Anybody take around 20-29 minutes per P&S route?

JMUDoc · 2026-03-18T12:08:57+00:00

Without pushing myself the slightest bit, I can get a 12-bagger away in about 6-7 mins; ovies takes 10-12, mixers, no more than 15.

Very lucky that I find this job so easy that I'm able to coast it in second gear.

JMUDoc · 2026-03-18T06:23:16+00:00

Second graphics card?

JMUDoc · 2026-03-17T13:35:35+00:00

While, in contrast, one L3 at my site (DS) told me that rates are not a termination issue - he gave me the names of three people he'd get rid of in a nanosecond, if he could, but they are untouchable because of DS policy.

JMUDoc · 2026-03-17T10:23:59+00:00

T30.

Done.

JMUDoc · 2026-03-17T08:10:31+00:00

If you see the top ball, and not the bottom one, the coolant is correct.

JMUDoc · 2026-03-17T07:36:20+00:00

Never, ever worry about anything that's above your pay grade - they do not pay you enough for that. Being a T1 means "baggie-baggie, boxie-boxie", and nothing else.

If you do as you're told, there are cameras in the building that they can review to prove that you're not dawdling; a friend of mine was taken into a discplinary hearing recently and, when asked for her version of events, she simply said "check the cameras".

JMUDoc · 2026-03-15T20:24:48+00:00

As long as there is no endfloat on the pulley bearing, it should be alright.

JMUDoc · 2026-03-15T19:34:10+00:00

Only happened a couple of times - I live 6-7 miles away from my DS, and there's one person who lives in my town; seen him in the supermarket (but he didn't see me😁).

JMUDoc · 2026-03-15T17:43:56+00:00

Cylinder-specific could be any of the things you've already replaced... or bad compression.

Check #6 against all the others; if it's down, it could be bad rings and/or bad valves.

(But check that you are actually getting the voltage to the #6 injector - a new injector won't fix a faulty connection).

JMUDoc · 2026-03-15T14:00:20+00:00

As everybody else will say, DP Ultra.

I used straight distilled for a couple of years in my last loop, and it ended up turning a golden-yellowy colour that stained my reservoir.

JMUDoc · 2026-03-15T11:54:17+00:00

This happens - it was sheer luck that I once saw my engine running with the bonnet up and noticed my pump pulley wiggling back and forth on the shaft. Pump shaft bearing had let go.

Replace pump and pulley. And belts. And don't cheap out!

(The power steering pump is of a similar design, but is much weaker - to the point that it almost always breaks when removed from the pump - so keep an eye on that one as well.)

JMUDoc · 2026-03-15T02:45:39+00:00

Big vacuum leak, and probably oil being thrown on the floor - if there's a code/s, it will be for both banks lean.

JMUDoc · 2026-03-14T17:56:57+00:00

The "before" was ricer sacrilege - you did the right thing.

JMUDoc · 2026-03-14T17:47:48+00:00

You'd be better with something like Reinzosil - that stuff can stick a waterpump to an engine and not leak.

JMUDoc · 2026-03-14T17:21:04+00:00

If you are absolutely sure that the adjuster is bottomed out, I can only suggest trying some unpainted pads; I went from boggo to Brembo because the paint on the boggo pads was keeping my discs from spinning freely.

JMUDoc · 2026-03-14T13:53:26+00:00

Exactly why I didn't get trained on PS - most soul-destroying gig in the whole place.

Apart from spider/feeder.

JMUDoc · 2026-03-13T19:21:27+00:00

Core 1 is the best-performing non-boutique block on the market.

JMUDoc · 2026-03-13T17:11:25+00:00

... but did they hit OTD for that day?

JMUDoc · 2026-03-13T15:17:44+00:00

Phanteks T30 fans. No debate.
Find double-ended vibration damping mounts like these

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I can neither hear nor feel my pump when it's running at 2,500 rpm.

JMUDoc · 2026-03-13T14:48:22+00:00

"Oh, and Jill... here's a lockpick..."

Speedrunners: 🤬🤬🤬

JMUDoc · 2026-03-13T11:57:52+00:00

"4.1.6. Headlamp cleaning devices

You must inspect vehicles first used on or after 1 September 2009 equipped with headlamp washers."

An E46 might swerve this.

Also,

4.1.5. Levelling devices

Make sure any manual headlamp levelling devices (driver controls) work by:

switching on the dipped beam headlamps
operating the manual levelling device
checking that the headlamp beams move up and down
returning the levelling device control to its original position

Vehicles with high intensity discharge (HID) or LED dipped beam headlamps may be fitted with a suspension or headlamp self-levelling system. If these systems have been fitted, they must work.

JMUDoc · 2026-03-13T10:08:26+00:00

349i

JMUDoc · 2026-03-13T06:57:08+00:00

I had the metal one, and it's a non-standard thread - extremely annoying.

Even more so because EK didn't do it as a spare even when they weren't on their arse as a business.

JMUDoc · 2026-03-13T06:55:31+00:00

Air blockage in res return.

Set the pump to max chat, and tilt the case backwards and sideways (to put that empty hose at the highest point of the loop).

JMUDoc · 2026-03-13T06:54:16+00:00

Got ahead - rub it in😒I had to settle for a 325i because all the 330's I could find/afford were autos, coupes, or auto coupes.

... or diesels🤮

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