Head gasket and oil leak!!

[glendog74]

HG can be expensive:banghead:

Try around £2k... :banghead:

I'll be having an uprated oil cooler fitted by Simpson soon :smokin:

[shimmy]

Try around £2k... :banghead:

I'll be having an uprated oil cooler fitted by Simpson soon :smokin:

Rob

Julian was Looking At a £300 Solution when i spoke to him At Brands.

Let's get him to Finalise His Plans for The Budget fix AND do 2

[shane@mbtech]

Fit a motorsport/tropical thermostat and see your water and oil temps run a lot cooler.

Far far cheaper than an oil cooler, but helps a great deal. :thumbs:

Running both will be even better still.

[shimmy]

Fit a motorsport/tropical thermostat and see your water and oil temps run a lot cooler.

Far far cheaper than an oil cooler, but helps a great deal. :thumbs:

Running both will be even better still.

Gonna try first

[glendog74]

Fit a motorsport/tropical thermostat and see your water and oil temps run a lot cooler.

I heard filling the expansion tank with this has the same effect?

[glendog74]

Rob

Julian was Looking At a £300 Solution when i spoke to him At Brands.

Let's get him to Finalise His Plans for The Budget fix AND do 2

Sounds interesting mate. I'll be dropping the car off there next week so will have a chat. :thumbs:

[JezP]

Let us know how you get on lads with the cooling solutions been thinking about getting this done for a bit now.

[jibm]

Hope you get it sorted ok.

I think I've got the flap for mine lurking somewhere in the garage so if they give you grief and you need one just give me a shout.

Cheers!

Phil

Thanks very kind of you, i may well take you up the that offer if the need arises:thumbs: its booked in to BM this wednesday so will see what they say.

[jibm]

dealer saying that its the waterpump thermostat and fan....and get this not covered by warranty as the car has been used on the track!!...cheeky fookin so and so...i said no it hasn't and he says not covered because the car is heavily modified!! i said bollox..he said well i'm going to ask my manager..i said run along little boy..his attitude was unbelievable, he spoke to me like a child!

[plug]

So the water pump, thermostat and fan all failed? Its possible but unlikely all three go like that. did he say anything else about the engine? Can you bring it to another garage, maybe a specialist?

[jibm]

So the water pump, thermostat and fan all failed? Its possible but unlikely all three go like that. did he say anything else about the engine? Can you bring it to another garage, maybe a specialist?

yeah seems strange to me also.

no mention of the engine being a problem.

I'm sure they cant refuse warranty just because the car 'looks' like its been on track, or because it has KW's and AP's on it. Surely the breaks ain't gonna make the engine get hot!

The service guy was so rude i feel like taking it elsewhere anyway.

[outnumbered]

yeah seems strange to me also.

no mention of the engine being a problem.

I'm sure they cant refuse warranty just because the car 'looks' like its been on track, or because it has KW's and AP's on it. Surely the breaks ain't gonna make the engine get hot!

Strictly, then can do just that. If you read the warranty, the small print says it excludes track use and modified cars.

There are more sympathetic dealers out there though.

[mickaldo]

dealer saying that its the waterpump thermostat and fan....and get this not covered by warranty as the car has been used on the track!!...cheeky fookin so and so...i said no it hasn't and he says not covered because the car is heavily modified!! i said bollox..he said well i'm going to ask my manager..i said run along little boy..his attitude was unbelievable, he spoke to me like a child!

ive had this sort of attitude when i had clutch issues said it was because i had tracked the car and spoke to me like i was a retard. fuckin wankers this was the williams group no such issues with blue bell who i now use for warranty work.

[LeinsCSL]

ive had this sort of attitude when i had clutch issues said it was because i had tracked the car and spoke to me like i was a retard. fuckin wankers this was the williams group no such issues with blue bell who i now use for warranty work.

F***ing Williams Group!!!! AAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHHH!!! I've tried every single one in the North West at some stage or another and they were all sh1te! And don't get me started on Halliwell Jones :banghead:

Found Blue Bell in Wilmslow OK, and quite liked the crowd in Stockport until they got taken over by Williams

Bought a couple of cars from Woodmans in Blackpool and got on well with them until I moved further south and it was a bit too far to go

Sorry, North West BMW dealer rant over now! Don't know what came over me there :bigcry:

[Bounce]

Why dont you use Dealers that you know are CSL and warranty friendly,i travel over 300 miles for servicing and warranty and not had any hassle.I dont want to drive this far, but it pays everytime.