Dealer - Airbox removal problem

[sonu]

THis thread must be some kind of joke, The dealer called to to say "by the way we have an issue with a bolt and we dont want to remove it because we may damage thre airbox, if you want us to then we can but if the airbox is damaged then it could get expensive"

If only all dealers were so thoughtfull, sometimes cars have problems and as an owner of the car you have to recognise that regardless of service history its your problem, if that an airbox screw or a sump plug that pulls the threads when its removed these things any reasonable person must understand its not the garages fault but sometimes shit happens... Imagine yourself in their shoes for a second,,,,what would you do differently ??

Never said it was the garage's fault, please don't miss quote me. It's a design flaw that BMW have to be accountable for.

[_Nathan_]

A mis-threaded bolt is not a design flaw.

Even if it were a design flaw, an issue that only occurs 11 years after the car was made isn't something BMW would give give a fuck about.

[s.mac]

_Nathan_ A mis-threaded bolt is not a design flaw.

Even if it were a design flaw, an issue that only occurs 11 years after the car was made isn't something BMW would give give a fuck about.

A bit like this thread

[mattCSLnut]

THis thread must be some kind of joke, The dealer called to to say "by the way we have an issue with a bolt and we dont want to remove it because we may damage thre airbox, if you want us to then we can but if the airbox is damaged then it could get expensive"

If only all dealers were so thoughtfull, sometimes cars have problems and as an owner of the car you have to recognise that regardless of service history its your problem, if that an airbox screw or a sump plug that pulls the threads when its removed these things any reasonable person must understand its not the garages fault but sometimes shit happens... Imagine yourself in their shoes for a second, what would you do differently ??

Well said that man :thumbs: Hopefully this puts an end to the utterly pointless tread... " Mis-threaded bolt is a design flaw " ... :hahaha: :smt082 :hahaha: sounds like something off Cutters

[sonu]

Love the mis quoting going on here. The CSL is a perfectly made machine.

If this thread is pointless, don't post on it, simple.

[shimmy]

Love the mis quoting going on here. The CSL is a perfectly made machine.

If this thread is pointless, don't post on it, simple.

:smokin:

[glendog74]

:smokin:

:smokin: :smokin: :thumbs:

[sonu]

Update from dealer, will try and add the photo taken later on as cannot process images at work. Hopefully there's no damage to the airbox:

"Hi
Great news, it’s out and problem over . Our Master Tech will conclude the work later today and will road test the car personally
Photo below shows the removed bolt hole, arrowed
The other bolts are removed too, and we’ve some new ones arriving today
We just need to bond the securing nut in to place, and we’re there"

Thanks to the guys who gave positive suggestions.

[sonu]

Another update:

I asked dealer:

So no damage to the airbox? – If so, very good.
How did you guys remove the nut?
Was it rusted or mis-threaded?


Dealer reply:

No damage, so very good indeed.

Nut had come adrift from it’s bonding and was really tight; a combination of a strange corrosion and a tight thread the probable cause, impossible to say for sure, and that’s why we’ll replace all of those bolts for good measure

Removal of some trunkings and flaps gave us a “through the letter-box” access, and a 2-man effort secured the nut and removed the bolt. Once out, cleaning and re-bonding the nut to keep everything original was straightforward. The new bolts will be to original spec

[cslsuperfan]

Another update:

I asked dealer:

So no damage to the airbox? – If so, very good.
How did you guys remove the nut?
Was it rusted or mis-threaded?


Dealer reply:

No damage, so very good indeed.

Nut had come adrift from it’s bonding and was really tight; a combination of a strange corrosion and a tight thread the probable cause, impossible to say for sure, and that’s why we’ll replace all of those bolts for good measure

Removal of some trunkings and flaps gave us a “through the letter-box” access, and a 2-man effort secured the nut and removed the bolt. Once out, cleaning and re-bonding the nut to keep everything original was straightforward. The new bolts will be to original spec

I'm glad you got it sorted and everyone's HP!

[shimmy]

Update from dealer, will try and add the photo taken later on as cannot process images at work. Hopefully there's no damage to the airbox:

"Hi
Great news, it’s out and problem over . Our Master Tech will conclude the work later today and will road test the car personally
Photo below shows the removed bolt hole, arrowed
The other bolts are removed too, and we’ve some new ones arriving today
We just need to bond the securing nut in to place, and we’re there"

Thanks to the guys who gave suggestions that I wanted to hear .

EFA. :whistle:

[billyboysm3]

And p.s we kerbed one of your alloys