OK....excellent. I thought you said...it was jacking up the car?
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OK....excellent. I thought you said...it was jacking up the car?
Call Me Dane l 2/2004 330i ZHP l 18x8 ET45 BBS CK's wrapped with Michelin Pilot Sport AS3+ @ 245-40-18 l KW V1 Coilovers in front l KW V1 springs w/ Bilstein B8 dampeners in rear l BMW Performance Rotors l UUC StrutBarbarian l Racing Dynamics Rear Strut Bar l Jim Conforti Shark Injector l Light Birch Interior Trim l Bimmian Celly Mount l M3 Trunk Mat l l e90 Performance E-Brake & Shift Knob l M3 Tri-Stitched Boots l AL Headlight Retrofit with ZKW Lenses l CobyWheel Wrap w/M3 Stitching l LCM sw 4.5 triple blink and rear fogs l Maple Interior Trim
Messaggero
Yea it was jacking the car, thats when I backed off to look for your thread, Pip helped lasted night but I decided to try again this morning after coffee and read your post again and again to make sure I was doing it right, was gonna go for method #1 but that upper torx screw would have required me to move headlight to get to it so I opted for #2 with the micarta pry...
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Ok... Well done. Glad it's fixed.
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Call Me Dane l 2/2004 330i ZHP l 18x8 ET45 BBS CK's wrapped with Michelin Pilot Sport AS3+ @ 245-40-18 l KW V1 Coilovers in front l KW V1 springs w/ Bilstein B8 dampeners in rear l BMW Performance Rotors l UUC StrutBarbarian l Racing Dynamics Rear Strut Bar l Jim Conforti Shark Injector l Light Birch Interior Trim l Bimmian Celly Mount l M3 Trunk Mat l l e90 Performance E-Brake & Shift Knob l M3 Tri-Stitched Boots l AL Headlight Retrofit with ZKW Lenses l CobyWheel Wrap w/M3 Stitching l LCM sw 4.5 triple blink and rear fogs l Maple Interior Trim
Messaggero
Replacing the entire cooling system at home next Saturday. Will try to take good pictures of the steps if I can.
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Messaggero
Can the Torx screws in question be removed from above or does the car need to be elevated and the splash panels removed?
Soldier
Just go straight in from the top. You can get to them both.
Messaggero
Great, thanks. Need to replace a tank today and hoping to be able to do so w/o raising the car or doing anything from below. Coolant flushed recently and therefore no need to access drain plugs.
Wiseguy
Nice Info!
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Enforcer
Won't coolant run out when you pull the tank loose? I would think you'd want to drain the coolant into a container first.
Messaggero
In this particular case it was already mostly empty due to leaking. And of course everything below it was already wet, etc. But normally yes, you'd get under it and drain it at the blue drain screw.
This one was something I'd never heard of in the world of leaking E46 expansion tanks. Will probably start a new thread topic.
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