What did you do with your Grenadier today?

[Sharbenable]

Finally got around to installing my Quadlock phone mount. I saw this in another post on the forum. Luck will have it that this base fits the screw holes perfectly. Just had to use two longer bolts than the OEM ones. One of those 3 minute installs that gives great value every single time you get in the car!


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Hi Hugo, I have been looking for a ball mount for the quadlock for a while, could you please let me know where you got his from? Also the other mount on the grab handle looks good, what is that one?

 

[CountyV8]

This is why we need a dip stick not an electronic guess. It’s the shrodingers cat of a system how do you know how much oil in the engine before it starts?

 

[CRH]

Hi Hugo, I have been looking for a ball mount for the quadlock for a while, could you please let me know where you got his from? Also the other mount on the grab handle looks good, what is that one?

Have you tried the forum shop. There is 1 design available that fits neatly around the heated seat buttons or where they would be if you don't have them.
Supports the forum too

 

[pmatusov]

Friday a.m.: returned the homemade transmission skidplate to the Grenadier (removed for axle pinion and transfer case seal work). Took 15 minutes.
Friday p.m.: installed Agile Offroad's gas tank skidplate. Took 1.5 hours and a lot of choice words.
I did not know or expect Agile's skidplate not to have its own brackets. It bolts to the existing factory gas tank skidplate - which is not a bad solution, just not what I expected. It also implies the factory skidplate to have ... the factory shape, which mine didn't - so some time was spend bashing the factory unit to shape and shooting the scuffed areas (with factory powdercoating flaking off) with RustOleum.
The new add-on skid requires holes to be drilled in the factory unit. Reinstalling the assembly was helped with a trolley jack under the skidplate - I probably could have "bench-pressed" the skidplate but it would cause more aggravation.
Now I have about 0.25" less ground clearance and plenty of room to stash sand and small pebbles in the gaps between the factory and add-on units.
But I'll also have a bit more peace of mind - knowing the factory skidplate could be bent by not much more than an angry look.

Saturday early a.m.: drove from San Diego to L.A. to meet other Grenadier owners. Stu Barnes, Bill Ruttan, and Tony Herrera showed up at the Motoring Club in West Los Angeles - good to meet you all!

 

[Jean Mercier]

It said to add a liter…but I wasn’t on level ground so could get an accurate reading. Had I not gotten the red “Stop driving” message I would’ve done just 1 quart (976ml). Since my appt is Monday if it is burning through oil I didn’t want to have any issues this week. I have to drive to Rochester/Buffalo this week for work so hoping I’m good…

From my experience it never tells you to add 0.8 liter or any other amount. It is - as far as I know 1 liter or zero. Already did it twice, so not sure ...

 

[ECrider]

From my experience it never tells you to add 0.8 liter or any other amount. It is - as far as I know 1 liter or zero. Already did it twice, so not sure ...

Mine has only ever read '500ml' on the off-road line.

 

[AngusMacG]

From my experience it never tells you to add 0.8 liter or any other amount. It is - as far as I know 1 liter or zero. Already did it twice, so not sure ...

I think it said “<1litre”.

Today when I checked it after driving. It just said the oil level was “ok”

 

[Mules]

From my experience it never tells you to add 0.8 liter or any other amount. It is - as far as I know 1 liter or zero. Already did it twice, so not sure ...

Mine asked me to add 500ml, to which I obliged to the mm.... 10km's down the road later and the warning comes on that I've overfilled! Then another 5 hours of bings and bongs threatening imminent engine damage until I reached the dealer...

I feel that this car operates off a different metric, not the accuracy of any physical gauge, but rather the presence or lack of aggressive chimes... (and great guesswork is required to safely operate within these extremes). While perhaps one just needs to get used to it, it's an interesting trait for a 'modern Defender'.

 

[CRH]

Mine asked me to add 500ml, to which I obliged to the mm.... 10km's down the road later and the warning comes on that I've overfilled! Then another 5 hours of bings and bongs threatening imminent engine damage until I reached the dealer...

I feel that this car operates off a different metric, not the accuracy of any physical gauge, but rather the presence or lack of aggressive chimes... (and great guesswork is required to safely operate within these extremes). While perhaps one just needs to get used to it, it's an interesting trait for a 'modern Defender'.

Mine said add 1ltr. I did. Then after a 50 mile drive said I had over filed. 25 miles later of nagging and restart to take to garage it was still bonging, halfway there it goes off and says ok level for on and off road???

 

[Mules]

Mine said add 1ltr. I did. Then after a 50 mile drive said I had over filed. 25 miles later of nagging and restart to take to garage it was still bonging, halfway there it goes off and says ok level for on and off road???

That's even more disconcerting... !!

 

[ECrider]

I really would've liked an accessible and function over form dipstick - alongside the electronic version if necessary. I know there is one at the back on the B57 but not exactly accessible or indeed whether it serves the purpose it should do.

 

[Greasemonkey]

Between service intervals, I do my own oil changes. I check the oil level both on the display and on the dipstick at the rear end of the B57 diesel engine. It's true that the dipstick is somewhat hidden, but if you know where it is, it's easy to reach. Despite my height of 186 cm, I use a small stool to make it easier. The fact that BMW advises against using the dipstick for checking is probably because it's sometimes difficult to read correctly, which is probably due to the thinness of the oil. But with a little practice it is easy.
'Since a few weeks I use only HVO100 synthetic diesel.

 

[Mules]

Between service intervals, I do my own oil changes. I check the oil level both on the display and on the dipstick at the rear end of the B57 diesel engine. It's true that the dipstick is somewhat hidden, but if you know where it is, it's easy to reach. Despite my height of 186 cm, I use a small stool to make it easier. The fact that BMW advises against using the dipstick for checking is probably because it's sometimes difficult to read correctly, which is probably due to the thinness of the oil. But with a little practice it is easy.
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Thanks Greasemonkey, that is very useful, also great reference photos.

 

[CRH]

Between service intervals, I do my own oil changes. I check the oil level both on the display and on the dipstick at the rear end of the B57 diesel engine. It's true that the dipstick is somewhat hidden, but if you know where it is, it's easy to reach. Despite my height of 186 cm, I use a small stool to make it easier. The fact that BMW advises against using the dipstick for checking is probably because it's sometimes difficult to read correctly, which is probably due to the thinness of the oil. But with a little practice it is easy.
'Since a few weeks I use only HVO100 synthetic diesel.View attachment 7900294

It is quite difficult on some dipsticks when the oil is fresh, i never thought about how thin it was which is making it worse to read.
Thanks for the info, I will try the manual option too next time

 

[ECrider]

Between service intervals, I do my own oil changes. I check the oil level both on the display and on the dipstick at the rear end of the B57 diesel engine. It's true that the dipstick is somewhat hidden, but if you know where it is, it's easy to reach. Despite my height of 186 cm, I use a small stool to make it easier. The fact that BMW advises against using the dipstick for checking is probably because it's sometimes difficult to read correctly, which is probably due to the thinness of the oil. But with a little practice it is easy.
'Since a few weeks I use only HVO100 synthetic diesel.View attachment 7900294

Tks for the reply and photos. Will check that out later today.