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Recently noticed that she is herking and jerking going from first to second or back from send to first gear. I'm guessing it's the air filter. I park outside and with all this pollen this year, maybe that's it? My other guess is the fuel line needs to be flushed. I'd probably do both if it...

Good or bad Give or take I replaced them anyway, some say 40k interval but I think that is way too long esp on a 12 year old car. I drive her hard maybe once or twice a month. Meaning: doing over 120mph for a couple minutes. Didn't having any issues I just felt like changing them since it's...

My wife's 535xi was running terrible, and prior to that she mentioned some message about low battery. However the car ran perfect, started without hesitation, so was not concerned about it. But two weeks later, car ran terrible, chugging like a diesel if you really pushed it. I had someone put...

Hey guys, we've come to a dead end before bringing my 2008 328i to our mechanic. When we changed my oil in November 2015 my car misfires getting onto the highway, brought it back to the mechanic and he read the code as a misfire on cyl #1 & #3, erased the code and test drove it.. all was fine...

I've always used NGK BKR6EQUP 3199 plugs on my e39 and never had a problem... I'm wondering would it be fine to use the same type plugs on my e60 ? according to realoem, there were ENDED and replaced with part # 12120037607 (BMW)

Long time Lurker, First time poster. Thanks to all the wonderful people and information on this and other BMW forums [but especially this one] I managed to troubleshoot and fix a problem on my wife***8217;s vehicle. She drives a 2011 328i. We***8217;re still covered under extended warranty but...

Hello BMW world, I have a 2008 335xi 93K miles and I have recently moved from Texas to Philadelphia and needless to say my car is definitely reacting to the climate change. The low temperature morning starts have really accentuated some issues with my engine. When i start the car in the morning...

A little history on the car. It's a 1991 E30 325i Auto Vert. 130K Miles. Trans is know to be "good". :p The Problem This happened a week after a spark plug change. Used NGKs. Gapped them twice, they're right on the dot (.028) I get a humming/vibration when between 2.8k and 3.8k. During this...

found this in trunk of 1988 bmw 325ic is it cd changer? small plug has tag on it that says MIC. microphone?also has 9 pin computer looking hook up plug. while im at it do i have an amp in trunk some where? weird thing is when i turn on aftermarket pioneer radio i have to pull light switch out...

So as you probably already know that this car has a 3.0L V8. After two days of owning the vehicle, the engine started to have zero performance and idle rough. Idle rough in the sense that the entire car is shaking. So I figured it might be spark plugs. When I went to replace the spark plugs, I...

I need to change my spark plugs on my 2006 E60. Wondering if its worth spending the extra $$$$ for "High Performance" coils and plugs. have 100k miles. Will probably replace the valve cover, since im in there already. Going to try to do it myself. Any suggestions or advice is appreciated. Thanks D

hey guys sad to say my02 325 is having some issues. I went to movies tonight came out started my car went in reverse and it stalled when I pushed in the clutch this happened two more Times. It stopped stalling but everytime I pushed the clutch in and came to an idle the rpms jumped around frim...

Ok on a 1996 BMW 318ti 1.9 wtf is the firing order? I just got new ngk that are numbered and withouth thinking of making notes I hella just yanked all the other wires off thinking I could figure it out... I heard its 1-3-4-2 but the car dies when I start..

Ok, so I finally decided to replace the OEM headunit with an aftermarket one. I'll be using the centered OEM fascia plate... ...so I will need to remove the radio carrier bracket and Dremel off some plastic to make the new headunit fit. Following the excellent DIY guides of HVAC relocation...

I have an 2001 e39. I replaced my alternator a few months ago and now I just noticed that there is a cable plug not connected to anything. Need help identifying where it goes. Any help would be well appreciated. Here are some pics. I have checked the alternator and it has its plug connector...

First off, thanks for any info anyone offers up regarding any of my questions, it's greatly appreciated. I have recently acquired an 02 330ix with 60k miles and I want to spent the next few weekends doing a DIY fluid change/tune-up. First I am going to change the valve cover gasket due to a...

Ok, its a 1987 325is, 164,000 miles, automatic trans. I started having this issue after I drove it home the three hours it took from Grand Rapids.... I had a problem where the car idled fine, but under a load it would hesitate to pick up at all, I had to put the pedal to the floor to get...

Does anyone know how to replace the spark plugs in a 2002 e65 745i? I've removed 4 bolts, center plastic cover, both side plastic covers, etc... But I'm unable to remove the plugs? Is there a bolt that holds in the plugs? I dont want to break the plugs by pulling to hard on the plugs. Any...