[mjn77]

Originally Posted by Chappers 71

Welcome to 35i ownership Sir Dave

Mine only needed 700ml Did you mix it 50/50 with Dr-imposed water?

When i needed coolant in the depths of Austria, the BMW stealership said i just had to use tap water!

[mjn77]

February:

£258 - 2 x Goodyear Eagle 3 255/30/19 tyres
£178.12 - Forge red boost hose and labour
£95 - windscreen excess

[Chappers 71]

Originally Posted by mjn77

When i needed coolant in the depths of Austria, the BMW stealership said i just had to use tap water!

Needs must

[mjn77]

Originally Posted by Chappers 71

Needs must

I asked if i should use distilled water and he just gave me a funny look.

[therealdb1]

If you were anywhere near the Austrian Alps tap water is probably melted snow anyway not the concoction of chemical additives and chalk that my tap water consists of!

[mjn77]

Originally Posted by therealdb1

If you were anywhere near the Austrian Alps tap water is probably melted snow anyway not the concoction of chemical additives and chalk that my tap water consists of!

I was in Bad Tolz, a little bit north of the mountains.

[Sir_Dave]

Originally Posted by Chappers 71

Welcome to 35i ownership Sir Dave

Mine only needed 700ml Did you mix it 50/50 with Di-imposed water?

Ha ha, thanks !!

All fixed now, seems BMW were being their ever useless self (Shytner Nottingham) and hadn't fitted one of the coolant hoses onto the Thermostat properly. A) it wasn't over the ribs and B) the spring clamp was loose, so it was simply pulling itself off over time.

Managed to access it from the front with the I/C removed and re-fitted it (without draining the system thankfully) and stopped the leak.

Re: coolant mix, i initially chucked 1.5L of BMW coolant in it, then yesterday put another 1.5L of de-ionised water in, so assuming that BMW managed to get the mix right, it should be ok now

[748adam]

£45 on some alcantara and £6 on some spray adhesive, goint to wrap by black trims..or at least attempt to wrap them

[AD18]

Originally Posted by mjn77

£258 - 2 x Goodyear Eagle 3 255/30/19 tyres

Interested in hearing your thoughts on these tyres and if there was any reason for not going Michelin (as that seems to be what most people head straight for!). Heard good things about the Eagle F1's and they cost less than the 4s.

[mjn77]

Originally Posted by AD18

Interested in hearing your thoughts on these tyres and if there was any reason for not going Michelin (as that seems to be what most people head straight for!). Heard good things about the Eagle F1's and they cost less than the 4s.

Used them last summer and they had plenty of grip when pushed hard on the mountain roads.

[Chappers 71]

No expenses other than fuel & some bmw coolant this month, although it appears I will be spending some money on it next month. When I pulled the car out of my garage this morning I noticed a little trail of fluid that had come from the front by the drivers side fog lamp & upon checking the coolant it was around 300ml low. So it's lost around a litre of coolant this month.
Its recently had a new water pump which I believe lives in the area of the leak or maybe the rads developed a leak. My first rad sprung a leak on the opposite bottom corner & that also took a while to notice. I will book it in with the guys at Bourne Performance on Monday.
I could drop the wheel liner & have a look but not sure if I can be arsed, maybe I'll have a look tomorrow before it goes to the garage.

No matter how well you look after your 35i something will break

[mjn77]

£70 - alloy refurb
£230 - VED

[Chappers 71]

I had a look from the top of the engine with a torch & it seems that the leak is either the rhs radiator side tank or its leaking from the lower hose connection as I can see where fluids been leaking from just below there but I couldn't get my hand in from the top to feel if the hose connection was wet.
I'll be a bit miffed if it is the rad as it was replaced in march 2016 @ 92,800 miles, cars done nearly 115,000 miles now.

If it does turn out to be the radiator I've been looking at the CSF as they now do one for the auto which wasn't available in 2016, not sure if I can justify spending £675 on one though.
Anyone running one of these?

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...scu4AyC63C_-bP

[ceejayjay]

Oh well , that's the water pump expired on my 106K E91 335i..... was always going to happen..

Got new one and thermostat at cost price from nearby dealers after being towed off the M8 in Glasgow after overheating....

[snedanator]

Originally Posted by ceejayjay

Oh well , that's the water pump expired on my 106K E91 335i..... was always going to happen..

Got new one and thermostat at cost price from nearby dealers after being towed off the M8 in Glasgow after overheating....

Not bad mileage for 1st water pump....they usually go around the 60k mark :-).... Still a bummer all the same.

[snedanator]

Just some Ethanol purchases. Another 335i free from any shenanigans for another month....I'm on a roll lol 😅😅🤞

[ceejayjay]

Originally Posted by snedanator

Not bad mileage for 1st water pump....they usually go around the 60k mark :-).... Still a bummer all the same.

Totally expected though but still a bummer

[Chappers 71]

Just fuel & £540 vehicle tax for April

I dropped the car off with the garage that fitted the water pump for them to sort the coolant leak. When I went to pick it up I was told "The leaks been sorted & there's no charge" so that was a nice result. Although I don't know why there was a leak as only the receptionist was about when I collected the car.

[Chappers 71]

Originally Posted by snedanator

Not bad mileage for 1st water pump....they usually go around the 60k mark :-).... Still a bummer all the same.

My original pump failed at 65k, the replacement failed at 110k. It wouldn't be so bad if it was an inexpensive part to replace

[mjn77]

April

£448.92 - crankshaft pulley
£185 - steering wheel retrim

[lightmanek]

Fun thread to read!

In my case, too much! Mainly because of my desire to mod it, partially because of one garage messing my VANOS wheels replacement badly!

This year so far:

- all the liquids in the engine
- all gaskets
- head rebuild
- engine block skimming and measuring
- crankshaft balancing and remanufacturing
- crankshaft bearings
- carankshaft gear
- cylinder rings (1 set destroyed for testing)
- fog lights
- suspension arm rear
- paint job
- replacing CHRA on a nearly new TD04 turbos (1500 miles) due to above mentioned garage mishap
- new HPFP

Total £3500

But last year was more expensive with few new toys added and a lot of maintenance and modifications to accommodate new toys.

List too long to type, but main things were:
- TD04H big twins from TX Performance
- custom air intake relocated to the left side of engine
- custom stainless steel outlet
- twin disk clutch with SMFW (1400NM)
- 6 speed MT gearbox resealing
- BimmerLife R8 Coils
- new rims
- F30 disk breake retrofit
- new piston rings
- new rod bearings
- new water pump
- new Bilstein Eibach suspension
- major pain creating extra space in engine bay to accommodate big twins ...

Total around £8500+

End result is a car I would not swap for anything new below £100k

[mjn77]

Unless i'm mistaken, May has cost me nothing (except fuel).

June is service time though......