HELP! DO you know what this BMW engine part is called?
HELP! DO you know what this BMW engine part is called?
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sparksfly

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Friday 9th October 2009
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driving A colleague at work is trying to find out what the part circled in the bottom right corner of the picture is called???

Any ideas? confused

john_p

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Friday 9th October 2009
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What car is it?

BOR

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Friday 9th October 2009
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Extremely hard to tell from that picture, but it could be a Secondary Air Valve.


sparksfly

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Friday 9th October 2009
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john_p said:
What car is it?
BMW 740i

sparksfly

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BOR said:
Extremely hard to tell from that picture, but it could be a Secondary Air Valve.
It's a bit like a bottle! Will get a picture of the actual engine in question to help more....

john_p

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Friday 9th October 2009
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john_p said:
What car is it?
Which 740? wink model/age/reg etc

TheEnd

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Friday 9th October 2009
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bottle like would suggest the EVAP canister, which holds petrol fumes and burns them later, but the pic above (750) look more like a cruise control stepper motor

sparksfly

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john_p said:
john_p said:
What car is it?
Which 740? wink model/age/reg etc
1997 E38 740i hopefully the pictures will help.....



Stu R

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Friday 9th October 2009
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whatever that bottle is it isn't standard, well it isn't on my 98 E38, and it looks pikey.
What you've highlighted in the OP is the cruise control actuator (should be marked with VDO stickers, but that's a V12 in the OP so could be different.)

From the front looking back on that side, on a 740i, you should have the cartridge oil filter, then the VDO stepper motor housing, and then just infront and adjacent to the turret the ATF oil.

Edited by Stu R on Friday 9th October 11:47

sparksfly

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Sorry I'm being fed information as people reply, the car is LPG conversion if that helps at all?

Stu R

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sparksfly said:
Sorry I'm being fed information as people reply, the car is LPG conversion if that helps at all?
I'd guess at it being something related to that. I'll pop a pic of mine up in a sec for reference

TheEnd

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Friday 9th October 2009
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What does it say on the yellow sticker?

Stu R

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sparksfly

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Thats the full engine (obviously!!!) The yellow sticker is in German or something so not sure what it says.....

sparksfly

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Ok so now we know it’s an…… Upper cylinder valve lubricant bottle which keeps the valves running smoothly. Only found on LPG converted cars!

http://www.flashlube.com.au/en/valvesaverkit/index...

I own a 106 and motorbike so know nothing about all that or what it means wobble

Edited by sparksfly on Friday 9th October 13:48