Hi guys! What’s the best replacement oil for bmw’s longlife 04? Would it be 5-30 fully synthetic? It’s for a engine service not top up! Thanks

Dear All, I have bought an E87 on the previous summer, everything went smooth, but right now I have a "small" issue. After random distances the check engine light come out. I have went to my mechanic and we checked the code, it is "P00BD", but sometimes I get also "P0172 - System Too Rich". He...

Hi - Done some searches but remap comes up hundred+ and couldn't find anything specific so I apologise if this is duplication. 116 SE Petrol Auto - 2013 model Getting one of these as my daily to and from work, mainly motorway with some stop/start commuting. I don't want any strain putting on...

Right guys don't shoot me down here, I'm new to BMW, previously owned old fords, and Mini's(original not BMW) Having a few issues with oil consumption and oil in the coolant, have had it check by the dealership I bought it from tonight and they tell me its the oil cooler, now I don't trust the...

Hi all iv'e got a problem where the 1) Front wipers wont turn on 2) Rear wiper wont turn off 3) Horn don't work 4) Central locking don't work 5) Windscreen wash does work 6) Carly tells me wiper relais A6CA , doesnt mention central locking . What i want to know is has my car got an GMV module...

Hi everyone, I purchased a BMW Advanced Car Eye dashcam kit recently at a pretty good price. I had a go at fitting it today and it was a lot easier than i thought it was going to be. Until i got to the electrical connections part and am completely stuck. Having followed these instructions...

Hi. I've recently bought a 1 series 116 sport (2liter) which is a little noisy on tick over. I've taken the car back to the garage 3 times but they keep telling me it's fine and that the engine should sound like this. Does anyone have any thought on this? The engine just sounds rough and only...

Hello! I have recently crashed my BMW 116, 59 plate, my vehicle had xenon light originally and after the crash i fitted Halogen headlights, they working but not correctly. The low beam working fine as well as the indicators but the high beam doesn't work. So any solution for that or its only...

Hi All I have a 2012 116 M Sport which on an almost daily basis keeps going into limp mode. If I turn the engine off and switch back on all is well again. BMWs have done a software update which kept the problem at bay for a while but now it's back again and very annoying and of course now...

Hi all, first time on here so apologies if I've posted in the wrong place. Basically I have a 2010 116 3door, everything was fine until a couple of days after its mot when the DPF light came on. I took it for a quick blast on the motorway and added a dpf cleaner (which I used to do on a passat)...

Hi, I would like to ask some advice / help. - The timing chain and the exhaust vanos of my N45 engine was replaced by dealer 1 months ago. That has no issues. He mentioned that my intake vanos is also faulty, bot the problem is not that big - the car run fine and smoothly. - Since I've seen the...

Hi, I'm looking to purchase a BMW 1 Series second hand. I was just curious as to what the differences were between 2.0 litre 116i, 118i and 120i models? I noticed the 116/118 seem to have around 122 bph, whereas the 120 has 177 bhp. Are all of these models still actually 2.0 litre engines...

My stop /start is not working i have been to the dealer and they say it is because the battery is less than 85% charged,it starts ok and everything else is ok can anyone confirm what they say or is it a load of rubbish.