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03-30-2009, 02:14 PM
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Hi eveyone.
after reading alot about swirl flaps. just wondered if you own a 530d, could you answer a couple of questions
1 how many miles has it done ? reg ?
2 have the swirl flaps been removed ? (in the inlet manifold)
3 have you had any major mechnical problems with the car ?
thanks very much Paul
i'm trying decide weather to remove them or not.
after reading alot about swirl flaps. just wondered if you own a 530d, could you answer a couple of questions
1 how many miles has it done ? reg ?
2 have the swirl flaps been removed ? (in the inlet manifold)
3 have you had any major mechnical problems with the car ?
thanks very much Paul
i'm trying decide weather to remove them or not.
03-30-2009, 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by pauld30' post='831029' date='Mar 30 2009, 06:14 PM
Hi eveyone.
after reading alot about swirl flaps. just wondered if you own a 530d, could you answer a couple of questions
1 how many miles has it done ? reg ?
2 have the swirl flaps been removed ? (in the inlet manifold)
3 have you had any major mechnical problems with the car ?
thanks very much Paul
i'm trying decide weather to remove them or not.
after reading alot about swirl flaps. just wondered if you own a 530d, could you answer a couple of questions
1 how many miles has it done ? reg ?
2 have the swirl flaps been removed ? (in the inlet manifold)
3 have you had any major mechnical problems with the car ?
thanks very much Paul
i'm trying decide weather to remove them or not.
53 reg 530d 141000 and no i havent removed the flaps.
03-30-2009, 02:31 PM
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My Ride: 2006 530 d M-sport e60
Originally Posted by pauld30' post='831029' date='Mar 30 2009, 10:14 PM
Hi eveyone.
after reading alot about swirl flaps. just wondered if you own a 530d, could you answer a couple of questions
1 how many miles has it done ? reg ?
2 have the swirl flaps been removed ? (in the inlet manifold)
3 have you had any major mechnical problems with the car ?
thanks very much Paul
i'm trying decide weather to remove them or not.
after reading alot about swirl flaps. just wondered if you own a 530d, could you answer a couple of questions
1 how many miles has it done ? reg ?
2 have the swirl flaps been removed ? (in the inlet manifold)
3 have you had any major mechnical problems with the car ?
thanks very much Paul
i'm trying decide weather to remove them or not.
03-30-2009, 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Poolie' post='831038' date='Mar 30 2009, 05:28 PM
53 reg 530d 141000 and no i havent removed the flaps.
03-31-2009, 12:07 AM
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Originally Posted by pauld30' post='831138' date='Mar 31 2009, 01:06 AM
thanks for the reply. that interesting. 141 k and still going strong. some people are saying they fail at 70 k.
Am planning to remove the flaps but not too concerned at the moment. I think it's an isolated issue
03-31-2009, 12:53 AM
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Built 09 2003, 76K mls
I recently bought this car ( stolen recovered ) from an insurance company. The inlet manifold is in an awful state. It has the original crank breather (oil seperator) the EGR stat is always open and there is a small crack in the exhaust manifold.
I went back to the the guy who sold it and he has covered the cost of a new inlet & exhaust manifold. I am paying for the oil seperator , egr stat ( and main stat while I'm at it). The inlet was so bad that I would have replaced it anyway.
My advise would be to follow the links here and at least dig it out and have a look at it. I'm the sort of guy who likes things original (new set of RFTs!) so I would not have removed the flaps. However unless BMW do some sort of goodwill gesture, all the feedback here would indicate no penalty in removing the flaps.
I recently bought this car ( stolen recovered ) from an insurance company. The inlet manifold is in an awful state. It has the original crank breather (oil seperator) the EGR stat is always open and there is a small crack in the exhaust manifold.
I went back to the the guy who sold it and he has covered the cost of a new inlet & exhaust manifold. I am paying for the oil seperator , egr stat ( and main stat while I'm at it). The inlet was so bad that I would have replaced it anyway.
My advise would be to follow the links here and at least dig it out and have a look at it. I'm the sort of guy who likes things original (new set of RFTs!) so I would not have removed the flaps. However unless BMW do some sort of goodwill gesture, all the feedback here would indicate no penalty in removing the flaps.
03-31-2009, 02:29 AM
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you cant judge when/if they will fail.
i have a friend who has over 150k with his 03 530d and still has the swirl flaps fitted, i also know of a local guy (it was in the main dealers last month) who has total top end failure in a 2005 530d with under 70k.
it depends on usage/stress/"luck?"/component strength etc, but for peice of mind (as it only costs ?10 to do yourself) why would you not want to do it??
it is a documented fault BMW are very aware but will not make it public because they say it only affects less than 3% of cars.........but if you look at sales / volume of affected cars produced that equates to over 2,000 cars that we know about...do you want your out of warrenty car to be in that 2,000?? i didnt. the rep[air bill if they fail is circa ?5,000.
your chioce.
i have a friend who has over 150k with his 03 530d and still has the swirl flaps fitted, i also know of a local guy (it was in the main dealers last month) who has total top end failure in a 2005 530d with under 70k.
it depends on usage/stress/"luck?"/component strength etc, but for peice of mind (as it only costs ?10 to do yourself) why would you not want to do it??
it is a documented fault BMW are very aware but will not make it public because they say it only affects less than 3% of cars.........but if you look at sales / volume of affected cars produced that equates to over 2,000 cars that we know about...do you want your out of warrenty car to be in that 2,000?? i didnt. the rep[air bill if they fail is circa ?5,000.
your chioce.
03-31-2009, 05:44 AM
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http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=...rl+flap+removal
excellent write up with photos.
good luck
excellent write up with photos.
good luck
