help needed

[mattCSnoL]

during easters fun and games at the ring i got a dead battery which was replaced at then but the engine light stayed on from when the battery died

left the car at the airport and returned this weekend. car was ok to drive if slighty flat so assumed just needed a fault reset

ran into mattcslnut at the track day and he very kindly reset all the faults appox 8 different vanos faults he looked worried but as the car was ok to drive i wasnt!

drove the car the 532miles back to manchester and visited the garage

where the fault was soon found

a/c belt ripped to pieces
smashed the electrical connection on the vanos solenoid unit, part no 11367832057
destroying the wiring loom feding the soloenoid, part no 12517831646
ripping through the bonnet sound insulation
and denting the bonnet from the inside

been told next day on the vanos solenoid but 2-3weeks for the loom from germany!

these are the two main parts that i need

which dealer is the best to order parts from / best discount?

got less 10% at stockport bmw

HELP

[TANKSLAPPER]

SORRY MATEY

Just when you where saying about how good your air con was ! :banghead:

They say it comes in three's. Let hope that is the final third.

[DuncanR]

What the fook did we three do wrong? We didnt start that "Ash" stuff !...I have always been a good person, helping the old where I could and all that stuff..only the other day I was in Tescos with about £200 quids worth of stuff on the belt and an old lady behind me with just a tin of food for her only friend in the world...her cat... I said "is that all you have love?" .."yes"...she quietly replied ...so i said "well thee best fook off tut nother till then lass cos im going to be fookin ages ":hahaha:

Perhaps its punishment for putting that Banger up a frogs chuff years ago and lighting it... what a mess ! ...frog croaked though.:bigcry:

Just a thought Matt having nicked the thread and all mucker,how about some of the race prep boys maybe having the loom you need lying around? Tom Schirmer, Geoff Steele, TMS, Simpsons, not sure what they throw out, over to Daz, Steve Gill et al...just a thought, one of my more sensible ones !:thumbs:

[shimmy]

i was asked earlier in the week if i wanted to replace me worn AC belt by BMW - glad i said yes now as at the time i was wondering why i should bother!:thumbs:

[mattCSLnut]

during easters fun and games at the ring i got a dead battery which was replaced at then but the engine light stayed on from when the battery died

left the car at the airport and returned this weekend. car was ok to drive if slighty flat so assumed just needed a fault reset

ran into mattcslnut at the track day and he very kindly reset all the faults appox 8 different vanos faults he looked worried but as the car was ok to drive i wasnt!

drove the car the 532miles back to manchester and visited the garage

where the fault was soon found

a/c belt ripped to pieces
smashed the electrical connection on the vanos solenoid unit, part no 11367832057
destroying the wiring loom feding the soloenoid, part no 12517831646
ripping through the bonnet sound insulation
and denting the bonnet from the inside

been told next day on the vanos solenoid but 2-3weeks for the loom from germany!

these are the two main parts that i need

which dealer is the best to order parts from / best discount?

got less 10% at stockport bmw

HELP

Ahhhh... that explains all these VANOS fault codes we got on my diagnostics . Dare I say try Andy @ Murketts for your enquiries :whistle: I hope you get it all sorted in good time Matt... then you can have some quality CS no L time

[mole]

Sorry to hear about your troubles... BMMiniparts.com are cheap for OE parts.

[mattCSnoL]

:banghead: all three out dont even know if it will be ready for spa now!

thanks for that mole, have sent them over my parts list, will see what they come up with

[The Gorilla]

Hi,

Try Kirby or Simon at C3BMW.

Always very helpful and very competitive
on all BMW prices.

Has contacts in Germany as well for sourcing
parts quicker.

https://www.C3BMW.co.uk

Regards,

The Gorilla.

[_Nathan_]

Matt - assuming the parts are the same as the CSL then let me know a few weeks before Spa if not sorted, I don't think I'm taking my car so you can borrow the parts off that if you are happy to pay for labour to remove and replace. Not ideal but maybe better than not going...

[mattCSnoL]

thanks for all your help sent out a list for all the dealers to qoute on

thanks for the offer nathan but the wiring will take about 8hrs to remove and refit, very nice offer though as nice as duncan giving me his rear wheel to get home from bedford

[deleted_user_0_csl]

Sorry to hear about your troubles... BMMiniparts.com are cheap for OE parts.

I 2nd that - Toby who runs it is a mate and I get my parts from him :thumbs: