Dumb Question Thread - No Flaming Allowed

[PSUEng]

Looking to do a PS refresh soon and was shocked at the price of the Suction Hose - 32412229369. I see there is a URO part listed for a fraction of the part. Now I vowed to never put any URO parts on my car, but in this case would it be a terrible idea to cheap out on this?

$200!!! I replaced that along with the reservoir and feed hose for $250 in 2022! Wow. I'd consider running the URO, or call up a KOI parts house and see if you can have something fabricated. Surely another acceptable option exists. If I recall the hose material type is printed on the hose so that could be a starting point. The only thing you might run into is that, BMW click clamps may not fit. In that case, use a quality (ABA, or what FCP sells) worm drive clamp and it should be fine.

[davidinnyc]

Some new error codes yesterday. I hardly use the AC (drive with the windows down), but yesterday was especially hot and when I took one of the cars to pick up the kids from school in 95* temperatures, I tried to turn the AC on. Snowflake would illuminate and turn off immediately, and the air speed would be limited to 50%. Ambient air temperature reached 110*.

Plugged in the laptop and got these two codes:

24 Additional heater relay
Error frequency: 10
short circuit to batt+
Errorcode: 18010A2445C088510386

255 Energy saving mode active
Error frequency: 1
short circuit to ground
error present
Errorcode: FF42012489CF88510375

Anyone with a similar experience?

David

Cleared the first error, but the second still persists.

[xansabi]

What is the diff's front mounting bolt attached to?

[oceansize]

What is the diff's front mounting bolt attached to?

To the subframe. Part number 8 in the diagram below is the busing the bolt goes through.

https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showparts?id=BR93-USA-04-2003-E46-BMW-M3&diagId=33_1076