[landowner]

Power steering system flushed with 2 litres of new fluid and new reservoir fitted
I have a noisy pump, never noticed it before, let it develop for now
Cleaned the seats as it's a lovely day and hoovered the life out of the interior, not a dog hair in sight now
Might go for a run to New Brighton tomorrow and look at the sea

 

[kernowsvenski]

My old banger £200 daily driver runaround bmw failed the mot today with a knackered subframe. I had a good look at it and the whole rear suspension looks like it's been parked in the sea for some years, so sadly off to the scrappy it goes. It means the pride and joy FL1 is now promoted to daily driver again.

 

[andyfreelandy]

Can you not change subframe and rear suspension as a unit from a scrapper ??

 

[landowner]

Charging FL2 battery, was going for a run but it's too hot
Only had 11.8 volts due to much locking and unlocking, starting while doing a service, starting while changing power steering oil etc etc. doesn't help that the mirrors fold every time I lock it/unlock it, I forget how to stop that happening.

 

[Freddie17]

Charging FL2 battery, was going for a run but it's too hot
Only had 11.8 volts due to much locking and unlocking, starting while doing a service, starting while changing power steering oil etc etc. doesn't help that the mirrors fold every time I lock it/unlock it, I forget how to stop that happening.

Give it a good run - stick some tunes on and use the air-con.
You’ll enjoy it and so will yer FL!

 

[landowner]

Give it a good run - stick some tunes on and use the air-con.
You’ll enjoy it and so will yer FL!

I wish,
Got more painting to do while the weather's nice and we're out at Bury market tomorrow so that'll do the job. 30 miles of Motorway each way,
Drained just over half a litre of oil out as it was reading too much after replacing the oil with 7 litres of good stuff, still over the mark so might have to drain another half litre out

 

[Freddie17]

I wish,
Got more painting to do while the weather's nice and we're out at Bury market tomorrow so that'll do the job. 30 miles of Motorway each way,
Drained just over half a litre of oil out as it was reading too much after replacing the oil with 7 litres of good stuff, still over the mark so might have to drain another half litre out

Yep - overfilled is not good.
I aim to keep mine between half and three-quarters

 

[Nodge68]

Charging FL2 battery, was going for a run but it's too hot
Only had 11.8 volts due to much locking and unlocking, starting while doing a service, starting while changing power steering oil etc etc. doesn't help that the mirrors fold every time I lock it/unlock it, I forget how to stop that happening.

It's not the locking and unlocking causing the battery to get low. The car stays awake for 30 minutes after single locking, and 10 minutes after double locking. That's what pulls the battery down over time. When these are being serviced at LR, they are supposed to use an auxiliary power supply, but I wonder how many actually do.

 

[landowner]

Wishing I had left well enough alone now
FL2 Power steering pump gone noisy after fluid change, no time to change it before road trip so have to cross fingers and hope it'll be ok,
Sounds like a bearing but I'll know better when I check it over with a stethoscope on Saturday

 

[Freddie17]

Wishing I had left well enough alone now
FL2 Power steering pump gone noisy after fluid change, no time to change it before road trip so have to cross fingers and hope it'll be ok,
Sounds like a bearing but I'll know better when I check it over with a stethoscope on Saturday

Air lock?

 

[landowner]

Air lock?

Could be, I did run it and did lock to lock and driven it a little since
I'll see how it goes on a run tomorrow

 

[kernowsvenski]

Can you not change subframe and rear suspension as a unit from a scrapper ??

It would be difficult to get a good one from a scrapper, with all the arms etc as it seems these motor's subframes are quite susceptible to the rot. Also, the gearbox has a fair old whine on it so not sure how long that has got. However, if I had a garage I'd consider doing it. It's time to give the FL1 some love though now after doing all that work on it.

 

[andyfreelandy]

Made up your brake pipes this afternoon.

 

[kernowsvenski]

Made up your brake pipes this afternoon.

Legend

 

[andyfreelandy]

Tis only the rear ??

 

[kernowsvenski]

Tis only the rear ??

Yep, just from the flexi union, around the chasis box section.

 

[Nodge68]

Wishing I had left well enough alone now
FL2 Power steering pump gone noisy after fluid change, no time to change it before road trip so have to cross fingers and hope it'll be ok,
Sounds like a bearing but I'll know better when I check it over with a stethoscope on Saturday

Did you start the engine to purge out the air? Or lift the front wheels with the engine off, turning the steering lock to lock 10 times while checking the fluid level?
The latter is the correct procedure, which reduces the chance of air getting trapped in the pump variable displacement mechanism.

If the engine was started to purge out air, it will take many drive cycles to come out, and sometimes damage the pump due to cavitation.

 

[Nodge68]

My old banger £200 daily driver runaround bmw failed the mot today with a knackered subframe. I had a good look at it and the whole rear suspension looks like it's been parked in the sea for some years, so sadly off to the scrappy it goes. It means the pride and joy FL1 is now promoted to daily driver again.

Sad news. I like those old bimmers.

 

[landowner]

Repaired the rip in my drivers seat bolster, found some leathercloth that matches perfectly and glued it on
Not the best of glue jobs but it'll do fer now

 

[kernowsvenski]

Sad news. I like those old bimmers.

I can't complain. It served it's purpose and I only paid £200 for it and the scrappy said they'd give me that for it so with one abs sensor, some wiper blades and two second hand tyres it's been cheap motoring for the year. It was a great little car and drove really nicely. I'd have one again in heartbeat. That coupe M version with the wide arches would be nice.