ZHPizza's red car

Your Imola paint looks to be in good condition too.

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Originally Posted by Vas

Your Imola paint looks to be in good condition too.

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except for the pinstripe... ;)

i think spenser must have paid a visit to nate's house!

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Originally Posted by slater

i think spenser must have paid a visit to nate's house!

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Not yet, but I'm looking forward to it.

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Originally Posted by Stigissimo

Shoulda bought a wagon! Loser!!!

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lol I have a POS Jetta wagon in the garage. Does that count?

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Originally Posted by BMWCurves

That's frustrating. I didn't have any real problems when I replaced mine with color-matched "reflectors" from Bimmian. I opted to use my wide trim tool for the removal process that made it very easy.

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I had a hell of a time getting the other one out and took some time to really look at the cutout. I'm 90% sure that the bumper was replaced with a non-US-coupe part and someone went back and cut the openings for the reflectors by hand. This car is funny.

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Originally Posted by Vas

Your Imola paint looks to be in good condition too.

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Most of the front end has fresh paint #accidentbonus

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Originally Posted by slater

except for the pinstripe... ;)

i think spenser must have paid a visit to nate's house!

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GET OFF MY PINSTRIPE EH!?!

And I've barely seen Spenser since we got back from Canada. He's got this new girlfriend that he spends all of his time with. She's blue.

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Originally Posted by ZHPizza

lol I have a POS Jetta wagon in the garage. Does that count?

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barely. if you had an E46 Touring it would count a lot more.

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Originally Posted by ZHPizza

GET OFF MY PINSTRIPE EH!?!

And I've barely seen Spenser since we got back from Canada. He's got this new girlfriend that he spends all of his time with. She's blue.

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LOL. that will wear off. :) and if you're gonna rock that pinstripe, you need to only wear pinstripe suits to work. sorry man. that's the deal.

Drove the red car yesterday and got that yellow oil warning light after I got home. Popped the hood and prodded around with a flashlight and said lots of curse words.

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Some new pockets of oil by the OFHG and a lot more running down that side of the pan. Seems to be leaking just as much, if not more than before I replaced the gasket.

BOY DO I HOPE THAT HOUSING IS WARPED OR CRACKED

[cursing, muttering, pouting]

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Originally Posted by ZHPizza

Drove the red car yesterday and got that yellow oil warning light after I got home. Popped the hood and prodded around with a flashlight and said lots of curse words.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...e8f3fd2ee7.jpg

Some new pockets of oil by the OFHG and a lot more running down that side of the pan. Seems to be leaking just as much, if not more than before I replaced the gasket.

BOY DO I HOPE THAT HOUSING IS NOT WARPED OR CRACKED

[cursing, muttering, pouting]

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FTFY...

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Originally Posted by ZHPizza

Drove the red car yesterday and got that yellow oil warning light after I got home. Popped the hood and prodded around with a flashlight and said lots of curse words.

Some new pockets of oil by the OFHG and a lot more running down that side of the pan. Seems to be leaking just as much, if not more than before I replaced the gasket.

BOY DO I HOPE THAT HOUSING IS WARPED OR CRACKED

[cursing, muttering, pouting]

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bummer.... i assume you noted which bolts went where, and were mindful of correct torque specs?

perhaps the new gasket popped out of the housing slightly and got pinched when you torqued it down? i always use a tiny bit of PFTE lube to hold the gasket in place before i put the housing in place.

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Originally Posted by slater

bummer.... i assume you noted which bolts went where, and were mindful of correct torque specs?

perhaps the new gasket popped out of the housing slightly and got pinched when you torqued it down? i always use a tiny bit of PFTE lube to hold the gasket in place before i put the housing in place.

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I should have mentioned that I checked to make sure that it wasn't leaking from the VANOS line or the filter cap.

Bolt position was tracked and torqued down to gutentight, in stages, in a star pattern. I'll check them tonight as heat cycling the aluminum block/housing may have loosened up the fit. If they don't tighten down more, then I'll pull the housing and check the positioning of the gasket and flatness of the face. I wiped a bit of fresh oil on the gasket before install out of habit, but I'm reading that some people get better results with a completely dry gasket and mounting faces. Sounds painful to me!

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Originally Posted by ZHPizza

I should have mentioned that I checked to make sure that it wasn't leaking from the VANOS line or the filter cap.

Bolt position was tracked and torqued down to gutentight, in stages, in a star pattern. I'll check them tonight as heat cycling the aluminum block/housing may have loosened up the fit. If they don't tighten down more, then I'll pull the housing and check the positioning of the gasket and flatness of the face. I wiped a bit of fresh oil on the gasket before install out of habit, but I'm reading that some people get better results with a completely dry gasket and mounting faces. Sounds painful to me!

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bummer. i have the torque specs somewhere... let me know if you need them.