The 2014 Alpina D3 Touring with *almost* moon mileage

[Waitey]

joshcowin said:

What do you do thats means you cover this kind of milage?

Great thread and really hope all goes well with the car from now on!

MD of a farming/genetics company with farms and customers all over the UK.

[Waitey]

Rolled past 227000 miles today.

Fresh set of Goodyear Eagle F1 assyms on the back.

Still going well, although I’ve bought the steering rack bush upgrade kit, should make the old rack feel sharper.

It’s also booked it in for its 230k service at Sytner Nottingham.

[W00DY]

Waitey said:

6 weeks after collection and there’s 4500 miles on the new engine.

All going well. Needs some new rear tyres though, and a wash.

That looks fabulous dirty. Glad to hear it's all been sorted properly and its ready to many more miles.

[Slippydiff]

Waitey said:

Rolled past 227000 miles today.

Fresh set of Goodyear Eagle F1 assyms on the back.

Still going well, although I’ve bought the steering rack bush upgrade kit, should make the old rack feel sharper.

It’s also booked it in for its 230k service at Sytner Nottingham.

Any info on this would be much appreciated (near 120k F30 330D owner looking to tighten things up a bit)

[helix402]

Slippydiff said:

Any info on this would be much appreciated (near 120k F30 330D owner looking to tighten things up a bit)

Google reckons it’s this kit:

[Waitey]

What Helix said.

It replaces the old plastic bush with a metal one.

[Slippydiff]

Ah, many thanks, I've been there, done that. The car went back to the dealer on three occasions to fix a steering based "knock". They fitted a new rack to it under warranty a couple of years ago
I was hoping this was some mystical upgraded bush or bushes that secured the rack to the subframe.

[Waitey]

It was dirtier than I thought..

[MajorBeef]

helix402 said:

Slippydiff said:

Any info on this would be much appreciated (near 120k F30 330D owner looking to tighten things up a bit)

Google reckons it’s this kit:

That’s it. However you will need the 3 pronged tool in order to remove and replace plus a tube of FB-1 grease.

[Waitey]

Rolled over 228k tonight.

Rack upgrade kit and stupid expensive BMW grease is here to fix the knock on the rack too.

Rear pads also came in the post, so will get those on this weekend.

Edited by Waitey on Monday 12th August 16:48

[PurpleTurtle]

Had to chuckle at the diesel gauge looking a bit on the low side!

I wonder how many litres it has got through in its life/how many fill-ups it has had.

Keep up the good work OP, although every time the thread pops up on 'my stuff' I keep thinking "oh no, what now?"

[Waitey]

PurpleTurtle said:

Had to chuckle at the diesel gauge looking a bit on the low side!

I wonder how many litres it has got through in its life/how many fill-ups it has had.

Keep up the good work OP, although every time the thread pops up on 'my stuff' I keep thinking "oh no, what now?"

About 20700 litres worth in its life time!

Give or take £24k’s worth!

[Waitey]

New rear pads in, what a ball ache that was.

After being in there for nearly 90k miles, they did not want to come out. Nearly an hour spent on the near side.

The pins were basically welded in and the backing material on the pads didn't want to come off the piston!

[PurpleTurtle]

Frustrating for the DIYer hey?

In the past I've had to resort to getting a paint stripper heat gun in there for loosen things up with a bit of heat but that takes ages, I guess the pros break out the blowtorch!

Satisfying once you get it done though.

[mercedeslimos]

PurpleTurtle said:

Frustrating for the DIYer hey?

In the past I've had to resort to getting a paint stripper heat gun in there for loosen things up with a bit of heat but that takes ages, I guess the pros break out the blowtorch!

Satisfying once you get it done though.

Not with brakes you don't!

Brake fluid is rather flammable...

[anonymous-user]

mercedeslimos said:

Not with brakes you don't!

Brake fluid is rather flammable...

Can't be tight if the cars liquid

[Waitey]

Final part of my warranty claim has arrived. I had to go pick it up from BMW too...





Shouldn’t have broken my other one should they!

Edited by Waitey on Monday 12th August 16:49

[bolidemichael]

The custom Alpina tape is pretty cool

[PurpleTurtle]

Shiny new top for a shiny new engine! Nice.

[fastbikes76]

Nice... bet that cost them a few quid. Can’t see that being cheap !