When I was first lurking on this board, I must have hit the FAQ in the sticky section a hundred times. (It's not there anymore?) This would be a great read for all newbs like me looking for answers and information.
The following intervals are meant only as very general guidelines, and may not be suitable for your car or your driving style.
Again, I’m seeding this with information I have cataloged for my own purposes, based on observations made about when owners addressed them. That starting point may or may not be correct. Please post replies with errors and additions.
General:
Air filter – every 15k miles
Brake fluid – every 2 years, or less
Coolant – every 3 years, or less
Think about at 50k miles, if not already done:
Belts
Transmission fluid
Think about at 70k miles, if not already done:
Fuel filter
Thrust arm bushings
Power steering fluid
Wheel bearings
Think about at 90k miles, if not already done:
Fan clutch, radiator
Fuel pump
Think about at 100k miles, if not already done:
Rod bearings
Is it possible to have this in miles and km please ?
I say yes. Anything that helps our owners do it themselves and do it right should be here. The more well-written, the better.
Thanks for your submissions. They have been added.
I think linking to other forums is not so nice. I mean that those other forums can change their bulletin softwares, requires login or etc. so then it is not possible to see those topics, or links are dead and etc. If you see what I mean?
But if somebody found some nice DIY from other forum, perhaps it could be really copied to M5b?
Is it possible to have this in miles and km please ?
Done.
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And if you could "host" this DIY topic list?
I mean that if somebody send nice DIY url to this topic, you add it to the yours "DIY list" post.
I don't completely understand, but if you are asking whether I will try to update/maintain this list, then the answer is yes.
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Maybe you should edit those mentioned DIY's to this topics first post? More easy to "find" them then
Eventually there may come a time when I can delete the first post. But to begin, I need to explain the purpose and ask for help.
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Originally Posted by mailman
I think linking to other forums is not so nice. I mean that those other forums can change their bulletin softwares, requires login or etc. so then it is not possible to see those topics, or links are dead and etc. If you see what I mean?
But if somebody found some nice DIY from other forum, perhaps it could be really copied to M5b?
This is a very good point. In fact, for the Oil Change DIY, I had to add back pictures I had saved in 2007, because the author of the post used outside links that became dead.
If someone chooses to copy (rather than link) something here, please be sure to give credit where credit is due.
I have been making something like this for the past week. It's a bit more organized than just a list of DIY's which (I thought?) we already have stickied in the FAQ. Most of it is preventative maintenance lists compiled from other people's threads. I would love you guys forever if you helped me finish.
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