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Flat battery, v. high current drain - Fuse No. 8 under bonnet. Water pump continuous...
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Flat battery, v. high current drain - Fuse No. 8 under bonnet...
Is it possible the switched 12v supply from fuse 1 could be not switching off due to a relay stuck “up”
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Flat battery, v. high current drain - Fuse No. 8 under bonnet...
Great! Thanks Stuart. That seems to align with this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P5i-c7F7AE. He really goes to town with his testing equipment. I notice a couple of things. From his scope the current draw was in the same sort of region that I have and I recognised the noise.
I also see someone else has posted a comment "I worked at a BMW dealer for 4 years, and both the thermostat and the coolant pumps were high failure items. The coolant pumps would fail intermittently like you experienced, or they would completely fail. When they failed completely you would know right away because the coolant fan would kick on high at all times as a fail safe." (I guess he means pump rather than fan).
I'll see what happens to Fuse 1 with ignition then get it booked in. I don't have much of an appetite for doing that without a lift....
I also see someone else has posted a comment "I worked at a BMW dealer for 4 years, and both the thermostat and the coolant pumps were high failure items. The coolant pumps would fail intermittently like you experienced, or they would completely fail. When they failed completely you would know right away because the coolant fan would kick on high at all times as a fail safe." (I guess he means pump rather than fan).
I'll see what happens to Fuse 1 with ignition then get it booked in. I don't have much of an appetite for doing that without a lift....
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He could mean the fan & not the pump, when my pump was failing (but still working) the coolant fan would be on at varying speeds as soon as the engine started-I didn’t recognise this as normal & diagnostics revealed a failing pump (implausible pump speed)Newbers wrote: ↑Sun Nov 05, 2017 8:44 pm Great! Thanks Stuart. That seems to align with this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P5i-c7F7AE. He really goes to town with his testing equipment. I notice a couple of things. From his scope the current draw was in the same sort of region that I have and I recognised the noise.
I also see someone else has posted a comment "I worked at a BMW dealer for 4 years, and both the thermostat and the coolant pumps were high failure items. The coolant pumps would fail intermittently like you experienced, or they would completely fail. When they failed completely you would know right away because the coolant fan would kick on high at all times as a fail safe." (I guess he means pump rather than fan).
I'll see what happens to Fuse 1 with ignition then get it booked in. I don't have much of an appetite for doing that without a lift....
Rob
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Interestingly the cars done <>75,000 which seems to be when they gone. I guess I'm going to have to get it done sooner or later so better not to have to get carried 100 miles home by the AA. My local specialist will want to use BMW parts so I expect that to be eye watering. Already in the last 30 days: Road tax, 2 x tyres, MOT, battery, Gearbox + diff oil. Ouch!
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The pump is made by pierburg not Bmw, they just put it in a pretty box and double the price. Get it from eBay and save some moneyNewbers wrote: ↑Sun Nov 05, 2017 9:21 pm Interestingly the cars done <>75,000 which seems to be when they gone. I guess I'm going to have to get it done sooner or later so better not to have to get carried 100 miles home by the AA. My local specialist will want to use BMW parts so I expect that to be eye watering. Already in the last 30 days: Road tax, 2 x tyres, MOT, battery, Gearbox + diff oil. Ouch!
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Yep, £250 from Ebay and defo under an hour to fit. If you are paying more than £350 you are being robbed. Another £50 for the stat gets you to £400.
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I'll report back when I have the quote....
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Anyone happen to know who makes the OE thermostat? (Not that the OE version is of a quality to boast about....)
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Seems to be a lot of brands making this part:
BEHR:TM 14 97
BORG & BECK:BBT221
ERA:350337
GATES:TH39797
JP GROUP:1414601119
MEYLE:328 228 0005
QUINTON HAZELL:QTH640K
SASIC:3306083
SWAG:20 93 0265
TRISCAN:8620 23197
VEMO:V20-99-1277 - V20-99-1277-1
WAHLER:410086.97D0 - 4689.97D0
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Buy the BMW thermostat, The aftermarket ones all seam to be in a plastic housing.
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Pulling fuse 1 didn't stop the pump from whirring. I got about 6v across the terminals (with fuse out obviously). It seems pretty clear that the fault is either in the thermostat or the pump control.Stuartt wrote: ↑Sun Nov 05, 2017 8:10 pm Ok from what I can work out, the pump has 4 wires, 12v from fuse 8, switched 12v from engine control relay via fuse 1 , earth , and a control wire from pin 26 on the ecu.
Check that fuse 1 goes dead when you switch off the ign if it does then the fault probably lies within the water pump as it appears the control module is built into it.
Hope this makes sense.
Stuart
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Are they not supposed to be plastic? RealOEM shows it that way.....
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Flat battery, v. high current drain - Fuse No. 8 under bonnet...
Seems to me like the relay within the water pump has stuck in the closed circuit position causing it to constantly run then.Newbers wrote: ↑Mon Nov 06, 2017 9:45 pmPulling fuse 1 didn't stop the pump from whirring. I got about 6v across the terminals (with fuse out obviously). It seems pretty clear that the fault is either in the thermostat or the pump control.Stuartt wrote: ↑Sun Nov 05, 2017 8:10 pm Ok from what I can work out, the pump has 4 wires, 12v from fuse 8, switched 12v from engine control relay via fuse 1 , earth , and a control wire from pin 26 on the ecu.
Check that fuse 1 goes dead when you switch off the ign if it does then the fault probably lies within the water pump as it appears the control module is built into it.
Hope this makes sense.
Stuart
I guess you'll be replacing the pump then for sure.
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