Air Box melted: 545i
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Originally Posted by gwf545' post='1060395' date='Nov 22 2009, 07:29 PM
Not the muffler bearing. I am certain it is the krammerstant. Not cheap.
It would take extreme heat or flame to cause that melting.
I've only had anything like that happen ... once when a carburetored engine backfired and caught the air filter on fire. Probably nearly impossible with one of our cars.
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Originally Posted by luigi524td' post='1060401' date='Nov 22 2009, 04:37 PM
He playing with you!
It would take extreme heat or flame to cause that melting.
I've only had anything like that happen ... once when a carburetored engine backfired and caught the air filter on fire. Probably nearly impossible with one of our cars.
It would take extreme heat or flame to cause that melting.
I've only had anything like that happen ... once when a carburetored engine backfired and caught the air filter on fire. Probably nearly impossible with one of our cars.
EDIT: NVM I looked at the pic and can see where the resevoir is...lol
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Yes coolant is on the other side. It could be something about cooling though because coolant was extremely hot so was the engine
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Originally Posted by vlad_b' post='1060017' date='Nov 22 2009, 01:33 AM
Strange thing happened. The stock Air Box literally melted.
I noticed that the engine was very hot so was the coolant. The Air Box probably doesn't get the cool air into the engine.
I have no clue what could it be and anxious to take it to the shop on Monday. Luckily I have warranty.
Few things crossed my mind : i recently adjusted climate control settings in idrive to heat (red). Also, few month ago I removed charcoal filter from the Air Box. And, right before i found this happening, my wife drove the car (may be she drove in a low gear od with the brake on i don't know)
Did anything like this happened to anyone? What could it be?
This is the picture of Air Box:
I noticed that the engine was very hot so was the coolant. The Air Box probably doesn't get the cool air into the engine.
I have no clue what could it be and anxious to take it to the shop on Monday. Luckily I have warranty.
Few things crossed my mind : i recently adjusted climate control settings in idrive to heat (red). Also, few month ago I removed charcoal filter from the Air Box. And, right before i found this happening, my wife drove the car (may be she drove in a low gear od with the brake on i don't know)
Did anything like this happened to anyone? What could it be?
This is the picture of Air Box:
WoW this is creepy though. Maybe its BMW's way of saying "put a deposit on an F10 now"?
Do you have an aftermarket air filter? If yes, which one? Keep us posted on what the shop tells you and be careful with that thing.
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inside it was dirty. and it was a stock air filter, even though i removed charcoal filter. will see what happens, i am going to take it in tomorrow
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Originally Posted by vlad_b' post='1060581' date='Nov 23 2009, 01:18 AM
inside it was dirty. and it was a stock air filter, even though i removed charcoal filter. will see what happens, i am going to take it in tomorrow
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the other thing is that the engine was washed/detailed. i didn't see anything happen to air box before it was detailed. now you got me thinking about fluids..
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Originally Posted by vlad_b' post='1060593' date='Nov 23 2009, 01:43 AM
the other thing is that the engine was washed/detailed. i didn't see anything happen to air box before it was detailed. now you got me thinking about fluids..