5Toes 5er

[Ryann]

Those brushes are 'Toes'd. Pic of the slip rings?

[not5toes]

the slip rings are the part that the brushes are in close proximity to - on the shaft of the stator assembly right? I am unfamiliar with these things.

if my slip rings check out gonna slap on a new voltage regulator and call it good.

EDIT - went and checked out the slip rings. They look to be evenly worn and in good condition - no oxidization or anything.

[Ryann]

New regulator/brush assy. and you should be good to go unless you cooked a diode.

[not5toes]

Thats the plan - just emailed blunt.

Removed the oil filter housing assembly today too and will give it a good cleaning tomorrow. Super easy job with the intake off.

I hate that my car let me down, but I love how easy it is to work on!

So this issue turned into:
new voltage regulator and alternator cleaning
oil filter housing seal and cleaning
all new fuel lines in engine bay

guess its a good thing after all <3

[not5toes]

Reinstalled oil filter housing today. I cleaned it up very nicely and made sure to blow it out with compressed air good.

The grooves for the seal I laid a bead of threebond in, then pressed the gasket in and applied another thinner bead of threebond. I used threebond 1194.

Installed it on the engine and observed a nice pushout if the threebond. Its gonna have 24 hours to set so it shouldnt leak anymore :)

[Nick_S]

Had almost identical symptoms on my E30 last year. Ended up replacing the voltage regulator and hasn't had an issue since. Hope it's that simple for you.

[not5toes]

Hooray! Got her all back together and she fired right up and battery reads 14.2votls at idle. Mission accomplished!

Im stoked, time for a drive

[AbsorbantNut]

Just realized 5toes is not5toes

[TheTacoMan]

^ It's the rusted hood causing all your problems.

It really isnt.. I am looking for some solid help. Not bullshit, not games, not trolling.

That said, I did get the intake manifold off in 45 minutes without breaking anything out in the cold ahaha

[Dj Buttchug]

that rusted hood cost you some 8,000 posts

those feels brah.

glad to see youre back

[not5toes]

the rusted hood is receiving some graffiti soon

[george graves]

Oh 5toes.....Why...I told you to stop being such a spaz.

[slammin.e28]

that rusted hood cost you some 8,000 posts

those feels brah.

glad to see youre back

Oh BAHAHAAAHAHAH!

[not5toes]

Well the oil filter housing gasket no longer leaks - but the one plug near the oil pressure sensor does :( Pretty badly too... looks like I will need to remove the housing again :(

Just like here: http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum...eak-how-to-fix

I plan on getting some orings and taking care of it. Any input?

[not5toes]

Got the oring, got the circlip off, lost the circlip, removed the alternator and found said circlip next day, tried to install it again, had it 95% then it popped out and is lost AGAIN. Im getting sick and tired of this car.

grrrrrrrr. picknpull only had the updated filter housing with the hex plugs. So I bought it for $10 and am opting to use a new gasket. Car is probably gonna be down till Tuesday. fml.

I am gonna take a hose and try to spray this side of the engine down and see if it flushes out... other than that I give up finding it again.