Learning to speak german by total immersion: a drivabeater thread

Dusterbd13 said:

as a last note: german engineering is WIERD. i have no idea why they do a lot of stuff the way they do. like the sensor wiring that goes through a plastic box bolted to the intake, then spreads like medusas hair. with no ryhme or reason to the routing.  but yet the injectors are so tightly and cleanly loomed......

Do not question the designs of the Bavarian elves. They know what they're doing and why they're doing it, and that's enough.

Guess i just don't get the logic yet. Im sure at some point I'll have an aha! moment and it will make sense.

Or not.

I didn't even know there was an m7 bolt.

Wtf???

In reply to Dusterbd13 :

Welcome to German Engineering. I had to buy a lot of special tools to work on these cars.

  I never heard of torx sockets.....   Before the BMW or was it the Volvo, hard to keep track.

It lives!

No more misfires or vacuum leaks that i can tell. Runs real good.

Pics and update tomorrow. Maybe. 

In reply to Dusterbd13 :

Hurray!

I guess this means you've passed your first German test.  Sprechen Sie Deutsche?

In reply to Indy-Guy :

Only if funkengruvin and gutentight are legitimate german words.

But, tomorrow will tell! I figured a good test drive should be into three digit miles, right?

Dusterbd13 said:

I didn't even know there was an m7 bolt.

Wtf???

DIN :)

you will use all the wrenches you never did, 7, 9, 13, 16

7, 9, and 13 are common in gm. I dont think i even OWN a 16 though. 

Dusterbd13 said:

7, 9, and 13 are common in gm. I dont think i even OWN a 16 though. 

Can always do it the hack way and use a 5/8. 

There are definitely some oddball-sized fasteners, though the E39 isn't too bad. For example, you'll need 11mm and a 7mm allen for brakes, IIRC (plus some normal sizes). 10mm allen for the diff plugs. But 8/10/13/17/19 still get plenty of use.

Cab Forward Chryslers used a #$@% 16mm. I had to buy a nice wrench set just for them back when I was swappin' and 'droppin in the junkyard.

As always, loving the driveabeater thread.

Wait until you need the reverse torx sockets

Wait until you need the reverse torx sockets

Justjim75 said:

Wait until you need the reverse torx sockets

The more modern cars are full of these. Really annoying.

167 miles today. No problem except continuing 02 codes. 

Im calling it a huge freaking win 

Dusterbd13 said:

167 miles today. No problem except continuing 02 codes. 

Im calling it a huge freaking win 

Awesome.  I would start looking at possible exhaust leaks or it doesn’t like aftermarket sensors and wants OE brand units :/ 

The 2 up top are either whatever the PO had on it or the 2 Bosch units from Oreilly.  There were codes showing both brand new ones were bad so I replaced them under warranty and now there's only one code.  If you like, go to oreilly and give them my cell (you have it) and tell them it's bad and still under warranty.   The 2 post cat are Ebay mail order Chinese but seem to be working. Hope this helps

2 clarify, the 2 on the car when delivered were new Bosch, the 2 in the bag were what came on the car when I purchased it, for troubleshooting. 

The post-cat sensors are far less critical. As long as they're returning some sort of reasonable signal they shouldn't be an issue. Pre-cats, on the other hand, are pretty picky.

Is tgere a way to test the sensor prior to replacement? Just so i can know.

Dusterbd13 said:

Is tgere a way to test the sensor prior to replacement? Just so i can know.

Not that I'm aware of.

Learning to speak german by total immersion

Every time I read the thread title I think this (and I mean it)

In reply to Suprf1y :

I had to Google that.

Apparently it translates to "do you have a bird?" However, is used in the context of "are you nucking futs?"

In which case, yes. Yes i am. (Said with phineus voice from phineus and ferb)