I don’t expect an ICE powered car to go up that much. Insurers are getting twitchy about EVs because there is a lot of garbage, myth and misinformation around fixing them. Mainly to do with the batteries. Industry’s collective knowledge is still developing, as is the repair industry’s technical abil...

We’ve not had many X1 folks on here. Each version is specific so you’ll need the instructions for that wiring kit/car combination.

Was it a retrofit item? If so, have a look at RealOEM and use the last 7 of your VIN to pull up the right model. If it’s a retrofit kit then it should appear in that section and there should be an EBA reference number. That’s the number for the instructions that you should be able to get from a frie...

Have a look at the PF Jones website (they sell all the major brands and wiring kits) as you can download instructions from there and those might point you in the right direction.

The plug usually goes into a separate module that comes with the kit. Not having the module may be the problem you have?

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A code check should show up an error code for whatever is upsetting the engine. It could be any one of a number of issues such as fuel rail pressure, ignition coil pack, injector, wiring fault, sensor (oxygen, airflow, temperature etc), timing (VANOS), bad earth between engine and body, and those ar...

The quote has come through for next year’s cover for the i4, and as expected there’s a large jump. 67% to be exact. I renewed the E46 a few weeks back and that had jumped by almost 40% even though it’s 19 years old with very low annual mileage. Press reporting had been saying there were large increa...

The E53 was the last X5 without either swirl flaps or a DPF. Be grateful. Both of the aforementioned devices are the spawn of Satan to most motorists who care about their rides. The F15 onwards also has AdBlue too.

It (almost) surprises me that despite decades of steadily increasing car sizes, building regs have failed to keep up. In my Close of 14 houses, only 3 houses actually have cars in their garages. Everyone else has either converted it to another room or it’s just storage because their cars won’t fit.

The vast majority of SUV type cars sold in the UK have been diesel because of running costs/fuel economy. It really only recently began to change. I have recently been seeing only the petrol versions in my main dealer - with 4.4V8 twin turbo mills (the 50i). Diesel was unfairly demonised as the late...

Not just ‘young’ people. It’s the way I’ve done it for the last ten years or so. I’m due to retire in three years (well that’s the plan) and lying upside down on cold concrete is getting a little tiresome. Still happy to do oil/brake fluid changes and wheels/brake updates, but crawling around undern...

As above. The issue with diesels is that in order for the particulate filter to burn off soot (regen cycle), the car has to be fully warmed up and then run above 40mph for at least 20 minutes every 300 miles or so. Short journeys don’t allow the system to fully warm up for the regen cycle to start (...

That depends mainly upon your home location postcode. In London then very likely, somewhere a little less ‘urban’ and might be fine. Mine doesn’t insist it even give a discount. For the X6 they did, but not the others. I’ve had their systems for decades. Used to have them in the fleet I was responsi...

BMW won’t do the install. Trackstar (or Tracker) will send their own technical folks out to do the job. I’ve had one physically installed at the Dealership prior to delivery and it was done in an area where no dealer staff were permitted. They don’t want the dealers to know where the kit is hidden. ...

A 306D1 version of the M57 is the first generation M57 30D unit with 186bhp rather than the later 204/211bhp variant. There may be differences with the bell housing as that version was used with a 5 speed gearbox.

You’d need the ECU from it as well.