GO FISHING, use SLABSAUCE Fishing Attractant
Page 1 of 3 123 LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 23

Thread: Post your most ghetto fix!

  1. #1
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Location
    Albany, NY
    Posts
    358

    Default Post your most ghetto fix!

    Here’s my story, what’s yours?

    So my 530i has been running real rough lately and feels like it was only using 6 of its 8 cylinders. Not only that, but my check engine light is on and my gas mileage and power dropped drastically. I started with checking out all my vacuum lines and hoses. Everything looked okay so I took the ignition coils out. Here is my problem! On all 4 cylinders on the driver’s side, there were holes in each coil. The spark was going right through the sides! Here comes the ghetto fix; I took electrical tape and wrapped it around each coil about 10 times. Each layer of tape can take up to about 600 volts I believe so that should hold for a while




    Then I took my spark plugs out and it looks like detonation. I bought 4 new ones and now the car runs perfect as it should.





    Good thing this motor won’t be in there for long!
    Zac

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Dec 2003
    Location
    baton rouge, loserana
    Posts
    6,922

    Default

    id consider bosch platinums to be pretty ghetto, they suck
    all america wants is cold beer warm cat and a place to take a poop with a door on it

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Dec 2003
    Location
    PA
    Posts
    5,403

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by winfred
    id consider bosch platinums to be pretty ghetto, they suck
    Likewise - NGK coppers FTMFW.

    Winfred - you read my post about my clutch!? They sent me the wrong damned one! Got the trans out in 2hrs excited to do it, and then the clutch they sent (240mm..... m3) doesn't fit!




    Antrieb - that doesn't look like detonation - looks perfectly normal for shitty plugs. Also, if your coil boots are splitting it's usually because you have oil pooling in the spark plug hole. I just did my sisters spark plugs on her V8 yesterday and not a single one is split. Car has 125k.

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Location
    Albany, NY
    Posts
    358

    Default

    Well they may look normal, but is it normal for them to look like that after only 5000 miles? Probably not.

    Aren't platnum +2's OE? Will NGK coppers work on my v8?
    Zac

  5. #5
    Join Date
    Dec 2003
    Location
    baton rouge, loserana
    Posts
    6,922

    Default

    bkr6ek ngk is one of the factory plugs, f7ldcr bosch super is the other oem supplier

    Quote Originally Posted by Antrieb
    Well they may look normal, but is it normal for them to look like that after only 5000 miles? Probably not.

    Aren't platnum +2's OE? Will NGK coppers work on my v8?
    all america wants is cold beer warm cat and a place to take a poop with a door on it

  6. #6
    Join Date
    Dec 2003
    Location
    baton rouge, loserana
    Posts
    6,922

    Default

    yea that sucks ass but whatta ya gonna do

    Quote Originally Posted by Jon K
    Winfred - you read my post about my clutch!? They sent me the wrong damned one! Got the trans out in 2hrs excited to do it, and then the clutch they sent (240mm..... m3) doesn't fit!
    all america wants is cold beer warm cat and a place to take a poop with a door on it

  7. #7
    Join Date
    Nov 2005
    Location
    New Jersey USA
    Posts
    225

    Default

    That sucks... that car has been jinxed from the start.

    Hopefully the transplant will cure it.

  8. #8
    Join Date
    Aug 2006
    Location
    Boulder, CO, USA
    Posts
    195

    Default

    Not from a car but a dirt bike. Took a rock to the case of a bombardier can am. trans fluid pouring out. Cut a mtn dew can open and cut a strip of it to cover the holes. JB weld and 45 mins later the bike worked fine! It still doesn't leak and you can see the green/white of the soda can on the outside of the case.

  9. #9
    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Location
    USA
    Posts
    1,839

    Default

    most ghetto fix would have to be using metal gardening wire to fix the laser drive of a sony portable cd player. that was years ago and i STILL cannot believe it worked.... or even remember what the hell i did to fix it!
    Alusil, Dinan DME | ITG Air Filter | Eibach/Bilstein HD | 26/20 Swaybars | Iridium plugs | Depo/ProLumen HID | Optima batt. | no AC | Stoptech brake lines, Frozen rotors, brass bushings, Superblue

  10. #10
    Join Date
    Dec 2006
    Location
    Melbourne, Australia
    Posts
    565

    Default

    One time I had blown some of my RAM (talking about a 32MB SDRAM module here) due to static electricity from installing some hardware into my computer and not grounding myself properly. Upon closer inspection, two leads of one of the ICs had completely disappeared -- singed or burnt right off.

    My dad had a look at the DIMM, grounded his soldering iron to a thin tip, grabbed a magnifying glass and after grounding a corner of the IC where the leads were missing, made solder bridges to replace them.

    The DIMM still works to this very day. My dad did almost exactly the same thing the other day to a 512MB DDR DIMM that a friend of mine had that stopped working -- a resistor on the module (those micro ones) had burnt off. He got one off another old DIMM module, soldered it on and the module works again.

Page 1 of 3 123 LastLast

Similar Threads

  1. Ghetto headgasket repair update
    By Mr. BILL in forum 5 Series BMW
    Replies: 5
    Last Post: 07-24-2005, 09:06 AM
  2. Ghetto head gasket repair
    By Mr. BILL in forum 5 Series BMW
    Replies: 5
    Last Post: 03-03-2005, 01:54 AM
  3. Replies: 3
    Last Post: 06-09-2004, 12:45 PM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •