New Z4 3.0si

[firebobby]

You say the top motor releases and then you can hear the lower roof motor working ?
Have you tried moving the red knob in the boot ?
Oh sorry, I mean trunk

[ph001]

It will be the manual release plunger on the motor that is seized in. That still means a motor strip down to clean it up and lubricate unfortunately. The motor itself is probably ok.

[Pisces]

You say the top motor releases and then you can hear the lower roof motor working ?
Have you tried moving the red knob in the boot ?
Oh sorry, I mean trunk

I looked at it but didn’t think that could be the problem. By moving do you mean pulling it out and turning it or turning it while it’s pushed in. I’ll definitely give this a try before trying to remove the hole top hopefully this will work if it does that means they gave me a perfectly fine car with a huge discount over something that wasn’t even a real problem

[ph001]

The red handle operates the manual release plunger on the motor. If you can move the roof by hand then the plunger on the motor is in....the problem being is that the plunger tends to stick in irrespective of whether the red handle has been released or not. You might get lucky, but I doubt it!

[firebobby]

You say the top motor releases and then you can hear the lower roof motor working ?
Have you tried moving the red knob in the boot ?
Oh sorry, I mean trunk

I looked at it but didn’t think that could be the problem. By moving do you mean pulling it out and turning it or turning it while it’s pushed in. I’ll definitely give this a try before trying to remove the hole top hopefully this will work if it does that means they gave me a perfectly fine car with a huge discount over something that wasn’t even a real problem

You may get lucky, worth a try, but ph001 has a good point.
To get to the motor, you don't have to remove the roof. Check out the roof motor threads as they should give you the info on how to get at the motor, in situ.

[Pisces]

Sorry I’ve been gone. The white Z4 fell through the finance company wouldn’t approve the loan because of the mileage on the car but luckily I found another z4 it’s a metallic grey 2008 z4 roadster 3.0si has both the sport and premium packages it’s basically the same as the white one I wanted except it only has 80k miles on it and the top works on this one I brought it home last night and I love it such a fun car to drive around and it’ll be even more fun when I replace the run flats on it

[Keith96]

You will love this model. I have a 3.0si. Very quick and sounds great even with standard exhaust set up.
Does the roof work on this one?

[Pisces]

You will love this model. I have a 3.0si. Very quick and sounds great even with standard exhaust set up.
Does the roof work on this one?

Yes thankfully the roof works and before winter comes I plan on moving the motor to the trunk. The previous owner garaged it and never drove it when the weather was bad. But this is going to be my daily all year long and I don’t want anything happening to the motor.

[Keith96]

Yes you are right to do that. My motor is still in boot. It is working 100% and dry as a bone. My Z4 spend most of its time in the garage on a trickle charge. Comes out for a rip when the weather is good. Had a nice three hour journey on Tuesday.