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So, did everything work out? Were you able to get the car repaired in time to pass emissions testing and get registered before the deadline?

I wonder what it actually DOES. Supply vacuum to a sensor for the ECU?

Great! But, WHAT WAS IT? WHERE DID IT GO? I GOTTA KNOW!

Sorry I missed the last couple of DIYs. There was nothing I needed to do...

A lot of DIY instructions I've seen say to do just that; drain, measure what you drained, and replace with the same amount. But this assumes you had enough when you started, and I don't think that's...

Use metal epoxy, or high-precision welding, to bond a nut or sawed-off bolt head to the plug?

Drop the pan and let everything drip-dry for awhile, arrange some magnets around the inside of the plug (assuming the plug is magnetic), and then use an extractor?

Yeah, I know, I'd hate to do all...

Drill in a screw extractor?

Dang.

Supposedly, one reason BMW uses those weird flat Torx-head & Allen-head fill plugs is that they are very SOFT; they will sacrifice themselves & strip first to protect whatever they screw...

Or, perhaps, the rear fog light is really an adaptive brake light.

BMW disables the rear for light switch in the North American E9x. But that's easy to un-do.

As for whether the E39 has any...

How is the search for the missing end of the mystery hose going? If you can get out to October 8th's DIY at AKTIV Automotive in Gaithersburg you might find some fresh eyes to look at the problem...

What's the problem with the fill plug? Is it frozen, or just unreachable?

As for the tail lights, BMW is into "adaptive brake lights" which show drivers following you how drastically you're...

I found this BAVAUTO blog post. That seems to be an excessively common problem...

I just found out BMW of Annapolis is only giving the club five lifts for five hours this time; they want us there by 7:45 and out by 1:00. But if you can get the car started and trust the car to...

I bought my 2011 E91 xDrive used from a non-BMW dealer. When I called BMW NA, and then went to my local BMW dealer, I found that BMW NA still listed my car under a previous owner's name. I suspect...

At the risk of sounding like an animal in a commercial, have you checked the CARFAX? I found a fair amount of information in mine.

As for Saturday's DIY, people HAVE been known to cancel at the...

Carbon blasting cleans deposit build-up from intake valves, but that's only an issue with direct-injected engines. I don't think your 2000 528i has direct injection, so you probably won't need to...

As far as I know, any service performed at an authorized BMW dealership is recorded in BMW North America's database. This may even be true of service performed at authorized independent shops. It's...