Review on 🚗 TYC 1-17922 New Starter for BMW: A Reliable and Compatible Choice by Joshua Reid

Direct replacement for 2006 325i. It seems to run faster than OEM. Sounds almost like a diesel starter. The positive power wire nut is pretty cheap so I used the one on the original starter. A very tedious replacement process, but one that will save you a lot of money. If you choose to do this, you will need T20, E14 Torx sockets, 8mm, 10mm, 11mm and 13mm allen keys (depending on year of manufacture) and standard hand tools to complete the process to simplify. People will say you need a crankcase strainer, but that's not the case. The rear starter screw is by far the trickiest part. It's just a pain to get there. I ended up using 11mm instead of e14 because it allowed me to use a thinner ratchet. Not the best method, but e14 was too big to fit in the space. You don't have to remove the distributor completely, which saves you a lot of work. There are several videos on YouTube showing how to do this. It took me 45 minutes to get to the starter, two hours to remove it and then 30 minutes to put it back together. Fired up right away. I had to use a nail puller to pull out the old starter even after removing the bolts.