Not A Project: Peter’s 2009 335i M Sport

[ZHPizza]

Dude that green dot annoyed me so much. I took a black sharpie and gave two taps to the green lens—it’s transparent enough to still know the lights are on but opaque enough to not drive me nuts.

Nice. That's how I used to dim my radar detectors. Good to know it helps.

[slater]

80,700KM:
New water pump and thermostat installed. Oil change with Ceratec. New air filters installed. Car is running better.

The worst part of the whole job is that I finished installing the new water pump, and went to bleed the system with the E90 coolant system bleed procedure.... and the stupid pump would not activate. I tried with INPA... no dice.

I checked all of the fuses... all good.... except... WTF? The fuse distribution block on top of the battery had a loose plug! And this was for the water pump.......

....which means... yup, you guessed it - my water pump wasn’t actually bad in the first place. This stupid plug came loose while driving, and I was on a particularly bumpy road when the pump ‘died’...

So I plugged it in, and made sure it was clicked in place, and re-tried the bleed procedure, and it worked fine.

So I just spent $700 replacing a perfectly good 2-year old water pump and thermostat. Oh well. At least I found the issue!






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[fredo]

Oh, man ! What a surprise. If you decide to sell the 2 year old water pump I may be interested.

[holyc0w]

Frig

[704sw]

Frig

Double frig.

I guess you’re starting an E90 parts bin.

[slater]

Oh, man ! What a surprise. If you decide to sell the 2 year old water pump I may be interested.

fantastic - i have a matching t-stat to go with it, both OEM. a whopping 13K miles on the pair! PM me and we'll get it going.

and yes.... it was definitely a surprise! i had a bit of a forehead-slap moment and then decided to laugh it off... no point in getting mad.

Frig

indeed.

Double frig.

I guess you’re starting an E90 parts bin.

LOL. trying not too!

[RUS_ZHP]

That is crazy! But the true failure mode was discovered.

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[san]

Not sure if you’re pointing at it or flipping it off or both lol


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[704sw]

Not sure if you’re pointing at it or flipping it off or both lol

Yes.

[slater]

That is crazy! But the true failure mode was discovered.

yeah, totally crazy! and yes, i'm very glad i found the actual cause. it makes a lot more sense!

Not sure if you’re pointing at it or flipping it off or both lol

LOL. glad you caught the double meaning in that.

Yes.

ha. yep!




forgot to mention in my post last night:

- i also removed the CDV. it's way easier on the E90 - the CDV has o-rings on either end along with a quick-release clip (like the ones found on the cooling system hoses); i think it took me longer to get the trans belly pan off (there's a belly pan for the trans!) than to remove the CDV. under 2mins.

- speaking of belly pans... the engine belly pan on the E90 is a well-fitting work of art, but it has 18 (!!) screws that hold it on! crazy. (i think the trans belly pan has about 8 fasteners.)