our lovely roads.. e46 330d sump needed

[netercol]

so yesterday morning i left very early, heading for kimberley from pta , had a lot of work to take care of..
at about six in the morning just outside bloemhof, just into the last stop and go, murphy was waiting for me next to the road.. a biggish rock dislodged from the wall of dirt on the left, rolling in front of me..
no space to dodge left, right, and no emergency braking with a construction lorry on my ass..

this was the result.. not what you want to see when you get out of you car..

inspected the damage today after car returned to pretoria

already priced new sump from stealers, bit rich for my blood at 7k..

big question is, does anybody know of a second hand one? i already tried all the well known places..

 

[zaleonardz]

Shooo...

THe only place your going to find this is a shop that has an old poofed motor, scrapyards wont sell you loose

I could perhaps help you with a better price from BMW, alternatively, import and wait.....

Maybe express DHL or something,

 

[moranor@axis]

thats not good

 

[netercol]

thanx lz, will keep it in mind, i might not have a choice at the end of the day..

like you say, difficult to find hard part for engines in scrapyards..

 

[Sankekur]

Damn that is not very nice

Edit: This now begs the question, if the sump looks like this, it what kind of state is the plate the goes below the sump?

 

[netercol]

Edit: This now begs the question, if the sump looks like this, it what kind of state is the plate the goes below the sump?

skidplate/sump protector did its job for the most part, it is also bent which is nothing a hammer cant fix.. problem is that nice little convenient plastic access panel you take off when you drain oil.. no protection there..

 

[Sankekur]

Yeah the access hole is a bit of a weak spot .

 

[moranor@axis]

silly question but cant you have this fixed/made up?... for 7k it might be worth it...

 

[Philip Foglar]

Oh no!! Hope you were able to pull over and stop as soon as possible. Wow, R7k is harsh, but good question, what about the sump plate cover? No damage to the bumper etc?

Insurance? Hope you are able to get a replacement soon!!! :thumbs:

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Yeah the access hole is a bit of a weak spot .

Hmm, come to think of it, my Wife's car is missing this plastic cover!!! :nonono:

 

[Twinz]

Very bad!! :nonono:

Hope you get her fixed soon :thumbs:

 

[Philip Foglar]

Hey Charles, your post count is almost 5555!!! :rollsmile:

 

[Sankekur]

Yeah the access hole is a bit of a weak spot .

Hmm, come to think of it, my Wife's car is missing this plastic cover!!! :nonono:

If I am not mistaken the saloons never came with the plastic cover, only the Ci's did. (Read something to that effect in the bentley manual, not sure how it applies to the diesel models)

 

[Philip Foglar]

Yeah the access hole is a bit of a weak spot .

Hmm, come to think of it, my Wife's car is missing this plastic cover!!! :nonono:

If I am not mistaken the saloons never came with the plastic cover, only the Ci's did. (Read something to that effect in the bentley manual, not sure how it applies to the diesel models)

That's interesting, otherwise sometime in the past it was just never put back on. The E90 has a cover though...

 

[calypso]

Well in the M3 its all panelled up for aerodynamics and to much sure the air flows properly over the oil cooler

 

[Raybimmer]

Any scrapyards with front end smashed 330d's ?

 

[///MOS1TED]

Aggg no !

Sorry bud

 

[Sabretooth tiger]

eish, sorry for the bad luck (if its ok to use the word luck)

cant you claim from your insurance?

 

[Seether]

Insurance?

What he said ... ??

 

[whattingh]

I'm sure insurance should ay for this. It is an accident.

The a scrapyard in the cape AllCarParts(they shipping country wide) breaking 330d:
http://capetown-westerncape.gumtree...-330d-Stripping-for-Spares-W0QQAdIdZ319949216

 

[netercol]

ah yes.. insurence

here is the thing.. since the car is technically a motorsport model (listed as such because of sportspack yada yada..)
and because i use the car for business and drive at least 70k a year just for business, my insurence premium a month is through the roof.. only way to bring it down a bit is to opt for a higher excess.. which makes claiming for this a futile exercise..

regarding the sump guard, it would have kept the rock out , but the rock entered exactly through the square gap in the guard that enables you to change the oil without having to remove all the covers.. i was under the impression all beemers have this access panel? the plastic cover that seals it offers no protection at all in a case like this..

i think i would have prefered to have to remove the sumpguard to drain the oil, in return for 100% sump protection.. ah well..

anyways, thanx for the commiserations guys, taking the sump to a welding specialist today to see if the can weld it up and guarantee it wont leak..

holding thumbs..

edit : @whatting, thanx for the pointer, kinda scary, looks exactly like my car!