BMW query for Motu or Sidecar Bob

[sidecar bob]

Sorry mate, Ive been out of town all day, P.M sent.

[Ixion]

Of course, with an AIR COOLED engine one avoids ALL these problems. Water cooling is way over rated.

[Motu]

And of course real BMW's are air cooled.And head gaskets are an unnecessary weakness - The BSA spigot joint was good for 15:1 compression,and never ''blew''.

[eliot-ness]

Sorry mate, Ive been out of town all day, P.M sent.

My P.M.s Don't seem to be working Bob but thanks for trying. Going to give them the go ahead to fix whatever's wrong today. That'll stop the wife nagging at me. Until it's fixed the car's not worth much so might as well get it done. Never had a problem with their work before so maybe the guy who called me is just one of the apprentices.

It's a 528i model Motu, 03. 120Ks on the clock. Apart from a billion useless gadgets and flashing warning lights there's nothing special about it.

The hand's pretty good Rollestonchick. A few places still raw where the skin was burnt down to the flesh but that should be right in a few more days. Hoping to get out for a ride this week. Thanks for asking.

[sidecar bob]

I actually ended up e mailing you.
Theres a few things you would want to have checked before the head comes off.

[eliot-ness]

Sorry mate, Ive been out of town all day, P.M sent.

I actually ended up e mailing you.
Theres a few things you would want to have checked before the head comes off.

Sorry Bob. I'd forgotten to update my email address. That's why it wasn't working. Fixed now. Thanks

[eliot-ness]

Update. They finally found what's wrong. Thermostat, now there's a surprise. No other problems. Thanks to all who posted.

[Pussy]

Update. They finally found what's wrong. Thermostat, now there's a surprise. No other problems. Thanks to all who posted.

I'm pleased, and I'll bet you are too, that it was only that! Good one!

[barty5]

Just read this glad you had good out come was going to say that we have had our share of BMWs in my w/shop and they are generally pretty good with overheating (in that the head gasket stand up to quite a bit of abuse) Ahvin work done at BWM wouldnt have been cheap a good $100 per hr or $110 plus gst if your over our way in newmarket at team Mcmillan.