Had a very busy morning, jumped back in the car , started the engine, foot on the clutch then to my surprise my left foot slams down on the floor. The clutch pedal is dead.No busted spring or fluid leak that i could see. There was nothing i could do to get the car going so i may as well have the rest of the day off.
Phoned BMW Emergency service and at first was told that my car was'nt covered, hung up and phoned back on a landline as they had me hanging on my mobile for too long.I was told that there was a problem with the computer system and i was indeed covered as mine is an approved used car. From then on everything was as clock work,service guy was there within half an hour, recovery truck 45 mins later,delivered to dealership in half hour and loan car in 2 hours. Only fly in ointment is i have to drive around in a ford mondeo for the next couple of days.
No word yet on the fault, any ideas? will a new clutch be needed?
Wane.
sounds like a bad clutch master or a slave cylinder thats my guess but let me know how it works out.
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AA cai with bmc air filters
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Tc swaybar brackets
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i had this happen as well. Was the hose that goes from the reservoir to slave cyl, iirc. Had a failure at the crimp connection.
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91 M5 Alpine White II, Silver Gray 3/90 production
17x8/17x9 M system with PS2, 20mm touring roll bar; Ground Control Coilovers; EAT Chip, CD43; bmw/nardi blackline steering wheel, 3.8 Cam Gears
08 535i / 6 speed
Space Gray; Gray; Sport/Premium/Nav
00 M5 Ti Silver; Imola/black sportiv --Sold
Engine:
Supersprint Headers, Dinan CAI kit and MAFS, Throttle Bodies, Cams, Ported heads, Exhaust, Custom dinan software, Evosport Pullies, Dinan clutch and lightened flywheel; Ignition solutions plasma coils
Suspension:
Dinan Stage 3 with front and rear Strut Tower Braces, Beastpower Sway bar brackets, Dinan Wheels with 275/285 PilotSport, X5 Thrust arm bushings, Stoptech 355mm 4 piston front, 355mm 2 piston rear brake kit, Dinan 3.45 diff
Interior/Misc:
Eurodash, updated steering wheel, Bluetooth retrofit, Sirius Retrofit, hardwired V1, Widescreen Mk4 nav, M audio retrofit, Ice Link, BSW Stage 1 speaker upgrade, bmw towbar
My (old) baby!
Hope she is back with you soon Wane!
Hi Martin, i'm hoping they put a new clutch in as it did'nt feel 100%, mind you you did say it may need a new clutch soon. Still loving the car and will find any excuse to drive it.
Since buying the beast from BMW it has had a few new parts such as new mafs,steering idle arm,new nav screen,track control arms,full kds,power steering pipe,software upgrade,interior mirror and recently a new battery... thanks tothe warranty.
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