sound of that V8, more so when you liberate some of the noise
Taita said:
Hello mate, your old 630i is still a great car! Cracking place to zip away the miles.
650 sounded great, hope gets fixed ASAP!
Hey, that’s great to hear ! It was an amazing car for me but sadly just didn’t need 3 cars and 7 bikes in the household. Glad she’s treating you well 650 sounded great, hope gets fixed ASAP!
Waynester said:
Well, you got me looking.. Not sure I want an E64 though, seems to be plenty of them
E63 650’s are VERY thin on the ground, for some reason most are convertible when I personally don’t fancy. Keep an eye out, they do come up for not much money. What else with even half the calibre could you buy for around 5-6k !!??Waynester said:
Well, you got me looking.. Not sure I want an E64 though, seems to be plenty of them
Dunno if you’re on faceache but this one looks decent https://www.facebook.com/groups/309159322578368/pe...
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