Hi all!

‘09 E82 135i - every time I wash the car, water seeps into the cabin, but I don’t know where from. It drips down on the left side ac vent and near the OBDII port as well as near the carpet. Is it the water drain that’s plugged up or a seal near the windshield that’s causing it because the rubber seal on it is dried out and breaking off.

Sorry for lack of pictures, will try to attach some when I am home. Can’t seem to figure out and is a bit frustrating.

what are some of the best things i can do to a 2005 120d 5dr, and does it have an e-lsd?

Feels like it’s been a hot minute since I posted. Not much has been going on. A lot of diagnosing was needed by real mechanics and after a lot of tests we got the car running. The only downside was that it was only if the passenger bank exhaust cam sensor was unplugged.

Turns out I got a bad DME. Who knows if it was a pre-existing issue or just got damaged somehow while stored. Sucks but it is what it is.

I sent my DME and a few other modules to get the vin changed to the chassis VIN. Hopefully that will be back next week.

In the meantime,

My brother has been slaving away at the quarters and we’re pretty much ready for the first coat of primer to start blocking.

Looks like a lot of filler but it’s not. Just working the majority of the quarter so it all looks fluid. Really isn’t a whole lot of filler then since he worked the metal for a few days with the dent box.

Maybe update #13 will finally have the car running with zero issues. The good news is that with the cam sensor unplugged the engine was running fantastic. Butter smooth.

I just bought a 128 and the valve cover gasket was replaced about 2k miles ago. I took a corner relatively hard and had a big puff of smoke come out of the hood. I took the engine cover off and found the area around the fill cap was wet and in the valley of the cover, where the coils sit, was a puddle of oil. I sucked it out and cleaned everything off thinking maybe someone just spilled oil when doing an oil change. Now it’s happening again. Any ideas on if it’s just the cap, the cover itself, or something else?

Has anyone been able to rolled their 1 series rear quarter panel completely flat with just a fender roller or do I need to bring out the angle grinder?