...Around here, they essentially have no idea how to work on a "BMW". Maybe big cities are different, but not around here.
Anyway, as soon as I actually get it into the dealer and they figure out what's wrong and the fix (which we know will probably be the oilpump), I will update this thread.
The video was very good, I am worried about my pump too and am holding off on doing anything until this issue gets addressed. Some have the issue around 10k, ive heard even 30k miles as well.
Suck that it has to be like this but I'd rather be safe than sorry, not risking the warranty I had to...
...issues a pass/fail outcome which determines whether or not you're eligible for the warranty.
In the video that I made that another user shared, I have the full parts list that it took to do this job. It's a lot more than just the oilpump. There's also about $400 in one time use fasteners ??
@kern417 — I’m unable to get any oil read out in BimmerLink at any time. From your research and videos on this, could this be reflective of an oil sensor issue separate from the pump? Appreciate any thoughts you have on this.
As I said I'm tuned so my warranty won't be useable. My main concern is paying out all this money to find I have the upgraded part already. US and EU cars aren't the same so it's a possibility that we have the upgraded part over here as it was already in use on the Z4's over here in 2019/20...
I went through this whole song and dance with my 2020 MY in Canada. The oilpump is most likely the culprit and I highly doubt your car has the updated pump from factory. If you are under warranty you should get this sorted out with them. As my car was producing oil pressure related issues. Just...
So this is pretty hilarious but I got quoted £1350 from Toyota for the OilPump (pn 15100-WAA03). So I called BMW and asked the price on their OilPump (pn 11419895359) and they quoted me £419.
That's less than a third of the price!
Yep as I said I've done all this and it's in line with a perfectly good oilpump.
My cars under warranty but I'm tuned so it's not gonna work out for me I'll have to get any work done by an indie garage.
First time watching that oilpump video. Excellent DIY step by step instructions. That little 5’4” gal put 90% of us to shame with her capabilities.
I was even a little skeptical about doing the work myself. ?
-RJM
...the updated pump.
Also - my oil pressure doesn't really go up while doing the measuring test which others said is a tell tale sign of an oilpump starting to fail. It stays around the 3-3.3 bar mark
Thirdly - there are no stories of failed pumps over here in UE/UK that I can find. All the...
You have a 2020 though, you won't have the updated oilpump is what I'm guessing. It probably shows that you have the updated pump because they've moved towards that moving forward?
...30 mins, flat surface, letting it cool down etc but keeps stopping at 18-20%.
I know everyone here is going to tell me I need an updated Oilpump but here's the kicker - My car already has the metal WAA03 pump which was confirmed by Toyota today using my VIN number.
It seems that others in...
it's linked to pressure being too high, not necessarily oil being too hot.
with the new oilpump, it will do a better job of controlling oil pressure so you won't experience the high pressure scenario that puts the measurement system outside of it's tolerance. that's why it fails at 16%. oil...
Cool, if your pump is still happily going after 22k hard fought track miles I feel a bit better on mine carrying on after 9k normal (ish) road miles! ?
With the bits you are doing at the moment, what do you think the performance increase will be over last season? You must be seriously hitting...
Yes, I am. However I am keeping an eye on it because I am sure I will need to replace it at some point. The car has relatively low miles, about 22k miles, although a lot of them are track miles. The car has over 65 track days on it at this point.
I have also used the forbidden fruit 5w40 oil...
I have a question!
Are you still running the original oilpump? I saw a couple threads pop up about this where our early 2020 cars supposedly have dodgy pumps with plastic parts in them which seems a pretty strange thing to do!