[robnitro]

Congrats!

A healthy 9lb 1oz fluiddampr, jk.

[gtp900]

I've been waiting on this for almost a year... I'm at 142xxx and have been tuned since 70k with meth... so I'm guessing mine should have failed a long time ago. These guys need to get this done before everyone,(including me) just puts the oem one in and waits another 100k-140k/6-8 years to install the better one or just go with the cheaper option at that point because their cars would have 200/280k miles at that point. I would think they are losing out on a lot of business...

[ASBSECU E93]

Replaced mine this past weekend.

Those pulleys are heavier than I imagined.

[JOHNNYBRAVO1]

I'm waiting for fluidampr still. I see the D guys in Germany use the Continental harmonic.

[335dsleeper]

Originally Posted by Hoooper

149k, still fine

My 335d has 155k and the damper looked OK last I checked. The 35d had 182k when the damper was swapped and it looked to be showing some age. Pictures are in this thread. Not sure how much longer it had, maybe a bunch of life left etc. Not sure.

[robnitro]

Hi, any updates on fluidampr? Last we heard they had issues in testing, correct?

[kydiesel35]

Originally Posted by robnitro

Hi, any updates on fluidampr? Last we heard they had issues in testing, correct?

No issues. I spoke with them last week and it's just taken time; like 2 years i know!

We should have resolutions soon. We just caught them in the middle of a huge revamp.

Trust me. I want one too... I'm still on original pulley. Everything else has not given me one issue on this vehicle thus far. Rock solid.

[DieselOG]

I was really hoping I was gonna make it till this was available but it's not looking good

[robnitro]

Any update on a possible eta? I'm about to buy a vaico pulley for 185 +28 for bolts at autohausaz and keep my old one as a spare in the car...

Update: I decided to do the febi, hearing they are a better OEM... 278 ecs tuning, pricematch at fcpeuro...

[Laursdahl]

Just ordered the Conti damper..

Car's at 92k miles.. it wobbles quite alot and squeek sound..

[supermann125]

Discovered a crack in mine at 94k. Turned over to the dealer for CPO coverage. Just in time as my warranty expires in July.

[Deftronix]

Ya, mine wobbles and have been waiting for this to swap out my belts and thermostat all at once.

[Hoooper]

Well, after 7 faithful years and 154k miles you can finally add me to the list

[Laursdahl]

Fluidampr is missing out on a lot of money because they are so slow...

[dmanb2b]

Originally Posted by Laursdahl

Fluidampr is missing out on a lot of money because they are so slow...

Yup...I just bought my vaico replacement. Not failed yet, but I drive too much to get stranded waiting

[BB_cuda]

Originally Posted by Hoooper

Well, after 7 faithful years and 154k miles you can finally add me to the list

Did it finally fail or just showing signs of close to going/cracking?

[335dsleeper]

Yikes. Atleast it's an easy fix.

Originally Posted by Hoooper

Well, after 7 faithful years and 154k miles you can finally add me to the list

[Hoooper]

Originally Posted by BB_cuda

Did it finally fail or just showing signs of close to going/cracking?

It failed. Pulled into a parking lot all good, when I came back out I forgot to turn the A/C off before starting the car which I usually do because of the a/c belt squeal and had no power steering plus got burnt rubber smell. Quickly turned a/c off and sort of regained power steering but it wasnt full power. When I got home I popped the hood and looked, belt was turning suspiciously slowly and then when a/c was popped on it stopped completely.

Originally Posted by 335dsleeper

Yikes. Atleast it's an easy fix.

Yeah, no biggie. Thanks to this forum I think we all know to expect it sooner or later so when it finally happens its not really a shock and we know all the repair diy instruction are on here.

[robnitro]

In the case of daytonaturbo, it was intermittent and showing up as battery and alternator issues. I'm doing mine this week because although it doesn't wobble, I don't want to be stranded on a trip out of state.

Btw, vaico had a bad report here from yozh, so if you can get febi for a bit more go for that instead.

The bolts don't look like torque to yield at the spec of 40nm +120deg, seems low for those size bolts, so if you need you can get away with reusing them and replacing them one at a time later. But at 7 a bolt it's worth getting if you have the time.

[dmanb2b]

Originally Posted by robnitro

In the case of daytonaturbo, it was intermittent and showing up as battery and alternator issues. I'm doing mine this week because although it doesn't wobble, I don't want to be stranded on a trip out of state.

Btw, vaico had a bad report here from yozh, so if you can get febi for a bit more go for that instead.

The bolts don't look like torque to yield at the spec of 40nm +120deg, seems low for those size bolts, so if you need you can get away with reusing them and replacing them one at a time later. But at 7 a bolt it's worth getting if you have the time.

Thanks Rob, I will have to PM Yozh for details. I recall at least one person mentioned getting wobble with the Febi as well. Maybe ir was MIK325?

[robnitro]

I just got my febi from FCP, it was drop shipped from California.
What's interesting is that it has the ground down area where BMW part number would be and looks like the OE corteco/bmw one, like this even with the shiny coating and cooling holes in the backside.


Even the markings match up around the rim , the febi picture from ecs/fcp is much more different:

[dmanb2b]

Originally Posted by robnitro

I just got my febi from FCP, it was drop shipped from California.
What's interesting is that it has the ground down area where BMW part number would be and looks like the OE corteco/bmw one, like this even with the shiny coating and cooling holes in the backside.


Even the markings match up around the rim , the febi picture from ecs/fcp is much more different:

This would be good news for me...I just ordered a Febi in lieu of the Vaico I returned. Darn balancer is heavy