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    air con filter: Activated carbon vs white plain ones

    Just replaced my air-con pollen filter. Activated carbon ones were out of stock, so I got the white plain ones. Driving around, I feel I am getting occasional stronger odor and exhaust fume smell as compared to when I had the activated carbon ones. Psychological?
  2. Slow_poke_driver

    WTS : PML voucher

    Helping a forum bro post. PML voucher. $600 selling for $480. sms 91193618 if interested. Pls direct all enquiries to the number...coz I really am not the seller.
  3. Slow_poke_driver

    GB: castrol 0w-30 A3/B4 european formula

    Lai lai lai...amazon can ship the Castrol 0w-30 and 0w-40 European formula again. Not going to do a big MO. Just need some cart fillers for my small items. Castrol 0w-30 and 0W-40 *Picture kope from bobistheoilguy Both are BMW LL01. Castrol 0w-30 @74sgd/6qt Castrol 0w-40...
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    Experience with removing runflats. Were your rims scratched?

    Time for me to change tyres again...need recommendation for a shop that is properly equipped to take off these stupid rft. Two years ago I went to a reputable (and pretty popular) tyre shop to remove a set of RFT. The result was horrible and the shop scratched 3 out of 4 of my rims. The...
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    Air con cause radiator fan to go full speed

    For as far as I can remember...probably since the first day I collected car almost 3 years ago... My radiator fan will go full blast for 5-10s whenever I restart the car while the engine is hot. For instance if I park my car, go kopitiam buy rice, then come back to restart the car, the...
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    Cannot reset oil change interval through computer software? Reset through cluster ok?

    Went to a new workshop for oil change. First time there. Staff seems pretty inexperience compared to some of the site sponser...actually I suspect I may have better knowledge on the car if I were a technician. The whole oil change process was done properly for sure. Labour charge is very...
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    Is there any workshop that actually use a torque wrench for the delicate plastic nut?

    Is there any workshop that actually use a torque wrench for the delicate stuff, such as the plastic drain nut? Based on BMW recommendation, the torque for tightening the engine oil drain nut on the plastic oil pans, such as on the n20, is 8Nm. 8Nm= 800g of force @1m =3.2kg of force with a...
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    Can determine i-step level without e-sys?

    Due to some minor software conflict issue, my car under went another round of software update at AD. Wanting to know what version of software it has got now, I did a "driver profile export to thumbdrive" and read the file. I got this: 2014-11-28T20:17:01 1 (------) DW35747 F001-12-07-520...
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    GB: Castrol 0w-40 European Formula/ Pennzoil Ultra European BMW LL01

    Time for oil GB again. Amazon cannot ship Castrol 0w-30 already...amazon also cannot ship 0w-40 anymore... BUT with hard work, I found they ship 0w-40 in 5qt bottle. Castrol 0w-40. BMW LL01. Similar properties as mobil 0w-40. Now on offer very good price. New Castrol 0W-40 ...
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    GB for Collinite 845 wax- WET and Durable budget wax

    The guy that I used to get my collinite stuff is no longer bringing it into Singapore...a search shows shipping is quite expensive for 1 bottle. Shipping in 4 bottles is much cheaper. Each bottle will cost about $35 each (probably around $33 or so after all conversion). At 1 pint (~500ml)...
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    Radiator fan going full blast...no, don't think is water pump.

    Is the below symptoms normal? 1. Fan goes on full blast for 10-15s when coming to a stop after exiting expressway with engine oil at about 105-110c. While the fan is going full blast for that 10-15s, the oil temp needle moves down to about 95c. 2. Fan goes full blast when restarting after car...
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    Wts: 4x Bosch Platinum ZR5 TPP33S plug

    4x Bosch ZR5 TPP33S plug. Bosch part no. 0 242 145 518. For n20 and n55, but I only have 4 left, so... These are oem version of oe BMW plug...with the S behind, not the cheaper TP33 without S. I don't know what is the difference. Just what Bosch said. Self collect NTU or cck area. $60 for...
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    Help! Changed new air filter and engine make turbo BOV sound

    Changed the air filter, from original to original. Now the engine makes a turbo pressure release sound when I step a bit more and release. Like psst pssst pssst sound that ah beng cars make. What could be wrong? Torn a charge pipe or something? No lost of power or engine error.
  14. Slow_poke_driver

    Engine air filter n20: change need to remove brace?

    Anyone replace the air filter on the n20? Is the bracing rod above the air box required to be removed?
  15. Slow_poke_driver

    pennzoil ultra euro l 5w30

    Anyone used this before? How does it compare to castrol 0w30 and mobil 0w40?
  16. Slow_poke_driver

    Wts: Castrol 0w-30

    As above. Self collect chao chu kang area. 1 qt $12.50 Can either sell as 6qt or 7qt. 1 set only. Pm me.
  17. Slow_poke_driver

    Fan whining sound from dash area...not air con blower

    Recently I started getting this random "fan whining" sound coming from the dashboard area. Sound comes and go. Not very loud, but still can be heard even when travelling at 30-40km/h. It is not like the radiator fan sound, but a higher pitch noise that I can only hear from inside the cabin...
  18. Slow_poke_driver

    software update for n20 520/528

    SA told me got software update for car. Anyone updated your software recently? Did it change the effectiveness of your piggyback like jb n20 or tmc? I assume coding done prior to update will be overwritten?
  19. Slow_poke_driver

    Just to share: Anti sway bar for f10

    Been quite sway recently, so started looking for more anti sway bar for my 4 pot f10. The ang mohs and hongkongers already installed the m5 front sway bar and a 16mm rear sway bar from the m550d and 650i convert. Some ang moh website was selling the front and rear for about $800sgd, shipped...
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    Bumper kissed the wall, got such thing as "spot repair"?

    Sibei sway, bumper kissed a corner of the wall. Left a line of slight dent and a deep dent. Any recommended method of repair to minimise colour mismatch further down the road? Advisable to only respray a segment of the bumper?
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