BMWCurve's Sibling's 2003 BMW 330Xi M Sport Canadian Maintenance Ledger

[Vas]

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[BMWCurves]

I plan to drive the car for a short drive this week to see what additional codes pop up, followed by a wash when the weather behaves (it's been raining and supposed to stay that way for the next few days). Will post pics then.

My sister ordered all parts I suggested minus the optional parts. Should be set.

Can anyone think of any other large maintenance I should suggest?

[Vas]

Dang. That will be alot of parts to install. Good luck with the overhaul.

[BMWCurves]

Dang. That will be alot of parts to install. Good luck with the overhaul.

Thanks. Thankfully there's plenty of time on our hands. I'll probably do an hour or two each night once the parts roll in and then try and knock out the rest on a weekend.

As an aside, does anyone know of a short shift kit for a 5-speed 330Xi that isn't UUC?

[slater]

Thanks. Thankfully there's plenty of time on our hands. I'll probably do an hour or two each night once the parts roll in and then try and knock out the rest on a weekend.

As an aside, does anyone know of a short shift kit for a 5-speed 330Xi that isn't UUC?

i don't, but surely there's something in the OEM parts bin that will work?

also, simply refreshing/upgrading the linkage will make it feel awesome. i have the stock shifter but mine feel ridiculously good.

[BMWCurves]

Which parts specifically did you refresh?

[BMWCurves]

Added some (dirty) pics of the car in the original post. It's basically sat in the garage since we purchased it and there hasn't been much break in the rain to give it a wash but it might be cleaned this weekend.

Parts are starting to roll in. The Koni Sports arrived today from ECS:

[BMWCurves]

More parts arriving. Just need the last box from ECS and I can get to work:

[BMWCurves]

I took the morning off yesterday and went hiking with my sister up Hamilton Mountain in the Columbia Gorge. We drove her 330Xi (her first real drive with the car) and she loved it. She had a smile on her face most of the drive. We haven't done any maintenance on it yet (still waiting on two ECS Tuning packages to arrive), but it still ran smoothly.

Only odd occurrence was on the way back a medium volume popping sound coming from the rear. The sound did not crop up on our 50 minute drive out the Gorge. It sounds like a speaker pop but it was random, and would happen even if the radio was off. Nothing was loose in the trunk, and whether she accelerated, or jabbed the brakes, or anything, it would happen. Steady state on the smooth highway road and it would pop. Really not sure what it is. Another thing to try and diagnose, but any ideas? It was tough to take a video, I may try again this weekend.

[san]

I had something similar happen when I did my shocks... When I checked, one of the strut mounts popped out and the top of the strut was basically not connected... It was a mistake on my part that it happened but maybe check strut mounts to be sure...


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