BMW and M Power Owners

EddScott · 26 Jun 2018 at 13:33

Dangerous Dave said:
You can reset the adapatation

* Press the start button once to turn on power (Don't start the engine)
* Press the accelerator down to the floor, as far as it goes and hold for at least 2 min.
* Do not take your foot off and hit start button once to turn off power
* Remove foot from accelerator
* Wait for another 2 minutes (at least)
* Start the engine and drive

Did this whilst sat outside local BM dealer. Thanks

Popped in this morning to see if they'll warranty paint flaking off front bumper from a jet wash and the drivers seat back bit has jean staining at the bottom. Both of which I can live with, just seeing how BMW play the warranty game.

LiE · 26 Jun 2018 at 16:29

Does anyone know what the difference is between the brakes on my 2013 428i M Sport, and those with the painted blue calipers/stickers? Is it just aesthetics?

Dangerous Dave · 26 Jun 2018 at 16:45

LiE said:
Does anyone know what the difference is between the brakes on my 2013 428i M Sport, and those with the painted blue calipers/stickers? Is it just aesthetics?

The blue calipers are part of the M Sport braking option which gives uprated calipers/discs, they are the same calipers from the M3/M4. Fronts are 4 pot with 370mm discs and the rears 2 pot with 345mm discs. The standard brakes are single cylinder calipers all round and 330mm on the front and 300mm on the rear so a fair upgrade over the standard brakes.

Rilot · 26 Jun 2018 at 18:12

Yeah.... Valve stem seals are on their way out. See the little puff of smoke on the first rev? Oh well. I figured I'd need to do it at some point. So the question is, how long before it's undrivable? And, do I buy the tool (£800) and attempt the work myself or do I eat the £2000 cost to have an indy do it for me?

NickXX · 26 Jun 2018 at 18:18

Will it really get worse? I would personally leave it for a bit to see if does. You seem to be spending a lot of money on what originally seemed like a cheap car.

Rilot · 26 Jun 2018 at 18:21

It will get worse. Eventually it will smoke like a knackered PD diesel after idling for a while. It's just a question of how long before it gets to that point.
I've not spent anything much on the car yet.

Jez · 26 Jun 2018 at 18:27

NickXX said:
Will it really get worse? I would personally leave it for a bit to see if does. You seem to be spending a lot of money on what originally seemed like a cheap car.

I’d just echo this and say be careful about what you spend on this car. This is the issue with old cars, they look ok to begin with, but £2k bills near immediately on top of everything else soon change the value proposition - before long you end up knocking on the door of the value of a next gen f12 model 640i which are beginning to hit just over mid teens now!

Peerzy · 26 Jun 2018 at 18:41

I never saw any white smoke during my ownership, I'd be amazed if they were actually at the point of needing doing (or anywhere close).

The cost to fix is the same now as it will be when they are wrecked and that could be tomorrow or in 40k time. It won't leave you at the side of the road calling the AA so why wouldn't you monitor the situation over a prolonged period?

Dangerous Dave · 26 Jun 2018 at 19:00

Rilot said:
Yeah.... Valve stem seals are on their way out. See the little puff of smoke on the first rev? Oh well. I figured I'd need to do it at some point. So the question is, how long before it's undrivable? And, do I buy the tool (£800) and attempt the work myself or do I eat the £2000 cost to have an indy do it for me?

I would wait and see how it goes first as it looks like a fairly minor puff at the moment. The other option for the tool is to approach a specialist and ask to rent the tool for the work, my friend did this for the proper cam locking tool for a VAG TFSI engine.

NickXX · 26 Jun 2018 at 19:04

Dangerous Dave said:
I would wait and see how it goes first as it looks like a fairly minor puff at the moment. The other option for the tool is to approach a specialist and ask to rent the tool for the work, my friend did this for the proper cam locking tool for a VAG TFSI engine.

Very much agree with this - I’d wait for it to get worse (if it ever does).

Rilot · 26 Jun 2018 at 19:33

Yeah, that's the plan. I'll leave it. At the end of the day it's a cheap car and I hardly do any miles these days. Once my son starts school it's only going to get used at the weekends.
@Peerzy it's literally just that little puff. I wouldn't have noticed it if my mate hadn't asked to be sent video of the pipes. We're not talking big clouds or anything. At the end of the day if it lasts another 20k miles then that's 10 years of use at my rate.

geekman · 26 Jun 2018 at 20:37

Normally I'd say get it sorted, but that looks minor enough that I'd just monitor it for the moment. If I left my Jag sitting for a few days, I'd get a bit of blue smoke out of the exhaust on startup - never got any worse in 40k miles and barely used any oil, so I just monitored it. I'm sure if I'd have taken it to a main dealer they'd happily have relieved me of 2k+

Steedie · 27 Jun 2018 at 09:28

Was it Fox that had a dodgy refurb job by BMW on one of his alloys when he bought his car?

Just having one of mine refurbed now after kerbing it the other day, and he's pointed out on another alloy that the paint is peeling from what looks like a poor refurb job before I bought the car. Luckily it's not really noticeable at the moment but a bit annoying.

[TW]Fox · 27 Jun 2018 at 10:33

Yes it was. Had them all redone earlier this month and now they are completely factory again

Steedie · 27 Jun 2018 at 11:10

Yeah was very impressed with the job done this morning, will use them again for that wheel, but at £60 a wheel (£50 each if I get more than one done) then I might just do the remaining 3 at once so they are all pristine. Don't have any damage to the others but at that price, even just to get rid of some of the caked on dust in hard to reach places over the 2 years, seems worth it

[TW]Fox · 27 Jun 2018 at 11:38

I paid rather more than that but I wanted the factory colour which isn't just plain silver.

Steedie · 27 Jun 2018 at 12:29

[TW]Fox said:
I paid rather more than that but I wanted the factory colour which isn't just plain silver.

Yeah that was a concern but he showed me the paint code he was using and it matches online, and to look at they look the same colour. But I'm not going to look too closely as if it is slightly different and/or the finish isn't perfect in places, it will drive me up the wall for the remaining time I have this car

Vita · 29 Jun 2018 at 17:00

I wish I could find a e60 530/535d in standard form without the dpf gutted or egr removed. I’ve given up. Think I’ve been put off the car.

Rilot · 29 Jun 2018 at 18:45

Unfortunately, E60s are at the age where the vast majority are in the hands of people who aren't willing to pay the maintenance costs that go along with them. The very newest are going to be 8 years old now with the oldest nudging 15.

Vita · 29 Jun 2018 at 19:05

Rilot said:
Unfortunately, E60s are at the age where the vast majority are in the hands of people who aren't willing to pay the maintenance costs that go along with them. The very newest are going to be 8 years old now with the oldest nudging 15.

Pretty much agree with you. Seems like the days of buying those sorts of car at not much money are a massive liability.

The sad thing is every alternative I looked at or even over budget was more or less the same. So many cars have had their dpfs gutted that are 10 years old or a tad over.