N54 water pump failure.

dlbrooks18 · 03-20-2014, 10:24 PM

I reset the ECU and car runs again, but notice that I have a coolant leak, so will get that fixed and hope electric pump will be good..

ZixxSpeed · 05-21-2014, 11:54 PM

mine went into limp mode tonight...car got towed to dealership.. 72k miles 2009 e90

M3Ali · 04-04-2015, 01:05 AM

My water pump just went out today. Was at a stop light and heard the fans running loudly, started driving and the yellow engine overheat warning came on, 20 seconds the red one came on and the car lost all power. I'm at 78K with an 08 335xi. Going to get it towed to a shop tomorrow and see how much this will come out to be.

rif75 · 04-04-2015, 01:30 AM

Mine replaced at 52000km, no engine light issue but some weird noise and leaked twice on high boost, not sure the leak came from it but nothing since I replaced it, 2000km ago.

Bigwen · 04-04-2015, 01:53 AM

When mine went out I still had the ext. warranty on my E90 335i 2008.

Logan335i · 04-04-2015, 11:03 AM

For non xi models all you do is drop the sway bar takes about an hour its a tight fit but no need for front end or intercooler removal. Even the xi model you just drop the subframe.

badaga · 04-08-2015, 03:05 PM

Mine just got towed to the dealer. 09' 335i with 76k miles. Yesterday I got codes for cylinder 5 & 6 misfire and I hardly drove couple miles since then. Today at lunch I took the car from my office parking and within couple miles I got the engine overheat showing up.

Just spent $1300 on the cracked valve cover last month and around 3k on others in the last 6 months (not including new wheels/ tires). What's the ball-park $$ to get this fixed? Indy or dealer? If it's couple 100 bucks then I would do at the dealer. I'm out of warranty. Ouch!! That hurts

Might need new spark plugs/ coils for the cylinder misfires. Will hear from them soon.

JacobT · 04-08-2015, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by badaga

Mine just got towed to the dealer. 09' 335i with 76k miles. Yesterday I got codes for cylinder 5 & 6 misfire and I hardly drove couple miles since then. Today at lunch I took the car from my office parking and within couple miles I got the engine overheat showing up.

Just spent $1300 on the cracked valve cover last month and around 3k on others in the last 6 months (not including new wheels/ tires). What's the ball-park $$ to get this fixed? Indy or dealer? If it's couple 100 bucks then I would do at the dealer. I'm out of warranty. Ouch!! That hurts

Might need new spark plugs/ coils for the cylinder misfires. Will hear from them soon.

Just got mine fixed at the dealership. $480 for the water pump and $450 for 3 hours of labor plus some shop supplies. You are looking at around $1000.

Chefcg1 · 04-11-2015, 01:31 PM

Just had mine replaced at 97K miles, $1200 out the door, but I have Route 66 extended warranty so it only cost me the tax and fluids. I had it done by an independent repair shop as I trust them more than Flow BMW in Winston Salem NC.

sabredog · 04-12-2015, 05:21 PM

Very disappointed with my failure at 53000 miles, 07'.I will b doing mine trhis weekend at the Honda dealer I work for. My cost for new pump is $400. Very unhappy with this early failure.

JacobT · 04-12-2015, 05:32 PM

You should be happy. My water pump failed at 34k miles

nitehawk · 04-13-2015, 10:33 AM

Is the replacement waterpump expected to last longer than the original that came with the car? Has anyone had to replace their waterpump more than once? In other words, is this something that needs to be done every ~60k miles?

badaga · 04-13-2015, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by badaga

Mine just got towed to the dealer. 09' 335i with 76k miles. Yesterday I got codes for cylinder 5 & 6 misfire and I hardly drove couple miles since then. Today at lunch I took the car from my office parking and within couple miles I got the engine overheat showing up.

Just spent $1300 on the cracked valve cover last month and around 3k on others in the last 6 months (not including new wheels/ tires). What's the ball-park $$ to get this fixed? Indy or dealer? If it's couple 100 bucks then I would do at the dealer. I'm out of warranty. Ouch!! That hurts

Might need new spark plugs/ coils for the cylinder misfires. Will hear from them soon.

Got it fixed for $1200 at the dealer - Water pump and Thermostat. It runs fine now.

Also I told him about the codes for the Cylinder 5 & 6 misfire, he double checked and told me they didn't/ don't see any codes other than the Water pump. Is this normal, to get cylinder misfire codes just before the Water pump failure? I got them just a day before the water pump failed. Strange or not?

frode · 05-14-2015, 01:06 PM

This just happened to us in the middle of nowhere way up in Northern British Columbia, yellow low water signal followed up by red, pulled the car over the road to let it cool down and added some bottled water to see if this was the problem, ran it for a few miles then same problem...can you say get a tow truck...fortunately we were able to find someone that did a little research on line a found that the good old water pump completely failed, not an easy task when you are 1200 miles from the nearest BMW dealer, they did not replace the thermostat but all seems well, they could only get a Napa Universal coolant though, should we flush and replace this when we get home or should this coolant work out OK?

Augcliffe · 05-19-2015, 08:17 AM

Mine died yesterday
2009 335i AWD
66k miles
oil temp was normal, but dash said to pull over, car was overheated and had to get towed
$1200 from indy garage

Anodyne · 05-20-2015, 10:26 PM

Another casualty.
2008 535i with 74k miles.
Same symptoms of loud fans -> yellow warning -> red warning of course in rush hour traffic.
I called around but all the indies I trust in the Minneapolis area are out a couple weeks (track season and all) so I'm biting the bullet at the the dealer, who can get me in first thing in the morning.
The higher bill will be about the same cost as a rental for an extended period so it's a wash, and my days of crawling under a car on a concrete garage slab are about over. Just glad it didn't happen in the middle of South Dakota on the way to visit the in-laws in Wyoming! But disappointed in BMW again.
First was an electrical short in a module in the trunk due to moisture. Hint: seal up that stuff. People put wet stuff in trunks.
Next was bad seal on headlight housing after replacing an angel eye bulb. First car wash fried all the electrics in the self-leveling, self-turning, self-aware headlight assembly - $2600 at indy shop.
Now this. I worked on my heavily modified 2.7T Audi S4 all the time, which was not a reliable vehicle by any stretch, but I could do just about any job short of turbos. Now I prefer to pay someone else to do it, just not so often for such crap reasons.

Anodyne · 05-20-2015, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by JacobT

Just got mine fixed at the dealership. $480 for the water pump and $450 for 3 hours of labor plus some shop supplies. You are looking at around $1000.

I think that's optimistic in many cities. I won't be surprised if they want north of $1600 at a Minneapolis stealer. Will know tomorrow.

rif75 · 05-21-2015, 05:03 AM

It's hard to understand why it's so expensive, I did mine in 3h without ramp. With ramp, it will be easy to do it in 2h.

stanlalee · 05-21-2015, 08:21 PM

Mine died last week at 116k. Have they addressed this with newer (F series) BMWs or is BMW just content for failing pumps under 100k (except me lol) that leave people stranded?

itlynstalyn · 06-03-2015, 02:53 PM

Mine just died too 😕, I assume there's no recall pending yet?

Jeff@TopGearSolutions · 06-03-2015, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by stanlalee

Mine died last week at 116k. Have they addressed this with newer (F series) BMWs or is BMW just content for failing pumps under 100k (except me lol) that leave people stranded?

Probably not. Water pump failures are common even going back to the E30 and E36 days.

If anything BMW is getting cheaper and cheaper with their hardware so they likely look for failures outside of warranty, it provides job security.

starbai · 07-08-2015, 01:07 AM

Well, my fan is running all the time, had a yellow coolant light warning on the dash today, added a bit of coolant and the light went away but due to the fans all the time I'm thinking the pump is going. I'm gonna do the work myself, my question here is wheres the best place to buy?

http://www.ecstuning.com/News/BMW_E9...PumpThermostat

ECS tuning has a few packages... I would like to go with ECS's package thats $487 vs the OEM kit which is $564... anyone have any experience with it? Or should I just bite the bullet and fork over the extra $80?

Any other sources for better pricing on OEM parts?

My car has 80,9XX miles... of course literally one month outta warranty aint that about a bitch.

03-20-2014, 10:24 PM	#177
dlbrooks18 Brigadier General 164 Rep 3,735 Posts Drives: e90 335i Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Los Angeles iTrader: (2)	I reset the ECU and car runs again, but notice that I have a coolant leak, so will get that fixed and hope electric pump will be good.. __________________ 2008 E90 335
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05-21-2014, 11:54 PM	#178
ZixxSpeed Private 8 Rep 92 Posts Drives: 2013 F30 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Minnesota iTrader: (1)	mine went into limp mode tonight...car got towed to dealership.. 72k miles 2009 e90 __________________ 2013 F30
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04-04-2015, 01:05 AM	#179
M3Ali Enlisted Member 9 Rep 31 Posts Drives: Silver 355xi Sedan Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Chicago iTrader: (0)	My water pump just went out today. Was at a stop light and heard the fans running loudly, started driving and the yellow engine overheat warning came on, 20 seconds the red one came on and the car lost all power. I'm at 78K with an 08 335xi. Going to get it towed to a shop tomorrow and see how much this will come out to be. __________________ Jet Black 2011 E90 M3 Comp Silver 2008 335xi 6AT, DCI, Custom Exhuast, JB4
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04-04-2015, 01:30 AM	#180
rif75 Lieutenant 69 Rep 412 Posts Drives: BMW M4 LCI ZCP and BMW M5 f10 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Paris iTrader: (0)	Mine replaced at 52000km, no engine light issue but some weird noise and leaked twice on high boost, not sure the leak came from it but nothing since I replaced it, 2000km ago. __________________ BMW M5 ZCP and M4 ZCP. BMW 540i G30 stage 2 with KW street confort, Wagner DP, Remus catback, M sport brakes 395mm front and 385mm rear. MHD tune.
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04-04-2015, 01:53 AM	#181
Bigwen Private First Class 9 Rep 107 Posts Drives: 2008 335I E90 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Pasadena iTrader: (0)	N54 Water Pump When mine went out I still had the ext. warranty on my E90 335i 2008. __________________ ©BWProductions MODAUTO LTMW aFe HKS COBB Tuning ST VMR FALKEN TIRES EURO_MPIRE ARTHURS PACIFICBMW Don-Nguyen GetBMWparts ER BSH
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04-04-2015, 11:03 AM	#182
Logan335i New Member 1 Rep 10 Posts Drives: 08 bmw 335i Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Huntersville nc iTrader: (0)	For non xi models all you do is drop the sway bar takes about an hour its a tight fit but no need for front end or intercooler removal. Even the xi model you just drop the subframe.
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04-08-2015, 03:05 PM	#183
badaga Private First Class 24 Rep 101 Posts Drives: ‘20 M340i Shappire Black Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: RTP, NC United States iTrader: (0)	Mine just got towed to the dealer. 09' 335i with 76k miles. Yesterday I got codes for cylinder 5 & 6 misfire and I hardly drove couple miles since then. Today at lunch I took the car from my office parking and within couple miles I got the engine overheat showing up. Just spent $1300 on the cracked valve cover last month and around 3k on others in the last 6 months (not including new wheels/ tires). What's the ball-park $$ to get this fixed? Indy or dealer? If it's couple 100 bucks then I would do at the dealer. I'm out of warranty. Ouch!! That hurts Might need new spark plugs/ coils for the cylinder misfires. Will hear from them soon.
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04-11-2015, 01:31 PM	#185
Chefcg1 Major 73 Rep 1,137 Posts Drives: 2008 BMW 335i Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Mount Airy, NC iTrader: (6)	Just had mine replaced at 97K miles, $1200 out the door, but I have Route 66 extended warranty so it only cost me the tax and fluids. I had it done by an independent repair shop as I trust them more than Flow BMW in Winston Salem NC. __________________ 2008 335i coupe AW 6AT, RB Turbos, PROcede 2.5 V5, Alpina Flash, Injen Intake, VK MW DP . Helix IC, Vishnu PnP Meth(M10 nozzel), M3 sides, OEM Aero Lip, VMR V710 Midnight Blue, LUX H8, HID Fogs, M3 front bits, D2 Coilovers, Whiteline Rear Bushing inserts, Custom M3 Steering Wheel, Cyba scoops, M2 Performance Exhaust
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04-12-2015, 05:21 PM	#186
sabredog Second Lieutenant 26 Rep 222 Posts Drives: 2007 335i 4 dr Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: delaware iTrader: (3)	Very disappointed with my failure at 53000 miles, 07'.I will b doing mine trhis weekend at the Honda dealer I work for. My cost for new pump is $400. Very unhappy with this early failure.
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04-12-2015, 05:32 PM	#187
JacobT Captain 74 Rep 751 Posts Drives: 08 E90 335i JB Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Austin TX iTrader: (2) Garage List 2008 BMW E90 335iA [9.50] 1999 Lexus GS400 [0.00]	You should be happy. My water pump failed at 34k miles __________________ 08 E90 335i Jet Black/Black/Piano Black Step/PS ZSP ZPP PDC CA KW V2/AG M550/ACS roof/Pedals/CF Roundels/M3 rep bumper/Lux 5.0/Yellow fogs/Alpina B3/JB4 G5/VRSF FMIC/ER CP/Tial BOV/Muffler Delete
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04-13-2015, 10:33 AM	#188
nitehawk Lieutenant Colonel 111 Rep 1,909 Posts Drives: e92 335i 6MT Join Date: May 2011 Location: Toronto iTrader: (15) Garage List E92 BMW 335i [9.00] E92 BMW 335i \| Retired [10.00]	Is the replacement waterpump expected to last longer than the original that came with the car? Has anyone had to replace their waterpump more than once? In other words, is this something that needs to be done every ~60k miles?
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05-14-2015, 01:06 PM	#190
frode Registered 0 Rep 1 Posts Drives: 2006 BMW 323i Join Date: May 2015 Location: Courtenay iTrader: (0)	BMW 323i water pump failure This just happened to us in the middle of nowhere way up in Northern British Columbia, yellow low water signal followed up by red, pulled the car over the road to let it cool down and added some bottled water to see if this was the problem, ran it for a few miles then same problem...can you say get a tow truck...fortunately we were able to find someone that did a little research on line a found that the good old water pump completely failed, not an easy task when you are 1200 miles from the nearest BMW dealer, they did not replace the thermostat but all seems well, they could only get a Napa Universal coolant though, should we flush and replace this when we get home or should this coolant work out OK?
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05-19-2015, 08:17 AM	#191
Augcliffe New Member 2 Rep 7 Posts Drives: 2009 335i X-Drive Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Cincinnati, OH iTrader: (0)	Mine died yesterday 2009 335i AWD 66k miles oil temp was normal, but dash said to pull over, car was overheated and had to get towed $1200 from indy garage
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05-20-2015, 10:26 PM	#192
Anodyne Registered 0 Rep 4 Posts Drives: 2008 535i Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Minneapolis iTrader: (0)	Another casualty. 2008 535i with 74k miles. Same symptoms of loud fans -> yellow warning -> red warning of course in rush hour traffic. I called around but all the indies I trust in the Minneapolis area are out a couple weeks (track season and all) so I'm biting the bullet at the the dealer, who can get me in first thing in the morning. The higher bill will be about the same cost as a rental for an extended period so it's a wash, and my days of crawling under a car on a concrete garage slab are about over. Just glad it didn't happen in the middle of South Dakota on the way to visit the in-laws in Wyoming! But disappointed in BMW again. First was an electrical short in a module in the trunk due to moisture. Hint: seal up that stuff. People put wet stuff in trunks. Next was bad seal on headlight housing after replacing an angel eye bulb. First car wash fried all the electrics in the self-leveling, self-turning, self-aware headlight assembly - $2600 at indy shop. Now this. I worked on my heavily modified 2.7T Audi S4 all the time, which was not a reliable vehicle by any stretch, but I could do just about any job short of turbos. Now I prefer to pay someone else to do it, just not so often for such crap reasons.
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05-21-2015, 05:03 AM	#194
rif75 Lieutenant 69 Rep 412 Posts Drives: BMW M4 LCI ZCP and BMW M5 f10 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Paris iTrader: (0)	It's hard to understand why it's so expensive, I did mine in 3h without ramp. With ramp, it will be easy to do it in 2h. __________________ BMW M5 ZCP and M4 ZCP. BMW 540i G30 stage 2 with KW street confort, Wagner DP, Remus catback, M sport brakes 395mm front and 385mm rear. MHD tune.
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05-21-2015, 08:21 PM	#195
stanlalee Major 261 Rep 1,093 Posts Drives: 07' E92 335i manual Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Newport News, Va iTrader: (0)	Mine died last week at 116k. Have they addressed this with newer (F series) BMWs or is BMW just content for failing pumps under 100k (except me lol) that leave people stranded?
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06-03-2015, 02:53 PM	#196
itlynstalyn Second Lieutenant 17 Rep 208 Posts Drives: 2014 BMW X1 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Los Angeles, CA iTrader: (8)	Mine just died too 😕, I assume there's no recall pending yet?
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07-08-2015, 01:07 AM	#198
starbai PPRSWCE 663 Rep 1,856 Posts Drives: 18 Tanzanite Blue F80 ZCP Join Date: May 2009 Location: Orlando FL iTrader: (2)	Well, my fan is running all the time, had a yellow coolant light warning on the dash today, added a bit of coolant and the light went away but due to the fans all the time I'm thinking the pump is going. I'm gonna do the work myself, my question here is wheres the best place to buy? http://www.ecstuning.com/News/BMW_E9...PumpThermostat ECS tuning has a few packages... I would like to go with ECS's package thats $487 vs the OEM kit which is $564... anyone have any experience with it? Or should I just bite the bullet and fork over the extra $80? Any other sources for better pricing on OEM parts? My car has 80,9XX miles... of course literally one month outta warranty aint that about a bitch.
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