What did you do for your ZHP/ BMW / MINI today? #2

[fredo]

Oh, no. Can you return them ?

[ItsRichieRich]

I love the look of them, matches the Coby wheel in the car. Sadly because it's a custom order, they will not accept returns.

All good, I'm sure I'll find a good home for them.

[t.er]

That really sucks. Hope you don't lose too much from the re-sale!

What are you thinking of getting next?

[YoitsTmac]

Bummer about the seats, they look really nice and really comfortable.



Got home from work at 4 yesterday and messed with the walbro pump until 5:30 when my frustration headache was too strong. I am so glad I decided to pick up a spare fuel pump - I can’t imagine doing that in real time on my car, all my fuel would evaporate. I picked it back up at 7:30 and quickly lost sunlight but finished.

All I can say is I’m so glad I am doing a video because it is honestly much more difficult than Radium’s guide implies. It looks like it says everything but there’s tons of small things they don’t mention that leave you problem solving in real time. It was too dark to put it in where I abandoned my car, so I’ll do it after work today. Really miss my e46 though.

[YoitsTmac]

Finally got the pump in! Sounds great and car started right up. I think that pump needs to saturate itself with fuel because on the second start it sounded like fuel pouring into a cup, a second priming sounded completely normal. Had some issues on install but I hate being the only one leaving paragraphs in here. All I can say is the M3 fuel baffle is a must if you're replacing your fuel pump!

[John in VA]

Finally got the pump in!

Will be looking forward to your video of the ordeal!

[t.er]

Agreed on the M3 fuel pump baffle. I'd start to starve around 1/2 tank, now I can go all the way down with no issues

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[sillieidiot]

I broke my car some more. Car was working, then replaced the hard coolant lines on the engine block which required taking the manifold out. Now car just starts and dies, no codes/warning lights at all

to me, it feels like I'm not getting enough fuel flow or I have some insanely huge vacuum leak lol I can't even rev it to keep it from dying. I feel like giving up today and just not dealing with it until next week.

[t.er]

I broke my car some more. Car was working, then replaced the hard coolant lines on the engine block which required taking the manifold out. Now car just starts and dies, no codes/warning lights at all

to me, it feels like I'm not getting enough fuel flow or I have some insanely huge vacuum leak lol I can't even rev it to keep it from dying. I feel like giving up today and just not dealing with it until next week.

Hey now, your car was off the road for like 2 years or something, what's another week or so?

That really sucks though!

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[PdZHP]

Similar happened to me while replacing the hard pipes as well. Decided to start undoing everything and then noticed the bottom rubber boot became disconnected from the throttle body. Once reconnected the car was running like a champ.