DarrenW
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| posted on 31/7/08 at 02:15 PM |
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BMW part number sites
When diagnosing recent faults i found these 2 websites invaluable. Thought id share them with you.
Both are similar but BMWfans indicates costs in Euro's. Not sure how correct they are.
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/select.do
http://bmwfans.info/original
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fesycresy
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| posted on 31/7/08 at 02:18 PM |
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What was wrong with your car after ?
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The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up.
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DarrenW
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| posted on 31/7/08 at 02:31 PM |
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Truth is i dont really know. The problem was every couple of months or so you could be driving along fine then the power would go off. Felt like no
boost. No rattles or squeaks, no smoke. Then it would come back on.
Service time came around so decided to do it myself and clean out a few things. Changed oil, oil filter, fuel filter, air filter. Cleaned out
crankcase breather and EGR. Cleaned MAF. Removed inlet manifold and cleaned it out as well as removing swirl flaps. Back on road and power was off
properly. Took inlet manifold back off and replaced some vacuum hoses and now it is OK again. Time will tell if ive only reinstated temp fault or
fixed it for good. Si ive touched so many things that im not sure what caused it, other than hose replacement alone brought it back.
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fesycresy
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| posted on 31/7/08 at 03:19 PM |
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Sell it while it's still a runner 
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DarrenW
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| posted on 31/7/08 at 07:13 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by fesycresy
Sell it while it's still a runner
 No chance. Love it too much. Its been a cracking car. It will be 3 years this November that ive owned it.
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