Botond's Maintenance Log - KM08765

[Rookiez]

What happened between 248k to 256k miles? It seems like the car needs to be topped out for about 10 quarts of oil??

[az3579]

How did that come off the clamps?

rust.

Actually, my friend's theory is that the exhaust shop initially didn't set the lengths properly when they connected the tubes. This section that disconnected appears to not have had enough of the tube's tips held on by the clamp. I'm surprised it lasted this long (installed in 2012 initially).

Are you going to be able to get the tubes reconnected (or just run headers!)?

Last night we took to removing the exhaust from the front resonators back and disassembling the pieces. Each tube end was cleaned off with some special Snap-On attachment that's designed for "wire brushing" stainless steel. Then we re-seated the tube ends, effectively re-aligning the exhaust properly. The clamps were fine and re-usable, though I'll have to source some replacements in case they have to come off again.

What happened between 248k to 256k miles? It seems like the car needs to be topped out for about 10 quarts of oil??

The car uses a quart every 700-1000 or so miles... lol

[Rookiez]

The car uses a quart every 700-1000 or so miles... lol

Wow, is it leaking or just burning oil? Do you think that it's due to high mileage?

[az3579]

Wow, is it leaking or just burning oil? Do you think that it's due to high mileage?

High mileage. I have some leaks, but they're very minor, definitely not a quart-per-1k type of leaking.

[holyc0w]

Wow, is it leaking or just burning oil? Do you think that it's due to high mileage?

We've had some discussions regarding the issue that affects some of our cars. Here's a thread that was created regarding the issue: http://www.zhpmafia.com/forums/showt...umption-Thread

High mileage. I have some leaks, but they're very minor, definitely not a quart-per-1k type of leaking.

Or not so high mileage for some of us

[az3579]

I think this issue will affect all M54's at some point or another.

[Rookiez]

I think this issue will affect all M54's at some point or another.

I did some research and apparently this starts to become an issue after working on the CCV. Have you tried to do the O2 Pilot Mod yet?


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[az3579]

I did some research and apparently this starts to become an issue after working on the CCV. Have you tried to do the O2 Pilot Mod yet?


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Did it... Still an issue.

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[san]

We've had some discussions regarding the issue that affects some of our cars. Here's a thread that was created regarding the issue: http://www.zhpmafia.com/forums/showt...umption-Thread



Or not so high mileage for some of us

Have you replaced the ccv already?


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[az3579]

Have you replaced the ccv already?


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Page 1 has my full maintenance history.
Just one thing I have to add (fixing my exhaust).

It's been replaced at least twice already.

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