Retrofitting OEM M3 Dipstick

[northernjim]

Originally Posted by adem.csl

One small problem is that you have mounted it to the body!!
With that, because the engine moves back and forth it may work the bolt loose!!
Or crack the tube around the fixing weld!!no solid parts that are fixed to the engine are bolted to the body for this reason.other then that the mod is sound as long as you can mount it to the engine so it moves with the engine probabily why bmw didn't do this what with space limitations!!

I must admit I thought about this too- I shall have a look at what holds mine together....... Baling twine perhaps?