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I hate parting them, but someone else would’ve too had I not bought it. At least I appreciate them when I do it vs others it’s just a business. I was thinking of doing something going over some of the cars I’ve parted in the past. Could make for some fun content encouraging others to take on a side hustle.

It’s a 2011 with 172k miles. Have owned it for 9 years and this is the second battery I’ve had to get for it. Not bad I don’t think.

@robsweekendgarage I purchased a brand new 07 Tundra SR5 4x4 has 310k on it. The starter when out at 270k in the driveway. Still never left us stranded! We live way up north near the Canadian border. Lots of salt on the roads. Rust on the truck is minimal. Had a wheel speed sensor rust thru, fix it. Back to the salt. The nearest car wash is 30 miles away. So, I connected our house water to the outside hose with PEX pipe. Works great. The tailgate handle came lose, I fixed it. A front wheel bearing was making noise, I replaced it. The engine and tranny are still going strong. I change engine oil at 3k, tranny oil at 60k, diffs at 30k. Everything else on the truck works. The cloth seats don't have nothing wrong. Best money I've ever spent!!!¡!!!!

Absolutely been the best truck I’ve ever owned. I had to replace the rear wheel bearings and then the rear end once as the pin in the diff broke - semi common on earlier trucks. And common only in the sense that not much goes wrong in these. Unfortunately being a buffalo NY truck, the tin worm has gotten into it. Two big holes in the bottom of the bed. Had a brake line blow out this year and really need to redo all of them. Been considering buying a newer crewmax but prices are insane. Dream truck is a 2022+ 1794 with the 6.5’ bed. Super hard to find. Prices are coming down but still too much for something I only put a few thousand miles a year on.

@@jockobacumbo623 the owner purchased the oil filter housing. I didn’t see any brands listed on packaging so I’m not sure where he got it from. FCP Euro does sell an aluminum upgraded filter housing by Rein and would have been my choice if I had purchased the parts.

Bremmen makes one, look for it on ecs tuning,

About 5k

They are beautiful cars I think and great to drive but very expensive to maintain especially at the dealership if you can’t work on them yourself and they are very safe vehicles.

Same as dodge and other manufacturers. They don't want you to keep the car longer than 5 years or near 100k miles. Doesn't matter make or model anything for you to buy a new car.

Because of ecomentalists

It’s actually much better than Toyota plastics. Toyotas these days have engine failure at 30-50k miles and transmission shit out often.

Easy, plastic is cheap, so it’s cheaper for them. These last for about 3 years after which it goes to the second owner. These last second owner is who ends up fixing things. Guess what. The updates are then release to replace plastic with metal. The days of longevity are gone. It’s all about getting the customer to return and pay for repairs.

Did you found the charge for a job like this ?

@ not really

They are changing me 4200.00

Im outside of Atlanta GA. I generally don’t work on other people’s cars. Im just a hobbyist and do this for fun.

@@robsweekendgaragewish i could share a beer with you! Thanks for sharing the knowledge

I’m fairly certain it did get replaced. May not have shown it in this video.

The tick is getting better and better the more he drives it. Will likely still need a few lifters at some point.

Thank you for the response. I truly appreciate your work, it's definitely a faith builder.

If they haven’t been done - it’s time. The plastic gets very brittle and doesn’t take much for them to break. At this age it’s nearly impossible to remove them without them breaking. If you see blue zip ties around the knock sensors and the hard lines - they’ve never been done. Good time to do the ccv, vanos line, intake gaskets and vacuum lines. Optional is the starter since it’s right there.

I added a link to the description. About $230

seriously though maybe a clogged exhaust....

@@enus711naw bad MAF or wiring to it. Unplugged runs great.

Thank you! I wish I could save this one. Seems so nice. I even got the AC to blow cold.

I think that’s prolly what I’ll end up doing. A good how to diag session

I’ve got 263k miles on mine and it’s still going strong 💪

In the e46 - the ZF 5speed is much stronger than the Getrag. Makes sense as the higher HP 328/330's all got ZF5's and the the 323/325's all got the Getrag 5speed manual. As far as the automatics, the ZF auto is stronger than the GM auto as well. Most of the hate for the getrag comes from drifters who constantly clutch kick them non-stop.

@@robsweekendgarage fair enough mine does need a new box soon as it’s getting noisy I will go for a 5 speed ZF instead!

@@dexietyy7922the high mileage ones are my favorite. Often much less neglected than ones with 150k miles on them.

@@robsweekendgarage definitely my engine runs as smooth as, just the gearbox that’s getting a bit tired it still goes into gear well etc it just clunks a bit now it’s got a fair amount of backlash in the gears

The only markings on the strut bar is Active. No idea if they are a good bar or not. Dusan Strut Works (DS Works) makes some really nice strut bars front and rear for these cars. I’m not sure if you can code out the airbags or not. I would maybe scan the airbag module with INPA to see if there’s any codes. You can also do a cluster test to see if the airbag light works. It’s an LED so really won’t burn out. It should also light up when you first turn the key on.

@@robsweekendgarage Thanks for the information.

I don't have an oil pressure gauge set, but since you have one, I might need to buy one!😂. I was wondering if you were going to pull out the scope and give us a peek at the water in Cylinder 6! Also, that's a sizable cache of parts you're accumulating / re-purposing / selling in the first bay!

I actually did go out and buy one. After I messed up my shoulder in July I got one to help not annoy the shoulder as much. have a full set of air tools too but hardly use them. Guess I’m just used to doing it by hand

I’ve had some e46’s with dual tips that didn’t have the flap. Think they were 325’s. But ya most of the time they are seized. My 330ci autocross car was seized closed!

@@jornhietbrink870 someone made a new key for it and they used the diamond key. It’s a 2000 323ci A somewhat common solution to the oil drinking of the M54 is to use M52 oil control rings.