Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.mobile.ipad,misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: did this group die? Date: 12 Nov 2024 01:29:27 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 47 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net OkQ9NylNWHs65cjr04weWA+tx4twP7fCGkt6cGHg89uN2yh82i Cancel-Lock: sha1:kNahOxADT+zUkspLsHt09j+xvgQ= sha256:H8ymiLisPE73iEyDOhnW5PZ9q3LmT/kmI8eWcfZe+Zs= Mail-Copies-To: nobody X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Darwin) Bytes: 3172 On 2024-11-09, Alan wrote: > On 2024-11-09 15:05, Jolly Roger wrote: >> On 2024-11-08, Alan wrote: >>> On 2024-11-08 12:06, Jolly Roger wrote: >>>> On 2024-11-08, RoadRacer wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Oh, and here's my current road car: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> :-) >>>> >>>> Is that a 1-series or a 3? What year/model? >>> >>> 2012 135i M Sport. >>> >>>> My 335i is the same color. It's been a great car (fuel pump issues got >>>> worked out under warranty). 🙂👍 >>> My car had an electric water pump failure under warranty... >>> >>> ...and a failure of the o-rings on the oil filter housing... >>> >>> ...leading to oil leaking down onto the alternator... >>> >>> ...leading to a replacement of the alternator... >>> >>> ...and that wasn't under warranty. >>> >>> Moral of the story: >>> >>> If your 335i is using the same engine design, be very aware of you start >>> to smell any oil burning. >>> >>> 😖 >> >> Mine's a 2008. Just replaced the alternator last year. > > Does it have the oil filter on the top of the engine, too? Yep. It's up front at the top above the alternator. I'll keep an eye on it. 😅 -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR