E86 MOT & Insepction II

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LewisB

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 Reading, Berkshire
Afternoon all,

So my Z4 coupe is due its first MOT and service during my ownership.

It's going to go to a well recommended BMW Indy rather than the dealers.

So I'm planning to have:

Inspection II
Gearbox oil change
Differential oil change
Differential input flange greased (slight knocking/clunking)

It led me to think are there any other maintenance things I should be considering? Belts or water pump for example?

My car is 2007 and has just done 60,000 miles.

Any comments or help appreciated.

Thanks,

Lewis.
 
LewisB said:
Afternoon all,

So my Z4 coupe is due its first MOT and service during my ownership.

It's going to go to a well recommended BMW Indy rather than the dealers.

So I'm planning to have:

Inspection II
Gearbox oil change
Differential oil change
Differential input flange greased (slight knocking/clunking)

It led me to think are there any other maintenance things I should be considering? Belts or water pump for example?

My car is 2007 and has just done 60,000 miles.

Any comments or help appreciated.

Thanks,

Lewis.
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Brake fluid
 
Chris_D said:
how do you know the diff input flange is the source of clunking?
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I don't for definite. However, the articles on here lead me to believe that it is. I'll ask the garage to check it out for me and investigate further. :thumbsup:
 
flight174z said:
LewisB said:
Afternoon all,

So my Z4 coupe is due its first MOT and service during my ownership.

It's going to go to a well recommended BMW Indy rather than the dealers.

So I'm planning to have:

Inspection II
Gearbox oil change
Differential oil change
Differential input flange greased (slight knocking/clunking)

It led me to think are there any other maintenance things I should be considering? Belts or water pump for example?

My car is 2007 and has just done 60,000 miles.

Any comments or help appreciated.

Thanks,

Lewis.
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Brake fluid
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Fortunately just had this done within the last few months.
 
Rear springs? They're prone to cracking.
DISA valve? Probably fine if you've not had any lean codes come up but worth checking.
Rocker cover gasket?
Wheel alignment? If you've not had it done I'd at least get it checked (even if its all fine).

Not sure about belts, not looked into those... yet :fuelfire:
 
LewisB said:
Afternoon all,

So my Z4 coupe is due its first MOT and service during my ownership.

It's going to go to a well recommended BMW Indy rather than the dealers.

So I'm planning to have:

Inspection II
Gearbox oil change
Differential oil change
Differential input flange greased (slight knocking/clunking)

It led me to think are there any other maintenance things I should be considering? Belts or water pump for example?

My car is 2007 and has just done 60,000 miles.

Any comments or help appreciated.

Thanks,

Lewis.
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I'm affraid you are better of replacing the o-ring of the diff. Knocking is the beginning of the end.
Further: check the rear subframe bushes for play, the diff mounts for play. Belts are worth looking after but i think the can survive for another inspection. Same for the water pump.
 
vester86 said:
I'm affraid you are better of replacing the o-ring of the diff. Knocking is the beginning of the end.
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Not heard of the diff o ring before. Where is that located?
 
step_change said:
Are there indicators that water pump / alternator should look to be changed or just a sudden failure?
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Not sure about water....

Alternator replaced twice on other BM's. One where it wasn't charging the battery properly. Failed close to home, lights etc dimmed. Almost total loss of power (I was flooring it and only about 10mph). Pretty much the whole dash lit up because there wasn't enough juice in the system. Parked up and tried to start it again and it wouldn't. You can charge the battery back up at home but during driving it won't charge... so enough to maybe get you to the indie if he's close by!

Another time alternator was making a tapping noise. Sounded like the engine and the car was going to blow up. Hadn't failed but sounded like it was on its way out, so replaced.

Not really something you can maintain I don't think. No point replacing prematurely either. Buy and store in the garage if you want, if that's the problem you / indie can sort it pretty quickly. I'm assuming pump is the same sort of thing, but like I said no personal experience of that.
 
LewisB said:
Afternoon all,

So my Z4 coupe is due its first MOT and service during my ownership.

It's going to go to a well recommended BMW Indy rather than the dealers.

So I'm planning to have:

Inspection II
Gearbox oil change
Differential oil change
Differential input flange greased (slight knocking/clunking)

It led me to think are there any other maintenance things I should be considering? Belts or water pump for example?

My car is 2007 and has just done 60,000 miles.

Any comments or help appreciated.

Thanks,

Lewis.
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So the prices from the BMW Indy have come back as:

Inspection II - £280
MOT - £55
Gearbox oil - £75-£100
Diff input seal and oil change, input flange greasing - £250-300 the exhaust will need to be removed.

Does this seem reasonable?

Should I think about supplying my own engine, gearbox and diff oil?

Cheers.
 
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