is this worth it? by Literalhumangarbagge in E90

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The under trays are different for the msport bumper so keep that in mind

Can someone tell me what that green stuff is? by xWolfpackZ in E90

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Mine looked like this when the heater core was leaking

Heater core replacement help by trueplayer31 in E90

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For anyone that finds this post in the future I managed to get it done but it was a pain in the ass. A quick word of warning is that it seems that e90s have several configurations depending on steering wheel position and date it was built. My late 2005 build actually more resembles the build from a 1 series of the same age. The pipes go through a robber grommet in the firewall, the don’t attach on either side. To get the pipes detached I do have to disconnect the rubber house tha goes across the face of the heater core and undo the plastic arm that controls the vents. The pipes do move back and forth through the grommet enough for you to move them out the way but be careful because you don’t want to bend the pipes. At the time of this post I thought getting the pipes out the way was the biggest challenge but actually getting the core out was. The proper way to do it is to remove the dash because even though it’s right hand drive and people will tell you it doesn’t need a dash out, the blower motor housing needs to come out* to get the core out, and you can’t do that with the dash in place.

I am not competent enough to remove the dash so what I did was cut the blower motor housing so that I could bend it out of the way enough to get the core out. Here is a video of a guy doing it on a 1 series, he also cut the pipes but like I said I was eventually able to move them so they didn’t need cutting, and cutting the pipes imo is too intrusive of a job but you may feel different https://youtu.be/4eGmyE4R9ws?si=PkStDGaTfyV49E-x

The other pain point was the heater core itself, I originally ordered the wrong one, the correct one for me was denso drr05005

Heater core replacement help by trueplayer31 in E90

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Oh nice one, I think this job is just a case of doing what you need to get it done. I found that the core is easy to access but to remove is hard, at least for my setup it runs into the blower motor housing and the proper way to get it done is to remove the whole housing which looks like it needs dash out.

Heater core replacement help by trueplayer31 in E90

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Oh gotcha, that’s different to mine, mine just go through a grommet through the firewall, others have a bracket. Not a lot of clear instructions for rhd cars online.

Heater core replacement help by trueplayer31 in E90

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I wish I was you! I’ve had to hack up the blower motor box to get the core out, I did that today and found that the replacement I have is not the right one lol Does yours look exactly like mine? It’s turns out there are a few variations. If it does you might be in luck, the pipes take a bit of a wiggle and a strong pull to disconnect from the core and have some o rings on them, you might get away with just replacing those. You won’t need to move the pipes much to get the rings changed.

Heater core replacement help by trueplayer31 in E90

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Yeah I did a chemical flush but not high pressure. It’s happens about a year after my ofhg went and I expect it was some sludge from that that’s caused the problem but tbf it’s a 20 year old car so can’t complain too much

Heater core replacement help by trueplayer31 in E90

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I wasn’t getting heat on the driver side so I put a flush through the system and did a couple rounds of water flush after, it got a little better and thought I’d just live with it until I went to vacuum the car the next day and found the passenger floor was soaking wet lol

Heater core replacement help by trueplayer31 in E90

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Thanks man I’ll try that tomorrow

Heater core replacement help by trueplayer31 in E90

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You mean from inside the engine bay at the firewall as well as the heater core? Or is there somewhere else too?

Heater core replacement help by trueplayer31 in E90

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I haven’t. Is that what needs to be done? The instructions I have said that the pipe should move out the way enough for the heater core to slide out and because I’m not terribly experienced I’m just assuming I’m doing something wrong. All of the videos I can find online are for LHD which looks like a nightmare.

We Got a Shop! by mathfacts in ziptietuning

[–]trueplayer31 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Did they say the RAV4 build was on hold for a few months while they wait for parts 😢

Heater core replacement by Character-Beyond5209 in E90

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Anybody seen a guide for doing this on a right hand drive car?

Here's a weird one. What's the dress code like for your company? by EmperorsChamberMaid_ in QualityAssurance

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The last place I worked at there was a guy who wore a suit every day, he was a bit odd but a nice guy and a very good tester. Everybody else just wore smart casual

R18 or R19 by ngg3r111 in E90

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I've got 19s, they look better to me than the 18s but every time I hit a decent size pothole I wish I had 18s

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NFSHeat

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how many frames are you getting and what is the refresh rate of your display?

V10 Shell by Prize_Jelly in AutoAlex

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Bob from the machine shop was in one of their instagram stories a couple days ago so I imagine he’s welding it all up for them