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Well I found the oil leak. There is a drain plug on the back of the head. Number 23
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I was able to get back there with a 5mm Allen wrench and it tightened up about 1/4 turn. I then cleaned as much of the oil as I could off the exhaust, engine, and trans.
Then I gave her a wash and hopefully that takes care of the oil leak!
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Hope so!
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Made it to the golf course and back with no smoke....fingers crossedQuote:
Originally Posted by johnrando
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Ah, the joys of a used car. Got my new FCABs in today (Meyle HD) and found out the old ones were different left/right. Left was Meyle HD and was pretty solid still, right side definitely needed replacing and promptly puked oil when it ripped taking it off. Hmm, since it was oil filled I wonder if it was Lemforder? 5 minutes with a dremel on the centre metal insert and it was off, new FCABs slid on like butter with some dish soap.
My intention was to keep the old ones so I could press in Z4M FCABs into the old lollipops, but I'm not sure if IDs would be to the same tolerances left and right. I'm really in no rush though so I'll press the old ones out first and measure the bores to make sure the press fit will be more or less the same. Then whenever I happen to be in the US next I'll order the Z4M FCABs from FCP.
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Right:
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Maybe this was the source of your strange alignment woes?Quote:
Originally Posted by t.er
You know what... I never put 2 and 2 together. This could be it! Once unbolted from the car the oil-filled bushing had a lot of play and made a squishing noise whenever you moved it. And this totally makes sense, since worn FCABs do seem to contribute to excessive toe compliance. Still going to get my alignment at a shop this time around but I may use their setup to verify the string methodQuote:
Originally Posted by Will
I mean at this point it's a bad fcab or ghostsQuote:
Originally Posted by t.er
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Lol! Hoping it's not the ghosts.Quote:
Originally Posted by ZHPizza
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Miiiiight be ghosts lol. I went ahead and got my alignment done. I’m not sure what’s up with this car though… after they aligned it, the steering wheel was canted to the right, and I still have a very slight pull to the left. So they shimmied the tie rods over a bit which centred the steering, but the ever so slight pull is there. Could just be the crown in the road, but I can do a very slow lane change with my hands off the wheel. Gonna live with it though, at least until the next suspension upgrade.Quote:
Originally Posted by Will
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Regarding the off center steering wheel: Was the steering guibo ever changed? maybe it wasn't properly 'clocked' (for a lack of words).Quote:
Originally Posted by t.er
double checks to ensure I'm not quoting/linking your own solution/findings to you. Lol