£450 740i what could go wrong?
Discussion
SturdyHSV said:
helix402 said:
I wonder if some of the readout is faulty, and it's in fact 181,000, and reads like 131,000. Would add up with the 16-20k average it's been doing recently?Got car back from garage on the new struts, sadly no alternator till Friday kind of annoyed, but whatever gives me time to continue sorting out the rest of it I suppose.
Well I now have an alternator, so it looks like new year for the mot, unless I can muster the energy to fit it and fix the door properly, half tempted to just buy a new door complete and get it painted as it's just no longer happy after my pry barring, which is weird
E38 being broken not too far from me, and to be fair doors don't really sell so hoping it will be cheap.
E38 being broken not too far from me, and to be fair doors don't really sell so hoping it will be cheap.
So here is an actual update.
I've got the alternator back on as got tired of waiting for garage to do it, not their fault they're busy and this is a job on the side.
I've got new aircon belt on
I've got new alternator belt on
I've got my new radiator top hose out the pack and pulled the old half off the expansion tank
I've got my sharp snips to remove the hose clamp off the radiator side, only problem is I know have a bit of pipe with the end of my radiator fking stuck in it
Seriously, when will this car stop fighting me? I'm saving you car, I am actually rescuing you from your rotting in a field life and this is how you repay me, I now need a new radiator to replace the nearly brand new fking radiator that was in you, you utter swine, how much of a can one car be?
So I am going to go relax myself by putting the seat back in....what could honestly go fking wrong now?
bd.
I've got the alternator back on as got tired of waiting for garage to do it, not their fault they're busy and this is a job on the side.
I've got new aircon belt on
I've got new alternator belt on
I've got my new radiator top hose out the pack and pulled the old half off the expansion tank
I've got my sharp snips to remove the hose clamp off the radiator side, only problem is I know have a bit of pipe with the end of my radiator fking stuck in it
Seriously, when will this car stop fighting me? I'm saving you car, I am actually rescuing you from your rotting in a field life and this is how you repay me, I now need a new radiator to replace the nearly brand new fking radiator that was in you, you utter swine, how much of a can one car be?
So I am going to go relax myself by putting the seat back in....what could honestly go fking wrong now?
bd.
Barchettaman said:
There's got to be some way to bodge, sorry, improvise a field repair, on the existing rad.
C'mon. You can do it.
Sadly there is not, I rang a rad specialist, I don't think he knew what I was on about really but its the return feed pipe here, the small one that angles off the top of the rad, it's snapped off completely, now I am convinced that it can be repaired as that thing looks like it comes out....hmmm lets go to my old radiator storageC'mon. You can do it.
So I have had a look, and yes you can buy the bit I have broken off, however in replacing it you will break more of the radiator as it is old and brittle, also the rad is full of radweld so I think I am just going to buy the new radiator, I will take it up with me anyway to the radiator place and see if it is worth saving, but for £68 is it worth the hassle?
This is the part here
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BMW-E38-E39-525i-528i-740i...
However, the way it locks in is with two little plastic tabs, and they're just going to snap off if I do them.
This is the part here
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BMW-E38-E39-525i-528i-740i...
However, the way it locks in is with two little plastic tabs, and they're just going to snap off if I do them.
C70R said:
pits said:
the rad is full of radweld
Bin it, or it will only cause you problems further down the road.Then back fed the engine engine and flushed out the orange coolant that should be blue, as annoying as it is I'll just put the new rad in, just not worth fking about with really.
So maybe tomorrow I can actually drive it properly around site
Good luck Pits, keep going, the old beast will live again eh!
Have a look here for a Rad, ive read good things about Nissen rads and have one on my e36 328i, quality was excellent.
http://www.mister-auto.co.uk/en/radiator/nissens-6...
Have a look here for a Rad, ive read good things about Nissen rads and have one on my e36 328i, quality was excellent.
http://www.mister-auto.co.uk/en/radiator/nissens-6...
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