Article by: Sean Applies to: all e32 and e34 models. The six cylinder has one pump, the eight and twelve cylinder models have two pumps. This procedure describes the V12 pump replacement, but I6 is basically the same. Problem: One nice day, just when I thought I had driven about […]

Article by: Sean750 Article applies to: all e31, e32, and e38 models with the M7x V12 engine. Problem: The last couple of months, I’ve been trying to investigate the cause of a lack of fuel pressure. The problems are numerous: erratic idle, surging, hunting (this is typical: engine revvs and […]

Article by: Sean Article applies to: all models with the M70 V12 engine. Problem: In my ongoing quest to fight the problems with rough idling, stalling when accelerating and surging I decided to replace the fuel filters to see if makes any difference. I was still convinced it had something to […]

Article by: Johan Article applies to: all BMW models with a viscous clutch cooling fan. Problem: It’s very easy to spot a bad fan coupling. The engine temperature will rise when standing in traffic. On my 735i it went to about the 3/4 mark. Apparently the electrical fan on the […]

Article by: Sean – Additional comments and pictures by Cor Verlinde Applies to: all e31, e32, and e38 models with the M70 V12 engine. Someone we (Johan and I) know through our website contacted us that he had started an interesting project. He was planning to build a Cobra replica. […]

Article by: Johan Article applies to: all e24, e28, e32, e34 models with the M30 inline 6 cylinder engine. Problem: There are countless reasons why you might want to replace your engine. You could be leaking fluids badly, you could be low on compression, you could have a head gasket […]