Wiseguy
A good friend of mine in Nashville needs a new water pump and T-stat installed in his 2007 328i at 110K miles.
His search landed him at dealerships that wanted $2000 and other shots-in-the-dark Indys that wanted $1000.
Clearly, this should not cost that much. I searched our list of BMW mechanics and saw "Import Auto Maintenance" in Nashville or "Akin bimmer world" in Brentwood.
Can our good folks around Nashville provide some insights and recommendation please?
325i, 2005, 5MT, Silvergrey, leatherette, Sport package; CDV delete, KONI STR-T & KYB Excel-G, Weisslichts, Stewart H2O pump
328i, 2010, 6MT, Spacegrey, dakota leather, M-sport packages; has a 330 intake but no tune - yet
Capo di tutti capi
Check here as well.
http://www.zhpmafia.com/forums/showthread.php?p=8874
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Wiseguy
Yessir, that was my first place to search. Thanks though.
Looking for mafiosis with knowledge of the area down in Tennessee.
325i, 2005, 5MT, Silvergrey, leatherette, Sport package; CDV delete, KONI STR-T & KYB Excel-G, Weisslichts, Stewart H2O pump
328i, 2010, 6MT, Spacegrey, dakota leather, M-sport packages; has a 330 intake but no tune - yet
Messaggero
Never heard of a 'go to' shop in the Nashville area. All seem to be hit or miss.
Wiseguy
I'm a little over an hour south of Nashville in Manchester, TN. A few people at work drive Bimmers and talk abut a reasonable place close by. I'll see what I can come up with but , it may take me until Monday. I'm a DYI or dealer guy so, I've yet to try them.
As for the Water Pump and Thermostat and coolant, the OEM cost would be around $300.00 without labor.
Dinan; Hign Flow Intake System, & Strut Tower Brace
Turner Motorsports; Underdrive Power Pulleys
Koni Sport, Bridgestone; Potenza RE-11, Coby Wheel
Stewart High Performance Water Pump
Hawk High Performance Street 5.0 Brake Pads
Brembo Rotor
The purposeful face of a formidable athlete:
The spine-tingling 330i Performance Package.
Purchased CPO on 12/23/2006 with 28,090 miles
Wiseguy
^ thanks bud.
325i, 2005, 5MT, Silvergrey, leatherette, Sport package; CDV delete, KONI STR-T & KYB Excel-G, Weisslichts, Stewart H2O pump
328i, 2010, 6MT, Spacegrey, dakota leather, M-sport packages; has a 330 intake but no tune - yet
Associate
I don't have any experience in the Nashville area but you might try to contact some of the BMWCCA local chapter members:
http://www.bmwcca.org/node/2362
Chapter web site:
http://www.oldhickorybmwcca.org/
The latest newsletter has the email addresses of the officers at the bottom:
http://www.oldhickorybmwcca.org/inde...33/showMeta/0/
Then there are these two sites for BMW service specialists:
http://www.bimrs.org/
http://www.bimmershops.com/
Checking RealOEM.com for a 02/2007 production E90 328i with the N52 engine shows the water pump to be $493.xx and the thermostat to be $118.xx.
01 Remanufactured coolant pump, electric 1 11517586925 $493.75
02 Thermostat 1 11537549476 $118.16
Good luck!
Wiseguy
Thanks a lot for all that work! Didn't realize the pump was so much more than in the E46!
325i, 2005, 5MT, Silvergrey, leatherette, Sport package; CDV delete, KONI STR-T & KYB Excel-G, Weisslichts, Stewart H2O pump
328i, 2010, 6MT, Spacegrey, dakota leather, M-sport packages; has a 330 intake but no tune - yet
Wiseguy
Yep, checking ECStuning, pump and T-stat are about $500. Assuming 2 hours worth of work and he should pay near $650. Still nowhere near the quotes he got.
325i, 2005, 5MT, Silvergrey, leatherette, Sport package; CDV delete, KONI STR-T & KYB Excel-G, Weisslichts, Stewart H2O pump
328i, 2010, 6MT, Spacegrey, dakota leather, M-sport packages; has a 330 intake but no tune - yet
Wiseguy
This is the info I got with the quote "very good and reasonable, takes them 2 days because they find the problem then order the parts". FYI; from Bavauto; Water Pump - Pierburg $ 369.95
Clower Automotive
1406 McArthur St
Manchester, TN 37355
(931) 728-9898
Dinan; Hign Flow Intake System, & Strut Tower Brace
Turner Motorsports; Underdrive Power Pulleys
Koni Sport, Bridgestone; Potenza RE-11, Coby Wheel
Stewart High Performance Water Pump
Hawk High Performance Street 5.0 Brake Pads
Brembo Rotor
The purposeful face of a formidable athlete:
The spine-tingling 330i Performance Package.
Purchased CPO on 12/23/2006 with 28,090 miles
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