Mr Tidy said:
That’ll be exactly why mine is going to my Indy :rofl:
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N52 Waterpump fail symptoms and fault code?
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That’ll be exactly why mine is going to my Indy :rofl:
Mine is being taken to a mechanic I trust today and it'll be worked on through the week. They're going to check and confirm it is the water pump and change as appropriate.
I'll update the thread with costs once the work has been done, but from their particular supplier I was told over the phone a new water pump is a £600 part. It's a big money job, but worth it for keeping these cars going!
I'll update the thread with costs once the work has been done, but from their particular supplier I was told over the phone a new water pump is a £600 part. It's a big money job, but worth it for keeping these cars going!
Mr Tidy said:
I had the same experience in my e86, mine went on the way to work (sudden jump in temp) I pulled over off the motorway, let the car cool and done several switch off and restarts and all was fine I was able to get to work (6 or 7 miles) without incident (temps normal). The car was taken into the garage that day (about a 10mile or so drive) and again the temps were ok. I think I was lucky in the sense that it wasnt a complete failure and was instead on the way out, I kept the RPM minimal and was totally fine, that was 20k miles ago. Iirc I paid my specialist about 600-650 for mine to be done.
Tango22 said:
Never heard of them, let me know how you get on if you end up there
LBN said:
See my earlier post re sourcing the part. There’s also the thermostat on top of that price. The pump is a Pierburg and you can get the exact same pump without the BMW fot half the price you’ve been quoted
Even if you want to go ECP etc it’ll still save you £200 based on prices when I bought mine.
Smartbear said:
That’s my exact thoughts Rob, that’s why I’ll happily let someone else deal with it and it’s snowing here too so nightmare and loss of feeling in my fingers doesn’t bode well :lol:
I'm going to ask at my indy next week what they will charge for a water pump. Given the Pierberg is the 'go to' pump to swap out a faulty one for and can be picked up for £290 from Autodoc online and similar places I'd like to think that an indy would be around the same price.
Overall it is supposed to take around an hour and a half or so (15 to 20 mins of which will be the auto bleed time) I'd expect around £120 ish for a labour charge. That's what I'd roughly expect cost wise, I'll also update here what my indy will charge. I'm also getting a thermostat fitted too so Flyingfifer's invoice there looks about right, price wise.
Overall it is supposed to take around an hour and a half or so (15 to 20 mins of which will be the auto bleed time) I'd expect around £120 ish for a labour charge. That's what I'd roughly expect cost wise, I'll also update here what my indy will charge. I'm also getting a thermostat fitted too so Flyingfifer's invoice there looks about right, price wise.
Flyingfifer said:
Wullie, how recently was that?
Argyll Andy said:
It was March 2017
Well, in the last few minutes mine has arrived :yeah:
So total cost is £248.81 + £65.09 customs etc grand total £313,90 plus say £15 for coolant so approx around £330 for parts and going by FF”s bill about 2 hrs labour which with my Indy will be around £100 so £430 approx all in hopefully. This is including a new thermostat as I’m not sure if some of the prices being quoted on the thread are just for the pump. FF’s has it included in his
So total cost is £248.81 + £65.09 customs etc grand total £313,90 plus say £15 for coolant so approx around £330 for parts and going by FF”s bill about 2 hrs labour which with my Indy will be around £100 so £430 approx all in hopefully. This is including a new thermostat as I’m not sure if some of the prices being quoted on the thread are just for the pump. FF’s has it included in his
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Nice one!
Thats a really good price all in
Thats a really good price all in
Tango22 said:
TBH, I’d be surprised if your Indy would be anywhere near that price.
One of the cheapest ones I’ve found here are carparts4less and today with discount is £451. I’d be expecting any Indy to be putting a markup on these, which could be around 20%. The other thing for comparison here is this isn’t for a Mahle thermostat that’s recommended with the Pierburg pump.
AUTODOC are pretty close today to what I paid
There may be slight variations between the Z4 and the E90 but all in all they’re the same engine and share a majority of engine parts
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Flyingfifer said:Nice one!
Thats a really good price all in
Yeah I’m happy with that price Wullie, was struggling at the time to get a U.K. based one anywhere close. AUTODOC weren’t offering as good a discount when I was ordering and the seller I used had been recommended on the forum before
Now I just need to break the news to my Indy that it’s here :lol:
