[Soul_Glo]

As per title. The plan was to go limited split diff this month but the bills have come in thick and fast. £247 for an oil condition sensor, £250 on warranty excess, £300 on road fund or whatever the hell that is as it never seems to go on our roads anyway and £350 on service.

The dealer has quoted £310 to re-grease the pinion. This pisses me off so much. I flagged it three times before and all the dealers I went to said it was normal. Recently it became a transmission lash type of noise and feel so it needs a fix.

So if there is an archived or hidden sub/tsb then that would be appreciated.

Cheers

G

[AlanYoro35i]

should of paid for the warranty with no excess

[Soul_Glo]

Personal decision but can always change it next year. I found the SIB. I have asked the dealer to cover it under the same excess that is covering the DME. As far as I know you can claim for a number of things under that one claim. I can't believe they want £310 for it! I am not going to line their pockets anymore. Let's see what they say whether it will be covered by the 250 I am paying.

FYI folks:

SI B33 04 08
Rear Axle
August 2009
Technical Service
This Service Information bulletin supersedes SI B33 04 09 dated October 2008.
[NEW] designates changes to this revision
The differential input flange mating surface with the input drive pinion is insufficiently greased.
E82 and E88 (1 Series), all models
E85 and E86 (Z4), all models
E60 and E61 (5 Series), all models
E63 and E64 (6 Series), all models
E65 and E66 (7 Series), all models
E90, E91, E92 and E93 (3 Series), all models
The customer complains that a single cracking or clicking noise can be heard from the rear of the vehicle while engaging a drive gear, releasing the clutch, during load reversal (shifting from reverse to drive, etc.), or when accelerating from a stationary position.
This is not a failure of the differential assembly. Do not replace the complete differential.
Remove the differential drive flange in accordance with Repair Instruction RA 33 11 021. Apply lubricant [NEW] P/N 83 23 0 443 864 on the input flange mating surface (1), as described in the illustration.
Before complete reassembly. replace the input flange seal and collar nut retaining plate as described in RA 33 01 021. Refer to the EPC for correct part numbers, based on model.

[mob17]

What's a road fund? Is that what they are calling road tax??

[Soul_Glo]

Nothing new the two terms are used interchangeably.