{"id":42,"date":"2005-12-16T14:45:52","date_gmt":"2005-12-16T21:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.steveneppler.com\/blog\/?p=42"},"modified":"2005-12-19T20:05:53","modified_gmt":"2005-12-20T03:05:53","slug":"fixed-the-z3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steveneppler.com\/blog\/2005\/12\/16\/fixed-the-z3","title":{"rendered":"Fixed the Z3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Matt &#038; I were able to fix the Z3 today.  The intake boots were a bit difficult to remove at first, but since they were not going to be used again we ended up cutting them out.  Installation wasn&#8217;t too bad either.<\/p>\n<p>After about 50 miles the performance went up a bit, then the &#8216;Service Engine Soon&#8217; light went out.  I think because of the excess air the car was running too lean and knocking a bit, which caused the computer to pull back some timing.  Now the engine is much smoother, plus I don&#8217;t get a whistle when at partial throttle from the vacuum leak.<\/p>\n<p>I did discover a new problem though &#8211; the thermostat most likely needs to be replaced.  It is stuck in the open position which causes the car to run too cold.  I&#8217;m looking to see if this is covered by a recall or not&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt &#038; I were able to fix the Z3 today. The intake boots were a bit difficult to remove at first, but since they were not going to be used again we ended up cutting them out. Installation wasn&#8217;t too bad either. After about 50 miles the performance went up a bit, then the &#8216;Service &#8230; <a title=\"Fixed the Z3\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/steveneppler.com\/blog\/2005\/12\/16\/fixed-the-z3\" aria-label=\"Read more about Fixed the Z3\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bmw"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/steveneppler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/steveneppler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/steveneppler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steveneppler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steveneppler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/steveneppler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/steveneppler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steveneppler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steveneppler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}