B10 Gave up the ghost

Sorry to hear of your car issues,It'll work out in the
end mate...

Has people been having issues with DP's in Kyle street?
TBH they aren't as attentive as Henry's were but,i find
them ok and since my cars over 4 years old now it makes
a big difference in service costs.

I've had a couple of recent wee problems and they've got
on it right away and got me back on the road within an
hour or two.

I keep picking up leaflets off my windscreen for an
Indie across in Ibrox but,know nothing about them?
Anyone used them?

Andrew Rolland wrote: colb666 wrote: Has people been having issues with DP's in Kyle street? Well, you know nothing major or anything like that. cough Andrew

Yawn -

 

thepits wrote: Andrew Rolland wrote: colb666 wrote: Has people been having issues with DP's in Kyle street? Well, you know nothing major or anything like that. cough Andrew  Yawn -

Sorry, didn't mean to highjack the thread.  Consider knuckles wrapped.

Any update on the beast yet?

I read one of your earlier posts, am I right in thinking that BM Motors doesn't have any diagnostic gear?  Or did I pick you up wrong?

Andrew

Andrew Rolland wrote: I read one of your earlier posts, am I right in thinking that BM Motors doesn't have any diagnostic gear?  Or did I pick you up wrong? Andrew

Yeah Davy doesn't have diagnostic equipment. Too expensive, not worth his while.

 

The car was picked up today and taken to the indie. 

Keith from B4BMW phoned this afternoon to confirm the cylinders in question were indeed poorly and quoted 10 hours to dismantle the engine for further inspection @ £50ph.  He's confirmed that all gaskets / pcv etc will be replaced while they are accessible which is a plus point.

I've given the go ahead and once the state of play has been assessed then we'll see what Warranty Direct have to say.

big pimpin wrote: This thread makes me wince ....the big V8's are great when they're running good but god help us when they let go (touching wood!)

Indeed, and every time the B10 or 540 conk(ed)s out I'm back in the 528, which, although not being cherished in the same fashion, has never let me down once in 5 years!

Despite being at work someone in the household thought to take a goodbye pic of the recovery chap and the car going on its way

Tata B10, hullo big bills...

 

Well thumbs up to B4BMW so for.  I had a call from them on Friday to let me know that the engine had been stripped and that thankfully there appears to be no damage to the block other than a ruddy great hole in my head gasket between cylinders 3 & 4.

The conversation surrounded what should be done while the engine is in bits.  I'm keen to ensure anything that can be done to reduce the effect of 73k miles is carried out and the following work has been tabled:

M5 Head gasket replacement (a given)
Valley pan gasket
intake manifold gaskets
Exhaust gaskets
PCV replacement
Full injector clean (on a proper rig)
Re-seat valves
De-coke internals

The heads will also need to be pressure tested just to be on the safe side.

Does anyone have any further advice on what should or shouldn't be done at this point.  Although I'm fairly clued up about the M62 I'm a little less knowledgeable when it comes to internals.

Cheers

Andrew,

The work on the failed bank will be replicated on the second bank.  Extremely false economy not to do so.

The original HG on the Alpina 4.6 V8 (B8 / B10) between 1997 & 2001 is an organic paper affair rather than the usual steel HGs used by BMW.  A ticking time bomb in effect :(   which as you say is not helped by the reduced distance between the cylinders.   This issue was address in 2001 when Alpina started using the steel X5 4.6i gasket in the B10s.

A menace, but not something you should ever need to worry about

The estimate is sitting at £2028, should hopefully hear what the Warranty company have to say this afternoon!

stephenperry wrote: Crombers wrote: The original HG on the Alpina 4.6 V8 (B8 / B10) between 1997 & 2001 is an organic paper affair rather than the usual steel HGs used by BMW. That's worrying... do you know if the 6-cylinder 3.2 and 3.3's use paper gaskets too?

It's a known V8 issue, think you're home and dry Stephen

Crombers

I was down at B 4 BMW today to pick my car up and was asking Keith how your car was coming along and he said he was hoping to finish it very soon, maybe tommorrow with any luck.

so hopefully you'll be back on the road and I hope you were happy with the service they've given.

Once again they've come up trumps for me and I'll be using them again and it's the added bonus of having them on my doorstep