BMW 520d N47 2.0 Diesel – Oil Pressure problems and a flat tyre

bmw 520d n47 oil pressure problems
This is one of our long term customers cars which we’ve performed numerous jobs on including a Walnut Blast. He contacted us as the car had displayed a low oil pressure warning on the dashboard. Generally speaking if a car tells you the oil pressure is low, damage has often already occured. The customers hunch
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E36 M3 in for a rocker cover gasket – simple job?

E36 M3 in for a rocker cover gasket
Surely a simple job? This car had an engine oil leak from the rocker cover. Book time to replace is just 1 hr. Surely this would be one of those rare few “easy” jobs? As it turned out it wasn’t. Someone had previously tried to solve the oil leak by progressively over tightening the retaining
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Audi S5 V8 Manual – Walnut Blast & Injector

audi-s5-v8-manual
The Audi S5 is a high-performance variant of the Audi A5 coupe, like all Audi “S” cars, they are only available with Audi’s quattro four-wheel drive (4WD) system, which in the S5 uses a Torsen-based centre differential. This example was particularly appealing as it featured a manual gearbox ! The Audi S5 is powered by
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Mini 1.6 THP Carbon Clean

We had a Mini Countryman 1.6 (BMW X1 underneath) in recently which was running very badly. The customer wanted a Carbon clean and all the running issues resolved. This car uses the Peugeot / Citroen 1.6 THP engine. In 1.4 litre form EP3/EP3C it is found in all these cars Peugeot 307,207 Mini One, Peugeot
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Suzuki Swift Sport 1.6 Engine Swap

This car came to us with the bottom end knocking. Before removing the engine we dropped the sump to remove the big end bearings. This is what the big end bearings looked like… Although the car was running below max oil level on the dipstick, it wasn’t actually oil starvation that caused the failure. These
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Volvo C30 1.6D (DV6) Carbon Clean

VOLVO C30 DV6 ENGINE
The Volvo C30 1.6D uses the DLD-416 (or more commonly DV6) engine jointly developed by Ford and PSA Group (Peugeot & Citroen) where it is marketed as 1.6 HDi and 1.6 TDCi. Used in cars such as the 307, C3, C4, Fiesta, & Focus to name a few. This is a DOHC 16v engine with
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Honda S2000 Valve Clearance Adjustment

In the Balance Motorworks workshop today, a nice example of Honda’s legendary S2000 Sports Car. These have arguably the finest 4 cylinder production engine ever made. Producing a whopping 237 Horsepower from just 2 litres, without forced induction, it remains a marvel 20 years on from its launch. The VTEC system which makes this all
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Vauxhall Zafira 1.6 Twin Port Head Gasket replacement

This car arrived with suspected head gasket failure. Before we start stripping down a cylinder head we will firstly check the diagnosis. So cue the combustion gas checker, and diagnostic check. There was clear evidence of combustion gases in the cooling system. The error codes we read PO300 & PO304 denoted a general misfire and
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