CHECK YOUR DISA NOW!!!! pics inside

[Hotride]

Good tip. I think I might check my DISA and soft top drains this w/e. Hopefully I wont need to spend any money :roll:

 

[a11y]

andysat?

Probably something worth all of us checking for the sake of a 10-min job and the cost of a T40.

 

[ChawenHalo]

Is this only on the 3.0? Do I have one on my 2.2?

Think so.

Scary stuff. Sorry for being dummy but how about ///M's? do they have it to? :?

 

[taylor225]

i dont belive the M// have it... but i could be wrong... its fairly easy to check if you open your bonnet.

i just cant belive how close that could have been to game over for the engine..the top pin was almost half way out too, and clearly had been for a while as it was all shinney at the top :S

 

[taylor225]

does anyone know the part number for this as BMW seem to be useless and have no idea what im talking about lol

 

[taylor225]

for anyone thats interested

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=BT52&mospid=47797&btnr=11_2879&hg=11&fg=40

number 7 is what you want - part number 11617544805
cost is about £140

 

[IvanDobskey]

Yikes, this sounds pretty scary stuff! Has my 53 plate 2.5 got one of these things on it? I think I have an m54 engine so I'm guessing I do! Might have to check this out. Is it easy to do for us non mechanics?

 

[taylor225]

easy peasy.. im a girl lol

just remove the airbox elbow and there are 2 torx bolts holding the unit in.. they require a T40 bit... most tool kits only go up to T30 but i got one from halfords in a kit for £9.99, got a few other bits with it.
and it just pulls out

 

[IvanDobskey]

A girl you say? As in a female type person? Wow, I am impressed :wink:
I'll see if I can muster up the courage to take my Z apart this weekend then

 

[taylor225]

indeed a female type person lol...

although im no novice at mechanics

 

[Lance]

Yikes, this sounds pretty scary stuff! Has my 53 plate 2.5 got one of these things on it? I think I have an m54 engine so I'm guessing I do! Might have to check this out. Is it easy to do for us non mechanics?

Mines a 2.5 53 plate and has one.

 

[IvanDobskey]

Well I'm suitably nervous to take a look now. Although I've not noticed any funny noises so far.....

 

[IvanDobskey]

indeed a female type person lol...

although im no novice at mechanics

Ha, I bet you're one of these girlies who can strip down and dismantle an engine then put it back together again in the time it takes me to check my oil level :lol:

 

[taylor225]

well its taken me 2 years to strip and rebuild my other car and its still not working :s

 

[IvanDobskey]

well its taken me 2 years to strip and rebuild my other car and its still not working :s

Have you checked the oil

 

[taylor225]

needs a bit more than that

 

[IvanDobskey]

needs a bit more than that

That looks a bit of a project Am I being dumb asking what car it is? Probably

 

[J4YMO]

Looks like a golf.

£140 sounds a bit steep - will check my invoice from last month when I get home this evening