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#21
12-11-2009, 03:59 AM
Those big plastic covers crack me up. I can just imagine some half-wit popping his hood to check washer fluid, saying "good heavens, whatever shall we do!?" then promptly taking it to the dealer to pay out the ass, which is the whole point.

Don't new BMW's have an under-tray blocking the oil filter/drain plug with like 36 bolts to undo?
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#22
12-11-2009, 10:10 AM
fiveoh2go Wrote:no, sorry, fail, that engine is lacking a few cylinders.


Here ya go...
[Image: EngineBay-1.jpg]

While almost there, that engine is lacking the 2 turbos necessary for a truely clean engine bay. I'll just repost another image you posted up :twisted:

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#23
12-11-2009, 10:14 AM
Goodspeed Wrote:Those big plastic covers crack me up. I can just imagine some half-wit popping his hood to check washer fluid, saying "good heavens, whatever shall we do!?" then promptly taking it to the dealer to pay out the ass, which is the whole point.

Don't new BMW's have an under-tray blocking the oil filter/drain plug with like 36 bolts to undo?


Audis and mercedes since the late 90s have had undertrays, blows nutsacks to just change the oil.
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#24
12-11-2009, 10:19 AM
^^My wifes 90 something Passat was like that. Pissed me off. I understand that very little concern for service is considered in design but we are talking about oil changes, the most routine of maintenance, not repair service.

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#25
12-11-2009, 10:25 AM
ViPER1313 Wrote:
fiveoh2go Wrote:no, sorry, fail, that engine is lacking a few cylinders.


Here ya go...
[Image: EngineBay-1.jpg]

While almost there, that engine is lacking the 2 turbos necessary for a truely clean engine bay. I'll just repost another image you posted up :twisted:

[Image: IMG_0633.sized.jpg]

And that is fail. it is missing 3 Cams, 8 injectors, 8 intake runners and 4 gallons of chrome.

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#26
12-11-2009, 10:44 AM
oh puhlease...
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12-11-2009, 10:53 AM
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#28
12-11-2009, 11:15 AM
looks like Doc Ock died in that engine bay...
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#29
12-11-2009, 02:28 PM
Mike Wrote:it's gonna catch fire. like magnesium wheels do.
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#30
12-12-2009, 12:46 AM
I've found that the most popular thing for automotive engineers to do is design a nice under cover or a skid plate with a knockout or a small panel for the drainplug....but put the oil filter under it somewhere else, so you still have to take the plate down
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