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My turn to apologise Martin! Sorry but I got called away for work again. If you're still interested, you can come have a look at it either on weekdays after 8pm or on weekends whenever suits you really. Even bank holiday if needed. I am prepping for my move so will be around the house. Send me a PM ...

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Hi Martin, I am pretty confident that it should work on yours. Mine was a late '99 2.0L so I'm sure it will work. Anybody that knows more than me is welcome to correct me in case :) You are free to come pick it up if you want (we can even try it). Hope you enjoy your car as much as I enjoyed mine! @...

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Hi guys, After just over a year of ownership, I've had to sell my Z3 as I am leaving the country. With my car gone, I have the Airbag reset tool that I would like to give to a member of this forum. In over a year this forum has proven to be invaluable and without doubt one of the nicest forums I've ...

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Thanks Brian, those images are really helpful. I will definitely check that drain tomorrow, weather permitting.

Luckily I do have a half cover so will be using that for now...

Really appreciate the images!

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Took most of my interior out today (still struggling to completely remove the centre console for some reason) and I am pretty sure my problem is with the drain pipes where the roof meets the rear wing. The carpet behind the black plastic trim is damp there. I can't seem to find the actual drain pipe...

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That does not sound like fun

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Hi, While I can't say whether the ICV is definitely the problem, I had similar issues to you on my 2.0L. I had very rough idle in traffic at times. It slowly got worse and I ended up having the car stall on me. I changed the Vanos seals and I don't have that issue any more thankfully. I repeat, I do...

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Thanks Brian! I can most certainly wait until the weekend, really appreciate your help. I'll have a look at the door card seals as well. I started taking out the carpet in the car (was hoping to get away with not removing the seat, no chance there) and saw how much foam was under there. Mine is abso...

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Thanks Brian, very useful. Upon further inspection, I noticed that I have water under both passenger and driver seats. I'm thinking it might be because of the drains. Do you by any chance have a picture of where exactly the drains are? Just so I can check whether they are blocked or not... Also, I'm...

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Hi guys, quick question about this solution. This morning I noticed that I had a little lake in the passenger foot-well and am trying to understand whether the problem is where the soft top meets the windscreen or whether it is because of the problem mentioned in this post. If it is water coming thr...

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Thanks Brian! I was getting so frustrated recently. Now I can focus on the more important aspect: driving

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If only I knew who fitted that soft top...

Anyway, it's been raining for the past three days and my boot is totally dry. I'm so happy...

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Ah, good point... probably the best solution...

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Hi, has anybody completely removed the bootlid on their Z3?

Is it an easy job or is it a bit of a minefield?

Thanks!

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So, after a while of being convinced that I had resolved the issue I finally realised that no matter how much crack cure I used, I would always have a leak. I took the rear of the hood off the body work and realised that the person that had fitted the hood had done an extremely shoddy job at it: htt...

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That is a definite possibility. I wasn't there for the actual test. Another very suspect value was the lambda which went from 1.02 before to 2.2 after the terraclean. Shortly after I did have to change the vanos seals as the car had a lumpy idle. Not sure whether it was related. Not really, fuel eco...

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They basically unplug your fuel system from the engine and plug in their own external fuel pump. They run the engine for an hour on highly refined fuel to clean the engine, injectors etc and removes carbon deposits that build up over time. It surely makes an immediate difference, but I have always b...

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Good point, I'll amend the original post to include the legal limits as well. Right after doing the Terraclean, the car did feel slightly better, but I don't know how much of that was thanks to the placebo effect. When I got the Terraclean done, I asked how long it would last and I was told that in ...

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Hi all, For anyone interested, I just wanted to provide my feedback on the Terraclean service. On the 21st May (@73750 miles) I carried out a Terraclean (in South London) and was quite surprised with the results: Before Terraclean: CO = 0.41% CO2 = 14.17% HC = 108ppm O2 = 0.65% After Terraclean: CO ...

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Oh wow, that was also an expensive week at that too! On the bright side, you know that your electrics have no issues...

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Thanks for the reply guys, much appreciated! I swapped the bulbs and they work, so I guess that the one lesson to take away from this is even if the filaments aren't broken, doesn't mean the bulb isn't fried. Can't believe I opened a thread for burnt bulbs. In my defence, 3 out of 4 had blown all at...

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Thanks for the heads up! Now that I think about it, i do remember that when I got the indication that my brake pads had gone, my brake light (driver side) started working intermittently. That's when i checked the bulb and seemed fine, then it started working alright and now none of the lights there ...

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Hi all, I have yet another small issue with my lovely Z3. Last night I realised by pure chance that my right hand side tail lights aren't working. Does anybody know what might be causing this? Brake light doesn't work, normal light doesn't work either. Is there a specific fuse just for one side of t...

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I have a '99 2.0 manual as well and had the airbag light turn on a while ago. I unplugged the connector under the seat, cleaned it a bit then plugged it back in. The light was still on in the dash, but when I changed my brake pads I asked the guys to have a look at the code. Turned out to be the Pas...

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For however simple your suggestion may be, I admit I haven't tried tightening the nuts. Good point

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Thanks Vic! I' just hoping to get the same result as you :) I've been applying the Cap Toll liquid for a week now but I'm still getting the leak (one of them has stopped) so I will definitely get some silicon and try to use that as you suggest, hopefully Cap Toll will build up on top of that. I real...

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So I managed to finally track down where the water is seeping in. Where Vic-Z3 mentioned is exactly what I have as well. Water is coming in where the soft top is attached to the body, water flows inside then drains into the boot through the holes. Attached is a photo of where Capt Tolley's creeping ...

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Much appreciated! I'll do that this weekend

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Thanks Robert. I thought there was an issue with the seatbelt light because I read in the manual that it was only meant to go off once the seat belt was connected. Regarding the airbag light, my Z3 doesn't have a passenger airbag and when I checked under the passenger seat earlier, I saw that the co...

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Hi all, Quick question: what does it mean when the seat belt light on the dash doesn't stay on if I don't wear a seat belt? Has someone overridden the mechanism? I just noticed it today because I was trying to figure out why my airbag light has come on permanently (since yesterday) and now I'm think...

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Hi Vic, thanks a lot for that thread, it does seem as though I have the exact same issue. What is it exactly that solved your problem? Was it the sealant or just the gasket that had moved? Where did you actually apply the Crack Cure? I bought a tube as well, but am not entirely sure where to apply i...

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I bought the gasket, took the third stop out and noticed that mine didn't seem to have a gasket. After a bit of browsing in the internet, it was my understanding that the facelift Z3s don't actually have a gasket.

So I've basically got a gasket that I can't install...

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Hi guys, after changing the antenna grommet, the water leak into the boot has pretty much stopped. I say pretty much because I've noticed that there is another leak that happens from time to time. I notice it because the carpet covering the jack in my boot is wet in 2 spots. When I take the carpet o...

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Haha, I agree. There's so much that could be written

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I admit that I originally wanted to make the fix myself, but after having had a look at the following walkthrough I opted with taking it to a mechanic: http://blog.bavauto.com/13829/bmw-diy-double-vanos-repair-rebuild-on-m52tu-m54-and-m56-6-cylinder/ Took a couple of hours (and I got the rocker gask...

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Hi all, just a quick update on this. I got my Vanos seals fixed (bought the i6 Automotive rattle kit online) on Friday and my idle seems as smooth as it should be and I don't seem to be getting any dips etc. It was slowly getting worse and worse, so it is quite a relief that I seem to have found the...

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Understood, makes sense.

I still have the impression that the symptoms lead to a vanos seals issue...

Thank you!

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Wow, that bad? That's pants...

Unfortunately I don't really know anybody with a Z3 near me (SW London area)...

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Point taken. I just wanted a quick test so I can see if it makes any difference. I'm guessing not so if my MAF is fine then I'll put my original back in there...

I was a bit wary myself.

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So, the plot thickens. I checked for more cracks/holes in the air flow, but I couldn't find any. That isn't to say there are none, but none that I could find anyway. Saturday morning I ran a few errands and the car did the same thing. Once the engine reaches the optimal temperature, the idle is unst...

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Yeah, what bothers me most is the smell of humidity when I open the boot.

And there's the worry that the battery support will rust and one day the battery will drop to the ground

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Very interesting read! Thanks for the link

I'll have a proper inspection this weekend, weather permitting...

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I would happily get these, but the problem is I don't have the heat gun to unglue the cover. Will a powerful hairdryer do? Will I have to reapply the glue or do i just heat again to soften up and then put the cover back on? I'll have a look through the knowledge database now to see if there are any ...

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Unfortunately I haven't managed to carry out a smoke test, so I'm not 100% sure that there aren't any other leaks. I'll try to look at the rubber boots again...

Oil wise, I'm quite confident it should be alright as I got the oil changed when I got the car at the end of Jan.

Thanks guys!

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I had read about the parking nose down, and since then that's how I've been parking my car. I park just outside my house and there is a very slight slope which I don't think should affect it, but you never know. The facelift model third brake light seems to be completely sealed so I don't think I ha...

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I finally managed to get that rubber boot changed, but unfortunately I am still having the same issue. I can confirm that now it is happening much less, but I am still randomly getting a very low idle (under 500rpm), then the ECU revving it up for me and then back down and back up etc. This now happ...

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So, I managed to change the antenna grommet (when changing it I noticed that the antenna support on the inside was a bit rusted. Evidently water was coming in through there. Seeing as I had it, I also tried to change the gasket on the third brake light. Unfortunately I think I have the wrong gasket....

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Thanks a lot for the realoem link, i was struggling to find it as well. Just in case I have bought it and will fit it once i get it. For £5 delviered I think it might be worth it anyway. This way I can change both the grommet and the gasket. If it still happens after changing these 2 bits then I gue...

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I did a quick test of chucking a couple of pints of water at the third stop light (not exactly the most technical of methods, I agree) and I couldn't feel any dampness. Then I had a closer look at the antenna grommet and it is far from water tight. It is actually so ruined that it has shrunk and the...

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