LOL for BMW E60 Service Schedules!

[Django x2]

So, 26k miles on the clock with 11k until next service at which point, BMW deem it feasible to replace the cars air filter for the first time!!!!

In my mind, I knew this was "c'est ridicule" so I spent the £30 on a genuine BMW air filter and spent 45 minutes today replacing it. The amount of trim, that needed removing was again, a complete joke.

This is what came out:

I'm not sure any of you will be able to tell them apart, but it's the left one which is old.

How BMW can expect this is suitable is beyond me really.

Oh, and here is what was left behind after the filter came out.

Grit, leaves and what looks like the remains of a bat

Anyway, all clean now and certainly a noticeable difference from picking up low down in the revs

 

[[TW]Fox]

You technically just voided the warranty on a £30,000 car to save a few quid, congrats

 

[Django x2]

You technically just voided the warranty on a £30,000 car to save a few quid, congrats

You might think that, but I got them to agree to it as long as I used a genuine part. Which I did. I don't pay for servicing anyway, but they wouldn't do an interim change without me paying £140.

 

[[TW]Fox]

You got Ocean to agree? You are a better man than I am.

I ended up getting my car serviced at Scothall Hampshire because they suddenly decided that after 3 years of not ever having a problem with it suddenly they wouldnt stamp my book if I didnt let them fleece me for a further £70 to change the cabin filters, even though it's a seperate tick box on the service schedule..

Scothall had no such issue.

 

[Django x2]

You got Ocean to agree? You are a better man than I am.

I ended up getting my car serviced at Scothall Hampshire because they suddenly decided that after 3 years of not ever having a problem with it suddenly they wouldnt stamp my book if I didnt let them fleece me for a further £70 to change the cabin filters, even though it's a seperate tick box on the service schedule..

Scothall had no such issue.

No, didn't use Ocean, Wood BMW were more local.

 

[Thomas. PLease.]

You might think that, but I got them to agree to it as long as I used a genuine part. Which I did. I don't pay for servicing anyway, but they wouldn't do an interim change without me paying £140.

If you don't pay for servicing why not just get it done properly?

 

[Django x2]

If you don't pay for servicing why not just get it done properly?

Why shell out £140 when £30 will do and I have more mechanical skill than probably most of the spanner monkies who would have done the job.

Plus, I got to "detail" all my plastic that I had to remove

 

[Clarkey]

What a strange air filter, never seen anything like it..

 

[Janesy B]

If you don't pay for servicing why not just get it done properly?

I wouldn't be happy to drive another 5 miles with that filter let alone another 11k.

That filter is rather odd, looks like a paint roller

 

[Adam_D200]

Looks more like a cabin filter.

 

[Scania]

Looks more like a cabin filter.

Attatched to the engine? I doubt it.

Fair play to the OP.

You think that looks dirty? - You want to see some of the cabin filters they remove from the trucks @ work !!!

 

[Adam_D200]

Well worth replacing it and the cabin filter if it hasn't already been done, mine was filthy on the Z4.

Looks a complicated beasty on the 530d!

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=NR72&mospid=48802&btnr=13_1031&hg=13&fg=20

 

[Janesy B]

You think that looks dirty? - You want to see some of the cabin filters they remove from the trucks @ work !!!

Murdered prostitutes in the intakes?

 

[s0ck]

lol, bored?

 

[Scania]

Murdered prostitutes in the intakes?

I've found Mice, Rats, Birds and a Beer Can (!) stuck in truck engine intakes over the years......

I rarely look under the bunk in the cab, just in case.

 

[Dave L]

You technically just voided the warranty on a £30,000 car to save a few quid, congrats

How come?? He used a genuine part, under block exemption, there would be no problem.

Looks more like a cabin filter.

Nope, most BMW diesel air filters are like that.

 

[Dave L]

Well worth replacing it and the cabin filter if it hasn't already been done, mine was filthy on the Z4.

Looks a complicated beasty on the 530d!

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=NR72&mospid=48802&btnr=13_1031&hg=13&fg=20

I agree - it is worthwhile changing the microfilter at the same time. Complicated air filter?? Try changing it on the E90 330D - the upper strut brace makes it an arse of a job!

 

[Django x2]

yeah, I had to remove my strut brace but in reality I think I could have done it without.

 

[[TW]Fox]

How come?? He used a genuine part, under block exemption, there would be no problem.

He is not a VAT registered garage so block exemption rules are not relevant.

 

[blueboy2001]

Looks like the filter is doing a sterling job to me - if the muck is in the airbox, it isn't in your engine! Doesn't look like it's clogged up so it would have been fine for another 11K in all probability.