What have you done to your BMW today?
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630i decided on Thursday it didn't want to start for my journey back home form work.
Took 3-4 attempts, luckily did fire up. Got home ok. Won't start at all now. You can hear the fuel pump whirring but otherwise totally no crank. Assume starter motor s
t itself. Weirdly enough, the E91 did the same (with no warning).
May need to get it towed to the mechanic, problem is my RAC cover only works >1/4 mile from home.
Took 3-4 attempts, luckily did fire up. Got home ok. Won't start at all now. You can hear the fuel pump whirring but otherwise totally no crank. Assume starter motor s
t itself. Weirdly enough, the E91 did the same (with no warning).May need to get it towed to the mechanic, problem is my RAC cover only works >1/4 mile from home.
Court_S said:
g3org3y said:
630i decided on Thursday it didn't want to start for my journey back home form work.
Took 3-4 attempts, luckily did fire up. Got home ok. Won't start at all now. You can hear the fuel pump whirring but otherwise totally no crank. Assume starter motor st itself. Weirdly enough, the E91 did the same (with no warning).
May need to get it towed to the mechanic, problem is my RAC cover only works >1/4 mile from home.
Sounds like a pain. The starter motor is doable if a bit of a faff. I’d assume that you’d have more room on the 6 series compared to a 1 series like I did it on a few weeks ago. Took 3-4 attempts, luckily did fire up. Got home ok. Won't start at all now. You can hear the fuel pump whirring but otherwise totally no crank. Assume starter motor s
t itself. Weirdly enough, the E91 did the same (with no warning).May need to get it towed to the mechanic, problem is my RAC cover only works >1/4 mile from home.
Jakg said:
RIP bleed nipple
The 'delights' of working on cars.Collectingbrass said:
g3org3y said:
630i decided on Thursday it didn't want to start for my journey back home form work.
Took 3-4 attempts, luckily did fire up. Got home ok. Won't start at all now. You can hear the fuel pump whirring but otherwise totally no crank. Assume starter motor st itself. Weirdly enough, the E91 did the same (with no warning).
May need to get it towed to the mechanic, problem is my RAC cover only works >1/4 mile from home.
I had a 2004 645 that did similar. Turned out it was the starter motor earth strap, not the starter motor itself.Took 3-4 attempts, luckily did fire up. Got home ok. Won't start at all now. You can hear the fuel pump whirring but otherwise totally no crank. Assume starter motor s
t itself. Weirdly enough, the E91 did the same (with no warning).May need to get it towed to the mechanic, problem is my RAC cover only works >1/4 mile from home.
Had the valve cover gasket and crank pulley replaced yesterday on the E91
PCV to do (garage wanted to order inlet manifold seals before starting job as strong possibility they'd be damaged on removal).
Was also helpfully informed by garage that NS front tyre edge was low...like starting to show cord low!
(Must admit, not the first time I've been caught out by BMW inner edge tyre wear - must be the negative camber). 2x Goodyear Eagle F1 RFTs ordered for fitting Saturday.
PCV to do (garage wanted to order inlet manifold seals before starting job as strong possibility they'd be damaged on removal).
Was also helpfully informed by garage that NS front tyre edge was low...like starting to show cord low!
(Must admit, not the first time I've been caught out by BMW inner edge tyre wear - must be the negative camber). 2x Goodyear Eagle F1 RFTs ordered for fitting Saturday.Gtamaddog said:
I've owned the car for nearly nine years and every time I've opened the bonnet I've been greeted by this tape holding together the rubber boot which leads in to the air filter housing, it hasn't caused any ill-effects engine wise which is why I haven't replaced it before now.
I respect your thrifty 'if it ain't broke...' attitude. 
cerb4.5lee said:
g3org3y said:
Was also helpfully informed by garage that NS front tyre edge was low...like starting to show cord low! (Must admit, not the first time I've been caught out by BMW inner edge tyre wear - must be the negative camber). 2x Goodyear Eagle F1 RFTs ordered for fitting Saturday.
The E90 330d was terrible for this as well. We noticed it loads because we did very high miles in it(managed to do 41k miles in it once from 1 MOT to the next MOT!). It used to chew through tyres at an alarming rate. We did over 150k miles in it over the 6 years of having it. (Must admit, not the first time I've been caught out by BMW inner edge tyre wear - must be the negative camber). 2x Goodyear Eagle F1 RFTs ordered for fitting Saturday.A great car the 330d was(apart from tyre wear). In comparison we managed to get 50k miles out of the fronts, and 75k miles out of the rears in the Merc GLC350d. My missus used to keep asking me "why don't we need any tyres yet?!".
Was driving to train station yesterday pm and had the red warning:
Admittedly ignored it (because RFTs). By the time got to the station tyre was flat as a flat thing. Had a day out in London (not Queen related) Drove home last night and can confirm RFTs actually do work very well!
Had to use the car for work this morning. Tyre would only hold 1.2 bar.
Properly shagged on the inside
Halfords straight after work
Sorted.
Edited by g3org3y on Saturday 17th September 16:07
Court_S said:
Where did it let go?
Take it, that if wasn’t at home or are you just trying to avoid the ball ache of doing it yourself?
The previous evening on way home from work, it struggled to start. On first attempt, nothing. Then on the 3rd or 4th attempt finally started. Thought it odd as no reason to suddenly have problems.Take it, that if wasn’t at home or are you just trying to avoid the ball ache of doing it yourself?
When I got home, parked up, tried to start it - nothing. Just click and the sound of the fuel pump. Tried the whole bash the start with a breaker bar thing, but no success (access is an arse ache anyway). Greenflag came today, agreed likely starter motor, so off it goes.
Oddly enough, had the same thing with the E91. Sudden starter motor fail when wife was shopping in the village.
Court_S said:
That’s annoying. Access is indeed a pig!
How many miles has the car done?
About 95kish iirc.How many miles has the car done?
sortedcossie said:
My E91 did the exact same thing years ago, slow to start twice then next day nothing but clicking relay. Odd how they go like that with little warning.
One of those things I suppose. #annoyingCRA1G said:
Nice collection 
RESSE said:
Change of alloys today, together with repair of a couple of dents latter courtesy of mobile dent repair.
Looks good. 
Normally I'm not a fan of period/model incorrect alloys (there's a 1er down the road on MV1s that causes me 'angst' every time I drive past 
) but that looks nice. Repairs look done well and cool numberplate BTW. Respiratory physician with a special interest in pulmonary emboli? 
pingu393 said:
Two BMWs. One already on the driveway and another turns up wearing a new dress...
Z3 based? Any more deets. Looks great.Edited by g3org3y on Sunday 27th November 09:02
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