crazyarab 6 Report post Posted January 22, 2009 As in title, I am after the upgraded tensioner, any sellers? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
*Glenn* 854 Report post Posted January 23, 2009 (edited) As in title, I am after the upgraded tensioner, any sellers? No need to upgrade...too friggen dear Call (09)3761250 ask for Nick Or I can sort it for you Was it the tensioner then ?? BTW: Your confusing people. Its not a timing belt ... Its an alternator or drive belt Edited January 23, 2009 by *Glenn* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crazyarab 6 Report post Posted January 23, 2009 No need to upgrade...too friggen dear Call (09)3761250 ask for Nick Or I can sort it for you Was it the tensioner then ?? BTW: Your confusing people. Its not a timing belt ... Its an alternator or drive belt Bah, my bad. Timing chain tensioner! That was a typo in the title. We inspected the chain and it seems in good nick so we are assuming the tensioner needs replacement. According to some articles BMW has released an upgraded part so thats the one I am after. Sorry for confusion. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
*Glenn* 854 Report post Posted January 23, 2009 (edited) Bah, my bad. Timing chain tensioner! That was a typo in the title. We inspected the chain and it seems in good nick so we are assuming the tensioner needs replacement. According to some articles BMW has released an upgraded part so thats the one I am after. Sorry for confusion. The upgrade kit is expensive & unecessary. ring Nick. We do this all the time. Its not an engineering upgrade..just costs you more $$$ OOOps are you talking chain tensioner upgrade or belt tensioner upgrade ??? Edited January 23, 2009 by *Glenn* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
*Glenn* 854 Report post Posted January 23, 2009 (edited) I've also PM,d Greg with some diagnostic suggestions..talk to him and then either of you give me a call I'm available 7 days a week on 021921377 .... reasonable hours only...no calls after 7.00pm please Edited January 23, 2009 by *Glenn* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crazyarab 6 Report post Posted January 23, 2009 (edited) I've also PM,d Greg with some diagnostic suggestions..talk to him and then either of you give me a call I'm available 7 days a week on 021921377 .... reasonable hours only...no calls after 7.00pm please Yeh, after a new timing chain tensioner (which has since been upgraded by BMW). I called Nick just before and he thinks only way is through BMW Last ditch effort to contact a friend in Singapore, but it's not looking good. Seems like I may have to bite the bullet and get one from Germany. Edited January 23, 2009 by crazyarab Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boost Junky 1 Report post Posted January 23, 2009 How come you need to upgrade it? What happened in the first place? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greg111 13 Report post Posted January 23, 2009 Yeh, after a new timing chain tensioner (which has since been upgraded by BMW). I called Nick just before and he thinks only way is through BMW Last ditch effort to contact a friend in Singapore, but it's not looking good. Seems like I may have to bite the bullet and get one from Germany. Are thet quite expensive? I would assume around $200 at the very most for just the tensioner? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crazyarab 6 Report post Posted January 24, 2009 Are thet quite expensive? I would assume around $200 at the very most for just the tensioner? Seems like they not too bad, website in the states selling them for $95USD. I would say realistically probably going to cost me around $150-200 mark as you said. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greg111 13 Report post Posted January 24, 2009 Well that's not too much money. The thing is with this sort of issue without having the correct gear to diagnos you're just going through a process of elimination, if the tensioner doesn't sort the proplem (lets hope it does) then you go to the next thing knowing that you now have a good tensioner in place. Best to get a stethiscope to try identify the noise. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
*Glenn* 854 Report post Posted January 25, 2009 Best to get a stethiscope to try identify the noise. +1......90% of any job done properly........is diagnosing the actual fault first... then fixing the actual problem Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crazyarab 6 Report post Posted January 25, 2009 +1......90% of any job done properly........is diagnosing the actual fault first... then fixing the actual problem Well no doubt, and we have looked at it extensively. And all the current signs point in that direction, especially the fact that is a common fault not to mention upgraded by BMW. So we are pretty damn sure it's it but obviously it could potentially be something else... we will tackle that if it comes. But yeh, we have looked into it as much as we can I think. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greg111 13 Report post Posted January 26, 2009 Let me know how it goes man. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
