r/E90

As the title says, it’s time to let it go. I have worked as a part time tech at a BMW shop throughout college and I am graduating this year!! My Ive had my e92 for about 3 years now while maintaining it myself at my shop.

I would not be able to afford this car if I didn’t do my own work and soon I will be getting a cooperate job with no access to a lift or discounted parts.

I truly do love this car but I do feel the need to look for something slightly more reliable as I will be paying for labor for the first time in my life.

My question becomes, what do y’all find interesting and reliable other than a N55 car? Preferably something that wont leak as much damn oil lol.

Heyy everyone, i own a 335i e93 2008 near about two years and never knew previous owner had put jb4 in it. The turbos whistle loud but i never checked the panel until today , i was cleaning the car and in panel i found this mess.

Their is no control switch inside the car and i feels like this one is wireless or maybe phone app controlled .

Can anyone tell which model is this or how can i control it??

This is more out of curiosity, and I'm wondering if any of you have experience driving this generation of 5 series. This one has similar mods to my E91 in terms of suspension, and they're both manual. I guess I'm always curious how the even older generation drives, if it's more raw or if it will just feel larger and more like a boat. One of the reasons that I potentially consider going to this generation 5 series is also for extra space with a growing family. Just curious if anybody has experience on the driving feel.

I bought my N53 2011 a month ago with 85k and FSH. So far I have fitted new air, cabin and oil filters, oil change, coolant flush, brake fluid change, pads and discs, tyres, HPFP, spark plugs and repaired the leather steering wheel.

The pic is the old spark plugs that were replaced post HPFP. The car was giving me misfire codes for cylinders 3 & 5 which checks out.

I have bimmerlink. Should I reset any adaptations? Is there any specific procedure?

This is my first BMW and being a veteran of VAGs and VCDS, the coding and processes are new to me.

What else could do with a refresh?

Hello all, new to the page and the BMW community in general and super excited to be here! Driven good ole Japanese vehicles my entire driving career and after drooling over BMWs from my G35 for long enough I finally decided to make the switch to one of my favorite chassis when I blew my transmission for the second time.

Picked up this 2011 328i (automatic/RWD) today with only 60k original miles and was curious as to what common failure points should be addressed first, as well as what maintenances and services need to be done for the 60k mileage interval? Has a slight shudder under load (around 2200 rpms) and was wondering if I should lookin into a possible transmission flush? No warning lights on the dash or cleared in the system, and I drove it a good 80 miles between the test drive excursion I took the seller on the be sure it was sound enough before committing and bringing it 75 miles back to my home this afternoon with the scan tool plugged in the entire time. No codes or warning lights, and the shudder is only there at lower speeds (up to maybe 3rd/4th gear). Like I mentioned this is all very new to me so any suggestions are greatly appreciated! Previous owner said it sat since Jan with minimal driving so not sure if it just needs a tune up & maintenance or what but I got it at a good enough price with the mileage that it appeared to be worth investing in, even if it does end up needing a bit of work. Just nervous and hoping I didn’t make a poor decision. Thank you for reading and any input is greatly appreciated!

I’ve started to notice this sound appear after driving for a while, on idle it does not make this sound. I can’t really tell exactly where’s it’s coming from, wondering if anyone else had experienced this?

where can i get air suspension coilovers and what brand ? also what are some good tire brands

Hi,

First of all my car is:

BMW 330i 2005 with the N52 engine (alu block) and ±120k miles.

I have been having a few reoccuring codes related to timing - both exhaust and intake side. Very crucially, the car is running completely fine and never threw an actual engine code or anything noticeable on the car itself. I drove it both soft and hard. It is only when I scan it with an advanced scanner that can read shadow codes that I get a full series of these related to timing - specifically 2A87, 2A82, 2A98. I have been reading about this back and forth and I am none the wiser (I obviously acknowledge that just because it is the same codes, does not mean the same cure to all).

The car has been through a garage before where they tried to swap the VANOS solenoids between each other and replaced the adjustor units. I was then recommended that the entire timing chain should be replaced. The garage was quite shady from the beginning and I gather that timing chain failure on the N52 is incredibly unlikely and I was not quite ready to fork out over £1000 in parts for something that is probably not even the source of the issue…

Next steps? Do I worry about this or continue driving? I was going to start with replacing camshaft sensors for new and see if that helps. Seeing as these are quite cheap and reading that this did sort the issues for some.

Thanks for any help or insight in advance

Have been driving this car on blown suspension for as long as I’ve owned it and this suspension upgrade has been a long time coming. I’ve only driven it once since putting everything on, but it’s for sure night and day. Once it settles and I get it aligned I’ll probably make a follow up post for anyone curious.

M sport springs, bilstein b8 with oe control arms, tie rods, and sway bar links.

What I used:

https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/bmw-control-arm-kit-10-piece-e90-e90fullkit-l

https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/bmw-suspension-kit-bilstein-b8-performance-plus-35120407kt1

It's in the center console under a plastic cover. And help appreciated

you guys think the bronze would look better than just sticking to silver?

Idk what I did to it but I hurt it. Made some weird revs and idle then had a nasty back fire, chilled out normally around 600 rpm and then went to normal afterwards.

Finally hit 200k miles on my N54. She’s been a blast, always have a place in my heart as my first car.