2nd Gen R56 Cooper S Most liked posts in thread: Munchen, wier haben Ein Problem!

Yep, when I go to pick him up!

Yep, that is my problem! They just replaced the 2 copper gaskets on that piece in December. I think it was just the planets aligned, the nice drive my wife and I had yesterday and it cooled down and.. POP. I have a little 118i loaner till they fix it.. Wish they gave me a diesel..

 

So apparently this 700euro ($974.25) repair is not covered under my extended guarantee... BMW Munich (main BMW) asked ME why my local BMW is not doing this as a good will repair...

More to follow...

 

My guarantee is not going to cover it.. BUT if I would have driven the car as it was and the engine/turbo blew because of lack of oil... it would have been covered..
Price is now up to 800+ euro but BMW is going to see if they can cover some of the costs.. either way, I should have him back tomorrow.

 

To top it off, since I learned that I would be fitting the bill, I turned in the 118i loaner and drove my Lancia today with the main seal leak.. Now I have an exhaust leak too... (on top of the exhaust where I will need to drop the exhaust to re-weld it..). Today was not my day...

 

Since last time it was the gaskets that failed the line itself is not covered this time

 

Ok, I have the car back but I have come to the decision, Part will fail again, I am certain of it.. This one lasted almost 60k miles but I will make it better before it fails again.. It looks like the banjo bolt is a common size and there are lots of options out there for SS lines for other models that look like they would work. I really do not like the stock feed line as it is REALLY small and the coupling seems like it is free floating inside the crimp (I can move it around) I think they rolled the inside and added a small o-ring to keep it sealed..
All please keep an eye on yours. Most of you will be covered for this repair because you have a longer guarantee than I have but once you are out of guarantee.. $$$$

My cost so far was just under $400. but they haven't added the rental car they gave me yet and as a good will gesture they knocked off 50% of the labor.

 

This pic is actually from the direction of the firewall looking forward to the turbo. looking from the front of the car, the first line you see is a water feed line. This line comes off and runs between the engine and the turbo.

 

Anyone want to work with me to create a bolt on braided stainless steel kit together? I see this being a major weak point of our turbos and we need to do something about it!