I just bought a V12 Twin Turbo BMW

[Kodachrome 151]

Aka the 2009 F02 760Li.   Its great, but I just had a poke around the engine bay... man these things are crammed and alien looking! I can see some minor weepy plastics and lines for the cooling system but I cannot see:

 

- MAFs ( I change these on every car I buy thats like 100k+ km)

- Aux Pump (interior vents dont blow hot air..)

- Water Pump

- 3rd water pump, for turbos

 

Man it goes though, such a fantastic car to drive and be in.

Edited February 1, 2022 by Kodachrome
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[E30 325i Rag-Top 2958]

Wow! That is “compact” in there.. be such a mission to try and get to anything to work on it. 

[Eagle 1662]

Car version of hot potato 

[Breaker 980]

Congrats, F series is way better then E66. Stunning car, need to see some pics!
Although my rear suspension just gave out yesterday so maybe not that much better  🤦‍♂️

 

[Sammo 2544]

So many cylinders and turbos

[aja540i 1906]

1 hour ago, Breaker said:

Congrats, F series is way better then E66. Stunning car, need to see some pics!
Although my rear suspension just gave out yesterday so maybe not that much better  🤦‍♂️

 

Now you just need to cut the front springs, get some mirror tints and black out the lights!!

[Breaker 980]

32 minutes ago, aja540i said:

Now you just need to cut the front springs, get some mirror tints and black out the lights!!

Cap on backwards, seat reclined right back, fit in with the locals 👍

[hugo_nz 166]

On 2/1/2022 at 5:15 PM, Kodachrome said:

Aka the 2009 F02 760Li.   Its great, but I just had a poke around the engine bay... man these things are crammed and alien looking! I can see some minor weepy plastics and lines for the cooling system but I cannot see:

 

- MAFs ( I change these on every car I buy thats like 100k+ km)

- Aux Pump (interior vents dont blow hot air..)

- Water Pump

- 3rd water pump, for turbos

 

Man it goes though, such a fantastic car to drive and be in.

Brave man! Might be totally obvious but have you checked the stratification wheel on the climate vents to test for warm air? Also, if it's not been diagnosed as the water pump it may well be the water valve (no.5 in the image) that's stuck. Either way, neither are super major jobs. Instructions attached

 

64 11 262 Removing and installing:replacing auxiliary water pump.pdf 64 11 273 Replacing water valve for heater (N74).pdf

Edited February 3, 2022 by hugo_nz

[Kodachrome 151]

Ah yes, the infamous stratification wheel, its caught me out before, sadly though in this case I had it set to Hot already.

I agree the Heater Valve is probably the issue, but Water Pump is more a scheduled maintenance concern!

Edited February 3, 2022 by Kodachrome

[hugo_nz 166]

4 hours ago, Kodachrome said:

Ah yes, the infamous stratification wheel, its caught me out before, sadly though in this case I had it set to Hot already.

I agree the Heater Valve is probably the issue, but Water Pump is more a scheduled maintenance concern!

Are you going to do the work yourself? Looking at the workshop manuals I am surprised at how easy the three water pumps are to replace, considering how tightly packed the engine bay is.

[Kodachrome 151]

13 hours ago, hugo_nz said:

Are you going to do the work yourself? Looking at the workshop manuals I am surprised at how easy the three water pumps are to replace, considering how tightly packed the engine bay is.

I got access to the NewTIS Repair guides but not finding them as good as the older BMW manuals. Is the workshop manual different? A link top download would be amazing!

[hugo_nz 166]

3 hours ago, Kodachrome said:

I got access to the NewTIS Repair guides but not finding them as good as the older BMW manuals. Is the workshop manual different? A link top download would be amazing!

Ah cool. NewTis is the workshop manual lol. Whats in there is exactly whats in the BMW ISTA-D software BMW uses. 

[Kodachrome 151]

I'll have to look again, I checked it for something as simple as the Maf swap and found it gave 3 conflicting replacement guides, all labeled 760li!

[Breaker 980]

Some F02 V12 goodness just released 

 

Edited February 4, 2022 by Breaker