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Post by jgu80 » Thu Sep 06, 2018 11:34 am

I’ve been on here a while but never posted in this page.

Purchased my 03 3.0i SE last summer and have been saving to start the process of returning it to its former glory.

Unfortunately it all went wrong in June when I had to have the steering column replaced 😭. £3k gone very quickly.

So back to saving!

Hoping this is the last big expense as the car has only covered 45k miles!
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Post by buzyg » Thu Sep 06, 2018 2:18 pm

Never too late to say hello officially. Great looking Zed. :thumbsup:
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Post by Clobber » Thu Sep 06, 2018 3:54 pm

Welcome and I hope you don't mind my asking but .. what was wrong with the steering column?
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Post by Darren Slone » Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:46 pm

Hi and welcome aboard :thumbsup:

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Post by RustyZ4 » Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:49 pm

Hi & Welcome :thumbsup:

3k for a steering rack???? or am I misinterpreting that,
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Post by RickRob » Thu Sep 06, 2018 6:14 pm

Hi and welcome.

Sorry that you had such a large lay out so early but hopefully that's all in the past now.

Enjoy :driving:
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Post by Mr Tidy » Thu Sep 06, 2018 8:22 pm

Welcome to the forum OP. :thumbsup:

Sorry to hear about your big bill - I hope your car pays you back with good behaviour after that!
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Post by Keet » Thu Sep 06, 2018 8:48 pm

Hello and welcome to the forum :thumbsup:
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Post by jgu80 » Thu Sep 06, 2018 9:10 pm

RustyZ4 wrote: Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:49 pm Hi & Welcome :thumbsup:

3k for a steering rack???? or am I misinterpreting that,
The power steering motor failed and after sending it away for testing it became clear it could not be reconditioned. Only thing left to do was replace it and BMW only sell the replacement as part of a complete steering column. 😩
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Post by firebobby » Fri Sep 07, 2018 9:14 am

Tasty looking "classic" Z4 you have there, I had my steering fail and sent the motor to ECU testing. They were able to revive it and It's working fine now. Who did you send your motor to?
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