Alpina B8 #64 of 93 Limo

[Scooter]

LOL I'm trying not to have anymore of those boxes, so yes, after the pics it went straight in the garbage.

[Scooter]

I picked up the car from Nixon Automotive yesterday after I had the following done:

• diff oil changed
• gearbox oil changed
• brake fluid flushed
• gear lever bushing replaced
• engine oil changed
• new fuel filter

Normally, I would change the engine oil myself, but I need to drive the car as my DD over the next week or so, and I don't have my order of Castrol TWS yet, so I thought it would be best to get them to change it rather than driving around with old oil.

When I dropped the car off I also mentioned to them that I was getting noise from one of the pulley's or something up front. I figured it was the power steering pump. Since Nixon is such a great shop they also gave my car a pretty good look over as well as address the items I requested. I'm happy to report they didn't find any issues They said it looks like it's been pretty well taken care of, but does have some TLC cosmetic issues (nothing I'm not already aware of though).

It turns out that the noise is coming from the power steering pump. They can't find any issues, but they noticed some air bubbles in the system which may just be there because the car has been sitting for quite a while. After driving around a fair amount yesterday the noise already seems to have gone away. I was usually hearing it when the car was cold as well, but I didn't hear it this morning either, so that's good.

Next on the list...not sure exactly, it it will be something I do myself because I'm spending a bunch of money on my Land Cruiser this week as well, so I'm not going to have any funds to spend on anything else for at least a month or so. Stay tuned!

[saint]

thats great to get all that done and after they checked the car over it got a clean bill of health . my car is at the shop this moment getting saftied . im pretty confident that it wont need anything .

[Scooter]

LOL...I'm pretty sure the only comment on your car will be something like "yeah, we found some hair from the previous owner under the seat."

[saint]

Originally Posted by Scooter

LOL...I'm pretty sure the only comment on your car will be something like "yeah, we found some hair from the previous owner under the seat."

lol i think u are right . they called me just as i was responding to your thread and when i asked him if it was ok he got all serious and said , we will talk when u get here . i pressed him until he cracked and laughed and told me it passed only thing was no shift pattern on the knob but he let it slide . the mech said the brakes were at 90% and all the steering and suspension was very tight .
after driving e36's for 6 yrs it really takes some getting used to the sound of the v8's growl in one .

[Scooter]

Major milestone passed last night....

[Scooter]

New spark plugs and new O2 sensors now installed. The O2 sensor on the passenger side was easy. The one on the driver's side was a bit of a b*tch. I had to buy this removal tool which actually worked really well.



I was hoping to use O2 sensors I had left over from my old E36 325i would work....and they did!!! The lead is too long, but you just need to zap strap it shorter







The car runs smoother for sure, but it's not as smooth as I was hoping it would be. The old 320i that I had ran sooooo smooth sometimes I had to look at the tachometer just to see if the car was running. Still love this car though.