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[quote][i]Originally posted by SVM 286[/i] Right Dave, brace yourself, sorry for the essay but I feel honour bound to unload some invaluable knowledge in your general direction. Here's some stuff you need to do and carry with you... One of the heater hoses (not sure which one, X-Power forums will have details of location and part number) can go pop at the elbow so carry a spare. Carry a spare drive belt as they can jump and partially or completely shred from violent rev changes on some engines (slam shifting into 2nd etc). If your heater water blend valve goes tits up, the A/C will invariably run at full heat all the time. You can access the valve and close it by hand though as a temporary fix if it's during hot weather. It will of course only run cool then. They are easy to change (located beneath scuttle on near side) but dear to buy. It might be worth trying to fix your own one if it does pack up, plus there's at least one fella on X-Power forums trying to develop a cheap fix. Now this is the important one and WILL make the difference between you breaking down or not... Get yourself down to your local MGR/X-Part dealer and purchase the little orangey-red plastic fuel filter housing modification clip. The part number will be on X-Power forums if your dealer isn't familiar. It's a tiny little thing and usually costs about 75p. You may not need it, but it's so cheap, you might aswell buy it first as you don't want to do the job twice. Take your rear seat lower squab out, unbolt and remove the inspection plate on the near side of the floor. There is one on each side but this is the only one you need to touch (the other houses the other level balance chamber and the pump). Undo the large securing ring, anticlockwise (I tapped mine undone with a mallet and large flat blade screwdriver) and carefully raise the fuel filter/level float housing from out of the tank (do this with the tank as empty as possible). If the modification has been carried out it will be obvious as there will be an example of the clip you purchased attached to the white plastic housing already and all you need to do is reassemble everything (the seat squab is a bitch to get back in though). If there isn't one in place, then simply clip your one on and reassemble everything. It should be fairly self explanatory as to where it locates but it's probably wisest to print off a pic of it's exact location on the housing from yes, you've guessed it, good old X-Power forums. :D This little piece of plastic is absolutely vital and was an oversight by BMW, as the tank itself and it's incorporated parts are all BMW hardware. The clip prevents the top and bottom halves of the filter/ level float housing from rotating anti-clockwise and seperating. Without the clip in place, this WILL happen, the car will instantly draw air from the top of the tank and it WILL break down. This is a dead cert Dave. If the clip hasn't been fitted as a warranty issue or on the production line, you will definitely come to a grinding halt at some point. Most probably miles from home and in the dark and pissing rain. :lol: :( [Edited on 02-02-2010 by SVM 286] [/quote]
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