I think we need another car... - Page 26

Nick M3 · 05-30-2022, 10:49 AM

Fun fact: I accidentally made my life a LOT easier by buying the flange pipes off of an N62 4.4.

Here, you can see what I was expecting to make work. (I bought reducers.) And you can also see the 4.4 tubing. The 4.8 has a different flange, so you have to adapt. Luckily, the 4.4 tubing just slid right in. Only a slight tweak to the positioning needed before tacking in. (And thanks to Mike for doing the tacking while I held the tips in place.)

zach · 05-31-2022, 12:22 PM

looks good Nick! I always liked my parents' e53s.

Nick M3 · 05-31-2022, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by SCA

It looks great! Keep us posted on the Trim Restore. I have been meaning to purchase some.

a little over 2.5 months in, it still looks great. If you scroll up to the exhaust tip shots, you can really see the contrast with the treated rear bumper vs. the untreated V8 exhaust tip surrounds.

Nick M3 · 06-04-2022, 06:27 PM

Hey, this marks 10,000 miles.

Nick M3 · 06-06-2022, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Nick M3

That's not entirely correct.

It goes down and stays down when you lock with the fob.

It closes when you turn the ignition on. (Unless you intervene.)

If they opened and closed, i'd care less.

Spent some time with NCSExpert and coded most of the X5’s modules to defaults. No change in behavior.

It turns out that the most likely cause is the door lock actuator. Apparently this is a thing that happens in this generation of BMWs. I took apart the door panel and played with it, and things went back to normal once, before resuming the weird behavior. Have ordered a new one.

Nick M3 · 06-11-2022, 07:31 PM

OK, well, that was an odyssey. Here’s everything I did:
1) Recode General Module and LCM. No change.
2) Replace door lock actuator (when that fails, you get all kinds of bizarre behavior). No change. But I fixed a few things that had been done wrong by a previous mechanic, so not all bad.
3) Wracked my brain for a while.
4) Unplugged the headlights because that’s the electrical device I worked on before all of this happened.
5) Unplugged the AVIN. LOCKS AND WINDOWS WORK NORMALLY!!!!
6) Reset AVIN: No change.
7) Unplug CANBUS decoder: No change.
8) Unplug Resler model. EVERYTHING WORKS NORMALLY WITH THE AVIN PLUGGED IN!

Conclusion: It was the Resler IBUS module.

That was annoying.

SCA · 06-11-2022, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Nick M3

Hey, this marks 10,000 miles.

Wow! Really putting them on…. I recently hit the 7,000 mark on the E39 and I have had it quite a bit longer than you have had the E53.

Nick M3 · 06-11-2022, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by SCA

Wow! Really putting them on…. I recently hit the 7,000 mark on the E39 and I have had to quite a bit longer than you have had the E53.

Well, most of that was Kobi making DC-Gettysburg day trips to deal with her parents. It’s a lot slower now.

Nick M3 · 06-12-2022, 10:57 AM

Apparently the issue was corrupted firmware in the Resler IBUS interface. Reflashed it and things are back to normal.

SCA · 06-12-2022, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Nick M3

Well, most of that was Kobi making DC-Gettysburg day trips to deal with her parents. It’s a lot slower now.

That will do it. At least you now know that it is fairly reliable.

05-30-2022, 10:49 AM	#251
Nick M3 Relic Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Bethesda, MD Posts: 12,459	Fun fact: I accidentally made my life a LOT easier by buying the flange pipes off of an N62 4.4. Here, you can see what I was expecting to make work. (I bought reducers.) And you can also see the 4.4 tubing. The 4.8 has a different flange, so you have to adapt. Luckily, the 4.4 tubing just slid right in. Only a slight tweak to the positioning needed before tacking in. (And thanks to Mike for doing the tacking while I held the tips in place.) Attached Thumbnails __________________ 2011 M3 2006 Sierra 2500HD 4WD LBZ/Allison 2004 X5 3.0i 6MT 1995 M3 S50B32 1990 325is 1989 M3 S54B32 Hers: 1989 325iX 1996 911 Turbo

06-04-2022, 06:27 PM	#254
Nick M3 Relic Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Bethesda, MD Posts: 12,459	Hey, this marks 10,000 miles. Attached Thumbnails __________________ 2011 M3 2006 Sierra 2500HD 4WD LBZ/Allison 2004 X5 3.0i 6MT 1995 M3 S50B32 1990 325is 1989 M3 S54B32 Hers: 1989 325iX 1996 911 Turbo

06-11-2022, 07:31 PM	#256
Nick M3 Relic Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Bethesda, MD Posts: 12,459	OK, well, that was an odyssey. Here’s everything I did: 1) Recode General Module and LCM. No change. 2) Replace door lock actuator (when that fails, you get all kinds of bizarre behavior). No change. But I fixed a few things that had been done wrong by a previous mechanic, so not all bad. 3) Wracked my brain for a while. 4) Unplugged the headlights because that’s the electrical device I worked on before all of this happened. 5) Unplugged the AVIN. LOCKS AND WINDOWS WORK NORMALLY!!!! 6) Reset AVIN: No change. 7) Unplug CANBUS decoder: No change. 8) Unplug Resler model. EVERYTHING WORKS NORMALLY WITH THE AVIN PLUGGED IN! Conclusion: It was the Resler IBUS module. That was annoying. __________________ 2011 M3 2006 Sierra 2500HD 4WD LBZ/Allison 2004 X5 3.0i 6MT 1995 M3 S50B32 1990 325is 1989 M3 S54B32 Hers: 1989 325iX 1996 911 Turbo

06-12-2022, 10:57 AM	#259
Nick M3 Relic Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Bethesda, MD Posts: 12,459	Apparently the issue was corrupted firmware in the Resler IBUS interface. Reflashed it and things are back to normal. __________________ 2011 M3 2006 Sierra 2500HD 4WD LBZ/Allison 2004 X5 3.0i 6MT 1995 M3 S50B32 1990 325is 1989 M3 S54B32 Hers: 1989 325iX 1996 911 Turbo

05-31-2022, 12:22 PM	#252
zach swinging for the fences Join Date: Oct 2003 Carmudgeonly Ride: 987, X7 M60i, e36 M3 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 5,037	looks good Nick! I always liked my parents' e53s.