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LOL they're the guys who have it at the moment!!!!!!!! What are these guys like?, not had any dealings with them since it was Allens mitzi and Don was the service manager, they were great. Like I said all along I have no issues with them as a company,or individuals they have kept me in the loop all along its just that when people start saying the problem is this, that, and the other without any backup or presenting you with any evidence to why it has gone wrong you are going to be naturally concerned......human nature i spose, thats why places like this are invaluable to get differing opinions. cheers Deano

cheers mate.........ill check my policy.

cheers kiwijoe........what you say about the stat is interesting, matches up with the ifault code and maybe the idle problems from what you say, we will see (in 4 weeks tho due to the new DME having to come from germany!!! $2000 jus tfor the blackbox (Thank god for warranty's) RE them being BMW dealers......they are not as we dont have one in Whangarei anymore.......i was told they are the service agents for BMW and have a specialist mechanic who only works on them, I had no reason to doubt this as they had shed loads of beemers being worked on everytime i went there. Darkwolf my argument with them is exactly what you say.........ive already decided they can wait for any excess to be paid until we've driven it for a while to make sure the idle fault is sorted...........i also wonder whether i should let the warranty company know whats been going on?? I dont want to be stuck in the middle still with an idle fault and another excess if it turns into a blame game. I'll keep you posted ps i hate driving my van.........ive been spoilt

hey to add to this discussion I dont always think about the excess etc anymore, the important point IMHO is that they actually pay out..........we have had numerous policies over the years and some of them were real shocking in trying to get out of their responsibilities.....one firm even wanted a disclaimer off the main agents who did a fuel injection repair that if anything ever went wrong with the fuel system again they'd be liable not the warranty firm, another firm i had a warranty with were so difficult to deal with i just ended up paying for the repair myself because my car would have been off the road forever while they squabbled and tried to get out of paying Conversely, a protecta warranty i had with a vehicle was a relevation they sorted the problems out imediately no hassles great to deal with although not the cheapest........so in closing doesnt matter how cheap the policy are or excess is if it aint worth the paper its written on from a personal point of view the protecta firm is the only one id use now.

will some 540i e39 wheels be any use to you? i have a set of 16" ive just taken off mine with virtually brand new pontenzas on which i want to flick off.

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

cheers Jochen, the cars a 99 model with 45k full history, id like to think anything being worn out would be unlikely?? the guys that did the work are a bmw service agent with the correct diagnostic gear, now its all corrupted what next....how do you fix it, and is there anyway of proving for sure what caused it? or do i have to take it on the chin and pay to put it right? now i have to drive my van at the weekend.......thats depressing cheers guys

need some advice from you tech guys, took the car in today for the service and rough idling, guess what somehow they have wiped the brain on my car and now they cant communicate with it, nothing works wont even start.......the service manager says it happened when they were fault reading and resetting the values and removing the tail light bulb warning info id asked them to do (after new lights), the service manager is now saying it might be the one and the same fault that was causing the idle problems that caused the ECM or whatever they call it to crap out........now to me being a distrustful bastard it seems very unlikely that my car would decided to wipe its own memory the day its plugged in to the BMW software......they told me they were doing a firmware software upgrade at the time. Now the vehicle is as luck would have it covered by warranty......but as i said to the bmw guys who seem to be trying to go down the road of "it just crapped out when we had it....bad luck" I need to know for definate that the idling problem and the brain crapping out are one and the same, if so, no problem sweet, but if they are not why should i be liable for a $400 excess on something they could have caused......can i ask them for proof that the fault was unrelated to them pluging in? Or would it be my job to prove otherwise?? My other concern was that if i end up paying the excess and getting a new brain put in and the problem is still there with the idling i may have to pay out another $400 excess to put that right, i told the service manager this and that in my opinion we need a diagnosis for why it happened, not just put a new black box in...... Also in my personal experience u cant corrupt a computer system without doing something to it........would it be the same with this? Anyway they say they will know more on monday........hopefully i will too, and if it turns out to be totally innocent and pure luck that it crapped out on its own i'll take it on the chin, but id like to be informed as to whats going on which no one seemed to know, which always gets the alarm bells ringing. Any advice greatly appreciated guys

cheers guys will let the guys know your findings on other cars friday.......much appreciated, hey alex faster after the faults been sorted BLOODY HELL, its quick enough already, and averages about 9 lts per 100km (with the wife driving) I spent days looking for a dizzy cap even took the motor out still havent come across it yet, lol cheers Deano

cheers Glenn, any idea why the castrol book says its ok to use the 0 weight? im a bit confused to the differing info. thanks Deano

cars a 1999 model its standard other than a cotton filter element which is clean, mileage 47k full history......have to agree think it might be a sensor or somethig along those lines, will take it in to be scanned this week. re plugs what are the best to put in? cheers Deano

this stuff any good anyone had any experiences with it? castrol book in supercheap says its ok for my 540i but castrols own website says CASTROL SLX PROFESSIONAL BMW LL01, Anyone had any eperience with the ferrodo pads? these were great in bikes and the race compound ones were awesome.....anygood in cars? cheers guys

Had to happen really didnt it as ive been going around since ive bought the car boring people with how damn reliable and awesome these cars are!!! She seems to have developed a fault, when i say developed i mean its done it about 3 or 4 times so far, but would like to solve it before it develops. The car has stalled from idle a coulple of times and before it does it it has "hunted" revs rise fall a bit on the verge of stalling before it finally does.......also when you try to restart it it hasnt wanted to start instantly like it normally does and has taken a but of throttle and a few goes, car seems to be firing on all 8 pots even when hunting......did worry me the day this happened and it also revved up a bit on its own when leaving a carpark......almost like the AC had been put on. hasnt played up today tho and has been faultless, Any ideas? cheers Deano

It is compaired to a 2009 although i havent got a spare 150k to spend anyway.

Many thanks Jochen........as usual a wealth of infomation my friend