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Hi all, just had MOT and while it passed when I had it in the air decided to check out noise I am getting when car is hot after about 3 miles or so I, get a sort of annoying creaking sound coming from the front of car mechanic said, dry lower arm bushes would be problem . So bought a pair and replac...

hi , all, just replaced my rear upper arms ball joint cover failure on both sides Just put o e m parts on and my car now seems to be too high, the ride is hard and very bouncy . Does any one know if there is a certain way of refit. I did them on ramp in work should I jack the wheel whilst doing up b...

Hi, has any one else come across this problem on alpine b10 v8.Car was running sweet switched it off and later that day went to drive home from work it was missing like a pig . I parked it in garage overnight came to start again following morning and it was running sweet again . The only thing I can...

hi, I am looking for a near side folding, wing mirror glass . I have been given to understand that they are also auto dimming . Could someone please point in the right direction as to where to purchase , as I have already bought a wing mirror glass and it is not the correct one. So I now need to buy...

Hi, can anybody please let me know if I can use a second hand DME CONTROL UNIT for my Alpina. I understand that all DME are coded with the individual chassis number of each car. Would it be possible to recode the unit through the EWS can someone help. Synter want £1411 +VAT for a unit ouch|

Hi, is there anyone on this site that could inform me if I need to buy brand new DME if proved to be faulty or can I use second hand unit from similar car Thanks in anticipation.

Hi,could anybody shed a light on this problem? Today put autologic on car to see fault codes as still having problem with idle lumpy running.The autologic read 2 faults 1, alarm trigger 2 aux water pump Then it read error in faults and i cannot get anymore faults codes and it will not go into any di...

hi,as anyone tried to fit supercharger to their b10 v8 and is it a validated option or do they blow. Reading internet posting B5 's are prone to a bit of trouble with their superchargers and i thought I might hang on to my b10 and fit a charger, rather then going and purchasing what could be a new c...

I have recently noticed that my kickdown doesn't seem to be availiable in all gears.When travelling at 30 mph and want to get a wiggle on kickdown and the car will drop 2 gears and fly,if i am going at about 60mph and press kickdown the car seems reluctant drop back a gear and i seem to get a very l...

hi, just thought i'd ask if there are any alpina techs in the bristol area with B10 V8 knowledge. I went to lovetts in Bristol and asked they said they had 3 techs for alpina when i told him it was for the B10 v8 he said oh a real one.... No sorry we haven't.Is there any local indys or garages that ...

hi, i have folding door mirrors on my alpina v8.But, i work in a congested area and was wondering if you can get them to fold automatically when you
switch the ignition off.It would save those annoying scratches on the ends of mirrors as sometimes i forget to close them manually.

Hi,just wondered if anyone else uses autologic on their b10 v8 and if they have problems trying to get machine to do any alternations to engine idle speeds.Mine doesn't seem to want to take any notice of the data i apply to it.As i have mentioned before my b10 idles a little lumpy so spoke to Phil C...

hi,can anyone shed some light on subject.Tried to perform leak test on car using autologic it came back test inconclusive please send log to autologic.Before i do this does anyone know if the test is inconclusive, is it because there is a fault.Or is it because the autologic reads it as a 540i 4.4 v...

Hi. does anybody know of a way to tell if their cat is packing up without it actually breaking so you can't hear it.was told it gets smelly but, what like
recently put cataclean through and got a sort of dentist rinse sort of smell not sure what to look out for ?

Hi, to all those following my threads before.Recently bought alpina b10 v8 brilliant for a while then started to get lumpy thrown allsorts at it.Crankshaft sensors, coil packs ,plugs.o2 sensors, new filters checked C.C.V tested for air leaks all fine.Put O2 sensors in today and went for a drive. the...