well decided to book my new to me D4 for in for timing belts and also a full service, as the service done by the supplying garage is only oil and filter.
anyway quoted £700 for belts and service, but when they started stripping it down they found the oil pump was leaking, so that was another £200. all in all total bill £900, not what I wanted to pay but at least it is done. they did find numerous other problems which they have also rectified mostly loose clips including loose turbo hose.
would appear that whoever had repaired it previously had done a very poor job, they believe it had a new oil pump in but had it been badly fitted
5th Oct 2015 7:36 am
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5th Oct 2015 7:39 am
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Or they could just be saying that to minimise the "additional costs" so it looks like they are comforting you by these other small bits of work?
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5th Oct 2015 7:42 am
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they are friends of mine so they don't rip me off and show me all the problems they find.
No the body has not come off they have a mechanic with small hands that can get the back belt
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by all accounts the garage that did the work somewhere in the Aberdeen area hadn't done a good job one of the bash plates underneath is missing as well
well got my car back. unfortunately they couldn't do the rear belt as somebody previously has managed to brake the plugs on the wiring that they need to unplug to get in. apparently the handle on the ECU plug has been snapped off so they can't disconnect the cabling there either. however they do believe that the belts had already been done so shouldn't be an issue.
result is that I get a discount on the bill
7th Oct 2015 6:59 am
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So signs of sub-optimal work elsewhere suggests that the rear belt has been done previously?
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Leaving the pump belt is one thing on the 2.7, but the 3.0...
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Leaving the pump belt is one thing on the 2.7, but the 3.0...
for the benefit of those of us who are less well informed on the differences between the 2.7 & 3.0, but aspire to own the latter, could you please elucidate?
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The 3.0 pump belt is timed to the engine like the cam belt, on the 2.7 it isn't. Current: Discovery 3 06MY (55 reg) HSE Auto Zambezi Silver Allisport Fast Road Intercooler, V8 Brakes, Silicone IC Hoses, EGRs Blanked, Remapped, De-Cat pipe, FBHIC
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7th Oct 2015 11:13 am
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but the end result would be the same would't it, you just stop and not cause major damage?Joined the BMWX5 45e group
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Yes, I don't think it would cause damage as such. I don't know if anyone has confirmed quite how important the timing is (but if it were me I'd rather not be the one to find out), but ISTR it being mentioned that it's down to matching pressure fluctuations with injection. With such poor access, just adds extra PITA to sort out I suppose, so seems very daft to leave it to me.
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So signs of sub-optimal work elsewhere suggests that the rear belt has been done previously?
Roll that dice.
as quite a bit of work had been carried out and the front one had definitely been done and with the mess of the plugs behind we believe that the rear has probably been done. however as they can't unplug the various connectors to get in we or should that be me has decided to take the risk of leaving it certainly for now. as advice I was given was that if it did snap it wouldn't damage the engine just cause it to stop.
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