Replaced Air Filter

[glendog74]

Spent some time 'fiddling' with the car today in readiness for my first outing to the Ring in two weeks.

Firstly, i connected my new CTEK battery charger to the car to sort the battery out with the car having sat dormant for much of the past 4 months.

I also did my annual spring clean inside the airbox and replaced my ITG air filter with a standard BMC filter. Inside it was pretty skanky with the usual sand pit forming inside

Then the garage door decided to break on me when the support wires snapped

[northernjim]

I presume the door knocked some sense into you, and didnt damage the car

[karbonkid]

A good job worth doing every so often, esp if used as a daily. Mine was shocking when I cleaned it out last year. Dont think it had ever been done. Also had a fresh new OEM BMC fitted this week from Inspec II. (I hope, so im going go check)!

[Silver Bullet]

Originally Posted by glendog74

Spent some time 'fiddling' with the car today in readiness for my first outing to the Ring in two weeks.

Firstly, i connected my new CTEK battery charger to the car to sort the battery out with the car having sat dormant for much of the past 4 months.

I also did my annual spring clean inside the airbox and replaced my ITG air filter with a standard BMC filter. Inside it was pretty skanky with the usual sand pit forming inside

Then the garage door decided to break on me when the support wires snapped

I have just updated to a C-tek, did you just lift the panel or have you hard wired the fly lead in?
I was gonna drill a little hole in the black tray but couldnt bring myself to do it in the end!

[jibm]

Yuk! the sand is a bit of a worry. ive never done mine....i think i might have a look this weekend, mines a flapless daily driver

[glendog74]

Originally Posted by Silver Bullet

I have just updated to a C-tek, did you just lift the panel or have you hard wired the fly lead in?
I was gonna drill a little hole in the black tray but couldnt bring myself to do it in the end!

I removed the whole panel some time ago as mine rattled!

[alexk]

Originally Posted by Silver Bullet

I have just updated to a C-tek, did you just lift the panel or have you hard wired the fly lead in?
I was gonna drill a little hole in the black tray but couldnt bring myself to do it in the end!

I connect my ctek in the engine bay.
The hood can close and I am quite happy with the result, since most of the time my car sits in the garage for 1-2-3 weeks in a row.

[Silver Bullet]

I wondered what that one of many creaks were in the back!

[mole]

Rob, ITG vs BMC, talk to me!

I presume the ITG was letting in all that $hit or does that happen with std BMC anyway?

Ta

[glendog74]

Originally Posted by alexk

I connect my ctek in the engine bay.
The hood can close and I am quite happy with the result, since most of the time my car sits in the garage for 1-2-3 weeks in a row.

I tried this Alex as it's what the M3 owner's manual recommends for charging a battery. However, my CTEK would not go to charge mode for some reason

It works fine direct to the battery