My car blew up

[Housey]

Im sorry , but you have just nearly killed me with laughter! seriously , best reply EVER!

Same here, did for me that one.

 

[Duke]

I would snigger, but don't want anything to go wrong in mine

 

[Dandle]

Thats a good price from the dealer I would have thought they could have stung more out of you for the repair knowing them.

 

[Wicksta]

Thats a good price from the dealer I would have thought they could have stung more out of you for the repair knowing them.

He said BMW specialist not dealer.

 

[saitrix]

Good to see it was cheap to fix, not a nice view seeing brown fluid everywhere!

 

[robnut]

Wow, cant believe that as only £130, bargain! My viscous died midweek, the expansion tank popped off the rad. So I thought id take the opportunity to do the fan delete at the same time.


£350 later :O.

Im glad yours was nothing serious, loverly car.

 

[Matt82]

Stupid plastic impellors.

i just picked through the thread for that info. i dont fully understand why they do this. my new pump from VW came with a plastic impeller on there. im just waiting for the day mine falls off

 

[Begbie]

Not too pricey at all.

How many miles has yer Vaux' done just out of interest? iirc fox's motor is about 150k.

Only about 80k, thats a lot of miles - don't really fancy doing many more in a Vauxhall.

 

[Scania]

Only about 80k, thats a lot of miles - don't really fancy doing many more in a Vauxhall.

Thats 20k short of the BMW running in period....

 

[4T5]

Only about 80k, thats a lot of miles - don't really fancy doing many more in a Vauxhall.

I had an old Camels ear (Cavalier) showing 366k & sold it to a builder who used it as a work motor for a year going on/off site, Most miles I've had on any motor I've owned. Car still made me profit.

 

[Dup]

Shoulda bought a Honda...





What puts me off cars like this is that when something does go wrong, it isn't always necessarily that cheap to diagnose and repair. Lets hope this failure hasn't caused any other damage and the timing is never right. Just think yourself lucky you don't have an Aston where any small fault (like a puncture) shuts the car down completely and locks the gearbox too.

 

[Neil79]

Never mind , its just an ugly bmw
har

 

[peterattheboro]

Hahaha Muffin nice sig

 

[shauncr91]

Hahaha Muffin nice sig

Hahaha, brilliant

 

[lordrobs]

Good to see it was cheap to fix, not a nice view seeing brown fluid everywhere!

...and that was just on the drivers seat

 

[[TW]Fox]

Thing is though, its worth every penny it costs to keep on the road Although its nearly time for 2 new rear tyres

 

[saitrix]

Rather you than me for the tyre bill. Arn't they something like 285 profile?

 

[Gaygle]

Hahaha @ Muffin's sig.

Genius

 

[Hawk Tuah]

Lucky you shut it down straight away. Glad it got sorted without too much problems.

 

[BigglesPiP]

I'd probably have noticed the second the guage started to move as I'm pretty attentive to things like that,

Would the gauge have moved without any coolant?

Unusual to have them fail suddenly with no warning at all though, they generally get quite noisy.

Yea, I've had such bearings turn bad very fast, but then just work in a very rough way for a long time. IIRC the usual M.O. is a seal fails and the bearing sucks in water as it cools on a wet day.