Your fleet running reports

[speedingfine]

...likely an M-tax heavy part of the running gear.

Surprisingly a lot of the parts are shared with all the non-M V8s, so e.g. using OEM Bosch, coils are < £25 each, spark plugs < £10 each, even a whole set of four lambda sensors will just squeak under £200 next time there's a good promo code. The car's done 120k miles and these things are consumables really, so I'm very tempted to replace the lot for peace of mind.

We're heading down to the coast to visit my parents tonight. I'm feeling brave.

Hope the trip goes well, the car looks stonking, and quite the deal (even with the breakdown )

[Beany]

Anyway, if you're wondering how much it costs around here for
Engine oil + filter
Coolant
Brake fluid
Gearbox oil
Diff oil

and MOT

It's about £520.

Which doesn't feel too horrid given that I should only need to worry about oil and filter changes for the next couple of years, maintenance wise.

No advisories - they noted the brake disks were a bit scabby, but I'd told them it'd been sitting on the road for a week and a half so they didn't note it down - just needed a few good stops to sort that out.

[John]

Anyway, if you're wondering how much it costs around here

I've forgotten where you live, Scarborough?

[Beany]

Anyway, if you're wondering how much it costs around here

I've forgotten where you live, Scarborough?

Pudsey these days.

[John]

Ah yes, brain fart time

As an aside, I visited Scarborough last month to visit a friend for the first time in years. We went into the centre for a bite to eat and I thought I'd stumbled onto the set of a zombie movie

[Sundayjumper]

OK, my money is on HPFP being the actual problem though

£200 - although there’s two of them because of course there are - and an easy job too:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234828996297

Could be £350/pair if they have a 20% promo again soon.

Car made it down to the coast absolutely fine FWIW. Although only 27mpg and I think it’s running rich; the tailpipes are very sooty.

[Rich B]

OK, my money is on HPFP being the actual problem though

£200 - although there’s two of them because of course there are - and an easy job too:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234828996297

Could be £350/pair if they have a 20% promo again soon.

Car made it down to the coast absolutely fine FWIW. Although only 27mpg and I think it’s running rich; the tailpipes are very sooty.

How many mpg were you expecting?!

[240PP]

Was going to say… V8 twin turbo barge. 27 sounds ok to me.

[Sundayjumper]

30 was a target. BMWs are usually quite good on fuel and this was a longish steady run barely going over 70 because of the traffic, so basically optimum conditions. And we know there’s something not right with the fuel/ignition atm. Can do better.

Returning to M-tax, the brakes are *not* shared with other models, and genuine are *not* cheap…

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266325452372

[Mito Man]

Changed the differential on the brush cutter. The dealer here wanted £1500 for the part. After ordering it from America and paying all the taxes it was £450.

[Beany]

OK, my money is on HPFP being the actual problem though

£200 - although there’s two of them because of course there are - and an easy job too:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234828996297

Could be £350/pair if they have a 20% promo again soon.

Car made it down to the coast absolutely fine FWIW. Although only 27mpg and I think it’s running rich; the tailpipes are very sooty.

Decent enough prices that, I'm sure the F20 ones were reported as being about double that!

Running rich could be metering - IE counting or missing air past the airflow meter. That said I'm not that up on turbo metering, I'd guess you'd be looking for....

ho ho....

A boost leak! ( (c) Domster3000 )

Sounds like you've got an excuse to buy a smoke tester though, check the seals of the intake system after the MAFs.

(the E46 did the same, misfire codes and drinking heavily - and it turned out to be a cracked/perished intake boot, but I'm not sure how forced induction would affect that)