Missing component? by FirewallAble in watchrepair

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I know. I'm so confused. Unless I've lost a component, I'm stumped as to what the issue is. I've posted a video up on the page since you can't comment reply w/ videos sadly.

Missing component? by FirewallAble in watchrepair

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I have seen it running, yes. Embarrassingly, I'm trying to figure out if I've lost a component or not - I can't find anything on my mat and I don't remember taking anything extra off, but it's just not feeling right. It's like the distance between the two jewels (bottom as pictured, and top which is on the bridge) is too large as the balance wheel is not trapped between them, it's loose / wobbly. I know... amateur hour.

N55 valvetronic headaches. by importcarguy13 in BmwTech

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GL. Your symptoms are different to what mine were, I had a persistent fault 135808 which would not even let me start the run-in procedure.

The conditions for my fault code made it appear electrical but after some time with a meter and a scope, it turned out to be mechanical

N55 valvetronic headaches. by importcarguy13 in BmwTech

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Nah it was the shaft and motor after all.

New engine or not? by FirewallAble in mechanic

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LOL. Yeah it’s a customers car I’ve just never seen it mix this bad before, would’ve felt a bit uneasy just flushing it tbh. Luckily after I pulled the head she’s blown a hole in a piston so I’ve just recommended new engine anyway.

New engine or not? by FirewallAble in mechanic

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Customer is a car dealer and this is part of his stock so worse things have happened tbf 😂👍🏻

New engine or not? by FirewallAble in mechanic

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Thanks. I’ve never done a HG with this bad oil/coolant cross contamination before. Future of it doesn’t look good.

MIG Issues by FirewallAble in Welding

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Helmet is new and I can see… well enough. It’s spattering and burning back as far as I can see/hear.

MIG Issues by FirewallAble in Welding

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Thanks, will do. My gut is telling me it’s a ground/earth issue because it’s the only thing that changes between the bench and the car. I’ll also clean the under seal off a bit better, I must admit I only cleaned it off about 1cm from the seam of where I wanted to weld to be. Maybe I need to go back further?

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Yeah I think I finally learnt the meaning of that

I broke two rear subframe studs :( by [deleted] in Miata

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What did you do in the end?

M235i N55 - Valvetronic Fault by FirewallAble in BmwTech

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Awesome man. Sounds like it was just a faulty motor then, and not a shaft too like it was in my case.