[dokeeffe]

Ha. That would be a long drive across Russia and bumpy ride across the Bering Sea.

[rsmallwo]

Originally Posted by rsmallwo

Spoke to my stealer and they say I have to pay for diagnosis charge even If I get goodwill to fix the issue, hours labour is £130 inc VAT, might be that long to diagnose, might not be.

My Independant says all the diesels he works on have a similar issue and its nothing to be concerned about, as long as power isn't affected then I shouldn't worry about it.

What should I do?

Cars in at stealer today for this.....wish me and my wallet luck!

[rsmallwo]

Stealer has quote 148inc vat. I can't get goodwill on this though

BMW have upped the minimum level to £150 before a goodwill claim can be put in. It was £100 3 weeks ago.

This is due to extended warranty excess being upped from £100 to £150.

The £148 is to replace seal and pipe, apparently they say the seal only comes with a new pipe which sounds abit BS according to what i've heard on here. As also mentioned on here getting the seal and pipe changed is the best route so I'm not too fussed.

[rsmallwo]

Well, it cost me £210 as there was a diagnosis charge of £60 put on top. Couldn't even get this knocked down as they spent 3 hours on my car apparently.

Nearly thought that they hadn't swapped it over as when i looked at the new one it had grubby marks on it. However this appears to just be handling marks from grubby hands as the metal joins are shiny new as apposed to the old one.

I'd asked my dealer for the old one and they said "no probs it'll be in the boot when you pickup the car". Was it buggery! had to give them some stick to get them to dig it out of the bin for me.

See belowfor what it looks like:

[jwbmw]

Originally Posted by rsmallwo

Stealer has quote 148inc vat. I can't get goodwill on this though

BMW have upped the minimum level to £150 before a goodwill claim can be put in. It was £100 3 weeks ago.

This is due to extended warranty excess being upped from £100 to £150.

The £148 is to replace seal and pipe, apparently they say the seal only comes with a new pipe which sounds abit BS according to what i've heard on here. As also mentioned on here getting the seal and pipe changed is the best route so I'm not too fussed.

Had mine done today under warranty, but they too changed the whole pipe and not just the seals. So sounds like they weren't giving you BS if it helps.

SO ALL YOU GUYS WHO HAVE HAD JUST THE SEALS CHANGED - BE AWARE THEY NOW ARE CHANGING THE WHOLE PIPE! IS THERE A PIPE ISSUE TOO????

[NM7]

i just checked mine on my 335d apprantly mine got changed on my AUC but there is oil on there again and the undershield of the car has patch of oil. looks like i going to have to take the car back to BMW

[NM7]

mines booked in to go on monday. Can someone just bullet point all the hose that require changing of to be checked so while its in i can give my dealer a list of hose to check in the engine.

thanks

Neetin

[ghosty]

i just got round to checking mine and it has the same oil leak problem
luckily i have booked it into the garage for monday also so we'll see what happens

[NM7]

Hi guys my cars gone in today to get this Exact problem checked out. Can anyone help with what to look for when i receive the car back? im hoping that the the car wont lag as much and i have more low end power car seemed a little sluggish. Im am also getting software upgrade so i wonder if this will make any difference to the performance of the car. ANy help would be much appreciated.

update: Just had a call from the dealer to say that the seal is gone on the flexi pipe and oil is leaking. All work going to be done under warrenty!!! Let wait and see the outcome

Neetin

[ghosty]

i got my car back and my hose has been replaced. not sure if its just me but car feels less harsh in the lower gears, just seems to run more smoothly than what i remembered. car is more happy now which is the main thing

[rsmallwo]

Originally Posted by ghosty

i got my car back and my hose has been replaced. not sure if its just me but car feels less harsh in the lower gears, just seems to run more smoothly than what i remembered. car is more happy now which is the main thing

is it still as quick? my car felt alittle less quick when i got it back after this work. I have a remap on mine. I put it down to hot weather at the time but I'm still not 100% about it.

[ghosty]

i haven't really tested out the car since i got it back. just been in town traffic or daily commute so far. will take it for a blast at the weekend and see how it is, but im not sure if i'll notice a power drop though unless its quite apparent

youve not had your map removed when the car was in have you?

[rsmallwo]

Originally Posted by ghosty

youve not had your map removed when the car was in have you?

Well that is what I suspected but I doubt they would have reset the ECU when replacing some piping, I was never told they had but then they wouldn't tell me by default anyway.

[ghosty]

gave it a little blast on the way home today, and nope its still as quick as it was last week

[rsmallwo]

Originally Posted by ghosty

gave it a little blast on the way home today, and nope its still as quick as it was last week

how did it feel, do you have a remap?

[ghosty]

just felt real smooth and plenty of ooomph. its just standard setup, no rempap on mine.
ive only had it few weeks so getting to grips with it first and am not complaining about any lack of power

[NM7]

The seal on the hose of my car has definatly gone i can notice the lack of power lower down. It is going back on Tuesday for replacement hose and seal lets see if it makes a difference. Also getting a software upgrade like to see what improvements they made.

[NM7]

I got my car back guys and notice power difference straight away. Lower down the car pushes much harder and you can feel the boast kick in. Much happier now that both pipe and seal has been changed.

[ed335d]

Originally Posted by neetin

I got my car back guys and notice power difference straight away. Lower down the car pushes much harder and you can feel the boast kick in. Much happier now that both pipe and seal has been changed.

[ghosty]

glad you finally got it sorted

[briers]

I assume not all 335d's are affected by this seal failure?

Just checked the red pipe in mine and it looks clear, although hard to see. Shining a torch and there seems to be no oil on the sheet of metal under the pipe and i can't see any oil on or in the pipe, it looks clear.


Just checking, even if the pipe looks clear that there is no other hidden faults that could cause problems or lack of power?

[NM7]

I see ed give the thumbs up on this post hahah he likes to make sure his old motor in good hands!! LOL CHEERS GUYS THANK FOR ALL THE HELP