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Chef's E39 530d
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well my e39 530d is manual, its now just on 286 000km, last week one evening i drove to capetown cbd to go visit a friend, as i pulled up on their driveway i heard the aux fan going nuts... about 2 or 3 hours later i left and noticed the temp needle smack bang in the middle, weird as usually the car temp would have dropped a bit...
it was like 12c out.
so on my way home as im on the highway i see the temp needle starting to climb to the red, i switch off, let her cool off... repeat process
eventully some 25km further (which took the best part of a hour to drive)
i got to another friends place (much closer than my home)
left the car there, next day had it towed to garage etc..
turned out my oil cooler packed up and contaminated the entire cooling system with oil.... E I S H
it was like 12c out.
so on my way home as im on the highway i see the temp needle starting to climb to the red, i switch off, let her cool off... repeat process
eventully some 25km further (which took the best part of a hour to drive)
i got to another friends place (much closer than my home)
left the car there, next day had it towed to garage etc..
turned out my oil cooler packed up and contaminated the entire cooling system with oil.... E I S H
ChefDJ
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A major thanks to Gordon and Rob for assisting me with the vacuum leak. We quickly found the problem which seems to have been caused by an overly hot turbo.
BMW in Menlyn luckily had a replacement in stock, much to my disbelief.
Replacement was fairly simple, bar the odd angles of the screws and bolts. We had to remove the air filter housing and air intake pipes to get down there. Whilst down there we replaced the only remaining vacuum pipe that hadn't been done previously. We used the same fuel hose as before. I now have more peace of mind knowing that's done.
The booooooooost is back :joy:
Thanks again gents :ty::ty:
BMW in Menlyn luckily had a replacement in stock, much to my disbelief.
Replacement was fairly simple, bar the odd angles of the screws and bolts. We had to remove the air filter housing and air intake pipes to get down there. Whilst down there we replaced the only remaining vacuum pipe that hadn't been done previously. We used the same fuel hose as before. I now have more peace of mind knowing that's done.
The booooooooost is back :joy:
Thanks again gents :ty::ty:
RAArmstrong
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Glad we got her sorted Chef! Your car behaves as it should again :inlove:
Thanks for lunch too :rollsmile:
Thanks for lunch too :rollsmile:
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RAArmstrong
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sash
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good to hear it was a relatively painless exercise.
Chef, whats the name of the part being changed there? Is it just a different part from another model that fits on the e39, or do you think that the part was improved in later models?
edit... haha, i typed out my response while waiting for the full suize pics to show. I see it is an identical part.., in the thumbnails the damage made it seem like it was different. :flyfun:
Chef, whats the name of the part being changed there? Is it just a different part from another model that fits on the e39, or do you think that the part was improved in later models?
edit... haha, i typed out my response while waiting for the full suize pics to show. I see it is an identical part.., in the thumbnails the damage made it seem like it was different. :flyfun:
ChefDJ
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I have no idea if the part is universal or not. If it is, it's bad that a dealership would only have one in stock. I was so surprised to hear they actually had one when I phoned.
Why that part has to be plastic is also beyond me. I contemplated wrapping the thing in thermal sheeting to protect it from heat.
I'll be trying this week to have the downpipe done on the car. Will most likely go 76mm if I can afford it.
For the turbo to emit that much heat... Eish. :fencelook:
Why that part has to be plastic is also beyond me. I contemplated wrapping the thing in thermal sheeting to protect it from heat.
I'll be trying this week to have the downpipe done on the car. Will most likely go 76mm if I can afford it.
For the turbo to emit that much heat... Eish. :fencelook:
