kiwijoe79

Yes I know the system well, I have done many early systems, But this did take me years to work out, the hardware alone to buy new is over $4000, I do Navigation & radio tuner conversion for $2000

I am aware of this BUT this particular vehicle is a Hybrid system that only occured for a year or so of the first Jap E65's. It may be doable but the sequence required will be different to the later E65's that run full MOST

This can all be done, The only people in New Zealand doing this on 7 series is BM Workshop in Botany, speak to Joe he has successfully converted all TV, Navigation & Radio to ECE specification for NZ market

BM Workshop in Botany can do all retrofits for these cars, Navigation and radio, can remove seatbelt gongs and alter almost anything you want, give Joe a call regarding this

Definately keep the warranty co in the loop. If for no other reason than to know where you stand with everything. You don't want to end up paying two warranty excesses. I've dealt with my warranty people 3 times thus far. I'm with AA. They've been pretty good each time. Only had to pay two excesses too.

Just note that warranty companies will not covere items failled whilst doing software updates, they do not pay for coding or programming, and this will be in your policy book, if they are told how it crashed you could end up paying the whole bill

Forgot to mention also had thermostat replaced , Car idles at about 700RPM not much more when cold ,the thing is the rev counter looks pretty steady even when car shaking ?

one of two things, either an air leak from possible PCV valve or hoses, or a coil is breaking down, needs diagnosis, the fact its worse hot suggests a coil, need a tester with cylinder comparision live status when fault is doing it and you will see one cylinder worse than others

cheers Glenn, the fault happened when they were updating the software in the DME, thats what i was told, the mechanic said it only had one fault code and that was for the thermostat which was fine.......so who's liable for the repair if i didnt sign a disclaimer? And what do they do to repair the DME and is it expensive?

like i said before i have no issues paying for a repair if it was going to crap out anyway, and ive used these guys for years with my mitzi and they have always been exellent to deal with, just dont want to pay for someone elses mistake (if thats what it is) thats all.

cheers Deano

Did you not say they where BMW dealers, ive never seens a bmw dealer work on mitsi, I have had issues where the map cooling thermostat has caused stalling at idle due to shorting on the heating element, if the fault comes back with the new DME then i would get this replaced, the engine has map cooling to run hotter under lean cruise, if map cooling is not working then it will always run hotter than recommended for particular driving, or the fault could be logged because car is running too cold and cannot regulate temp correctly. This will pay for itself based on the fuel consumption will be gained, as for the surging, i would be very surprised if there was not faults relating to mixtures or throttle problems.

If it is not a BMW specialist it is possible there test equipment is not picking up the correct fault memory

Just read Gannetboys post here about warrenties.

Is that through dealerships or poss for private sales as well?

Apoligies in advance if this is already covered here somewhere else, or a plain stoopid question...

p.s. if through an insurer anybody know who has the best rate/cover?

cheers.

Look at the website for Autosure, they are the best, not the cheapest, but the best to deal with, no trouble with claims compared to others, im not sure if you can get them direct, but AA used to sell Autosure/vero policies