The BMW / Bimmer Thread [Merged]

**Flagg** · June 24th, 2006 05:12 AM

Sealed radiator? Hmm that's something new... parang di me bilib dyan.

Eto isang warning, maraming kalokohan yung BMW para mapagastos you.

For example, yung coolant na you should use kung hindi BMW brand (yes, pati oil meron) some obscure, hard-to-find, expensive, BMW-approved alternative. If you use something else or use water, paktay! Sira yung radiator...

**seonadancing** · June 24th, 2006 12:23 PM

The radiator of BMWs is unlike the radiator of jap cars kasi di mo pwede basta basta buksan yun and lagyan ng tubig. You have to let the radiotor bleed first kung hindi mag ooverheat sya kahit puno yun tubig. Tsaka di naman nauubos yun tubig ng radiator ng BMW e kaya di mo kailangan buksan. You can use other synthetic oil naman and not necessarily a bmw brand one.

**alwayz_yummy** · June 24th, 2006 03:01 PM

nakalagay sa filler ng engine oil, use "castrol" brand oil only, ung radiator pressure cap and tank is sealed using like a warranty sticke and says: do not open, mixture is at 50:50..somthing like that...and papalitan lang daw un during major service din daw...iba daw pagkakapressurized nun kasi....ewan ko lang, ha..never had a euro ride,e...and im willing to venture(not the lemon of GM) if it justified the total maintenance of a common jap and korean rides: "long lasting" but lesser maintenace vs. "long lasting" but less maintenance....for me kasi only used cars need utmost TLC from day you bought it...

**Flagg** · June 27th, 2006 03:55 AM

Originally Posted by seonadancing

The radiator of BMWs is unlike the radiator of jap cars kasi di mo pwede basta basta buksan yun and lagyan ng tubig. You have to let the radiotor bleed first kung hindi mag ooverheat sya kahit puno yun tubig. Tsaka di naman nauubos yun tubig ng radiator ng BMW e kaya di mo kailangan buksan. You can use other synthetic oil naman and not necessarily a bmw brand one.

Yun nga, be careful about mga kalokohang ganyan. Of course, there's always a way around em. Dunno lang about yung suggest mong bleed, my BMW kasi is so old, di pa naimbento yung ganyang kalokohan nung time nya.

Re yung oil, example lang yun kung pano me nagulat sa sobrang kupal ng BMW... pati oil lalagyan nya ng brand nya. Di ko naman ginamit. Ehehe.

Love ko pa rin BMW though...

**rickoks** · June 27th, 2006 04:57 AM

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**StraightSix** · June 27th, 2006 05:17 AM

"Use only Castrol" na pala sa X3, hehehe. Sa E46, "BMW recommends Castrol" pa lang. Kung pareho lang naman ang specs, wala akong nakikitang problema sa ibang brand.

Regarding the X3's sealed radiator ... sealed nga siya at wala dun ang cap, - nasa expansion bottle. Nandu'n din ang float bar at level sensor ng coolant, at duon din ang lagayan ng coolant for top-up's. Basta long-life with corrosion inhibitor, walang nitrates at amino compounds, pwedeng gamitin ... 50:50 ang ratio niya sa tubig. The warning stated in the X3's manual regarding the cap is never to open it when the engine is hot, and that the coolant is hazardous to one's health.

Pero kahit X3, may schedule pa rin ng coolant replacement ... most probably pareho din sa E46 * 4 year intervals. Nasa ilalim ng radiator ng X3 yung drain plug.

**orly_andico** · July 3rd, 2006 10:12 PM

That 14000 for a power window motor is priceless!

The price of the parts are all unreal. But considering the lifespan of the car, 30000/year is just about the same overall maintenance cost as a midsize Japanese car.

I wonder if those power window motors are rewind-able. You know how Pinoys are. :D

**seonadancing** · July 4th, 2006 12:52 PM

Meron sa Mike's Parts second hand na power window motor. Dami sila surplus parts for BMW and Benz.

**StraightSix** · July 4th, 2006 06:12 PM

Last week the driver's side window on my E46 started to malfunction, getting stuck a quarter of the way down. Not a good thing when you always have to reach out for a ticket on car parks. The window mechanism (excluding the motor) costs £130+VAT (around P14k) at the local $tealer here ... I got one for around P2.6k, oem and brand new, from ebay-UK

**Flagg** · July 5th, 2006 07:49 AM

Originally Posted by orly_andico

That 14000 for a power window motor is priceless!

The price of the parts are all unreal. But considering the lifespan of the car, 30000/year is just about the same overall maintenance cost as a midsize Japanese car.

I wonder if those power window motors are rewind-able. You know how Pinoys are.

And guess what... yung motor di pa sira. It's some plastic gear in the assembly. Yun lang, the motor is not detachable from the assembly, so no choice. Kahit ayos pa yung motor, palit na. Tapos, if you try to open up the assembly to get at the gear, baka masira naman yung motor. Buysit sobra.

Well, at least it took more than 10 years for that deym gear to get broken.