What have you done to your car today?

Jakg · Post by **Jakg** » Wed Jan 09, 2019 10:47 pm

Spaniarduk wrote: ↑Wed Jan 09, 2019 9:16 pm
ben g wrote: ↑Wed Jan 09, 2019 9:04 pm Thought I'd check my Z4 over before it's MOT next week. Lucky I did as I found this:

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Ordered a new part from BMW on ebay for £18. Shouldn't be too difficult to fit.
Yikes... How the hell did that bracket fail?!

I don't see a nut either. And of course the bush is a Powerflex replacement... that would suggest problems with the installation.

ben g · Post by **ben g** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 10:00 am

Jakg wrote: ↑Wed Jan 09, 2019 10:47 pm
Spaniarduk wrote: ↑Wed Jan 09, 2019 9:16 pm
ben g wrote: ↑Wed Jan 09, 2019 9:04 pm Thought I'd check my Z4 over before it's MOT next week. Lucky I did as I found this:

DSC_0006.JPG

Ordered a new part from BMW on ebay for £18. Shouldn't be too difficult to fit.
Yikes... How the hell did that bracket fail?!
I don't see a nut either. And of course the bush is a Powerflex replacement... that would suggest problems with the installation.

You can't see a nut because the nut is still bolted to the stud holding part of the bracket. The power flex bush has also been on for a good few years without issue, so no, it isn't installation error, as I fitted it myself.

Most likely the metal has weakened over time. It is a 16 year old car, after all,

I guess I could've replaced the brackets when I fitted the bushes, as a bit of preventative maintenance. Either way, they've done 130,000 miles, so that's pretty good going

Spaniarduk · Post by **Spaniarduk** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 10:06 am

ben g, where are you sourcing new items from? Can you share a link on here?

ben g · Post by **ben g** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 11:49 am

Spaniarduk wrote: ↑Thu Jan 10, 2019 10:06 am ben g, where are you sourcing new items from? Can you share a link on here?

I purchased them from BMW's ebay shop, here:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-Genuine- ... 1692327383

I think some bits are cheaper if you visit a dealer in person (this eBay one is BMW Park Lane), but my closest dealer is a 30 mile round trip on the M25, so it's not worth my time and fuel to visit them.

andyf1140 · Post by **andyf1140** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 12:00 pm

Cleaned up the oil it spat out of the oil filler cap on the way to work... for some reason if I'm not very careful how I put the filler cap back on it leaks, quite badly. I even bought a new cap without the ring attached to it because that was making it difficult to get it to fit properly

BTW never had this problem with a Ford

blackabbot · Post by **blackabbot** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 4:01 pm

Took the Zed for its annual MOT today, passed with two advisories.
1 both front coil springs showing slight corrosion
2 engine and floor under trays fitted unable to check mechanical components.
I asked the examiner if I should remove the floor trays next time I go in for an MOT he said not too as they are factory fitted, cant understand why that should come in for an advisory then

Took it to my local ATS euromaster and it cost £30.00 with my ATS 60 card
Other than that very happy

ben g · Post by **ben g** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 4:44 pm

The advisory just covers the tester incase anything covered by the undertrays needs replacing, I guess. A bit annoying that it goes down as an advisory though.

patriot66 · Post by **patriot66** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 6:02 pm

I had mine MOTd last Friday with the undertray etc fitted and it passed with no advisories. My Mums 318ti exactly the same an hour before. Almost every modern car on the planet has undertrays etc. Sounds like complete nonsense to me

MrPT · Post by **MrPT** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 6:26 pm

Mine has the undertray advisory a couple of times in its history. It's annoying, especially since the underbody is much less "packaged" than more modern cars.

If you have a GT3 RS, I bet you can afford to get your MOT done in at a place that will look past this...

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AquaMatt · Post by **AquaMatt** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 7:01 pm

ben g wrote: ↑Thu Jan 10, 2019 10:00 am
Jakg wrote: ↑Wed Jan 09, 2019 10:47 pm
Spaniarduk wrote: ↑Wed Jan 09, 2019 9:16 pm

Yikes... How the hell did that bracket fail?!
I don't see a nut either. And of course the bush is a Powerflex replacement... that would suggest problems with the installation.
You can't see a nut because the nut is still bolted to the stud holding part of the bracket. The power flex bush has also been on for a good few years without issue, so no, it isn't installation error, as I fitted it myself.

Most likely the metal has weakened over time. It is a 16 year old car, after all,

I guess I could've replaced the brackets when I fitted the bushes, as a bit of preventative maintenance. Either way, they've done 130,000 miles, so that's pretty good going

I had exactly the same 2 months ago. Car was around 120,000 miles, E86 3.0Si. Near-side front failure - the bracket looked to have sheared but no obvious explanation as to why!

MrPT · Post by **MrPT** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 7:09 pm

How hard are you guys cornering?

Felix79 · Post by **Felix79** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 7:58 pm

Just reinstalled my drivers door kick plate and I'm going to put on my missing M badge on the drivers side wing and bar a full paint correction from my old man, all the cosmetics will be fixed.

Earlier this week, the broken exhaust clamp has been replaced with a sleeve to tied me over until I can get my mate who has his own business making custom exhausts, to do a full stainless system but with a butterfly valve in it, so I can keep it quiet in the mornings at home, but have it in full song when I am out enjoying the B roads.

ben g · Post by **ben g** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 8:06 pm

And fixed

absolutely filthy underneath though

When the weather gets warmer I'll give it a good clean up.

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philbo909 · Post by **philbo909** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 8:47 pm

New brake lines put in! She's MOT ready for next week

MrPT · Post by **MrPT** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 10:22 pm

Felix79 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 10, 2019 7:58 pm Just reinstalled my drivers door kick plate and I'm going to put on my missing M badge on the drivers side wing and bar a full paint correction from my old man, all the cosmetics will be fixed.

Earlier this week, the broken exhaust clamp has been replaced with a sleeve to tied me over until I can get my mate who has his own business making custom exhausts, to do a full stainless system but with a butterfly valve in it, so I can keep it quiet in the mornings at home, but have it in full song when I am out enjoying the B roads.

Sounds like a useful friend. Where is the valve going to redirect to? Post-cat, straight out, or some kind of backbox bypass? Member Fishy Dave had the former (with Bluetooth control) and it sounded brutal!

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