ive broke down :( need advice

[stevo]

right, this will be a bit vague at th mo' but please bare with me.
leaving work today, i was siting in traffic when, baboom! steam everywhere and water on the road . i had a quick look and seen a water hose had popped off, but the lug that its attatched onto has snapped and is still in the hose.
what i'd like to find out is if its a big or expensive job to replace the bit that has the lugs? i didnt pay too much attention as my main concern was getting home, and it was dark, but the bit seems to have 2 or 3 hoses coming from it and is attatched to the engine itself, though i could be wrong? its on a 318i m40 engine. and the cars 30 miles away so i cant go'n check anything just now

thanks for any help

[Brianmoooore]

M40 engines aren't worth a lot full stop, so what ever part you want , ( and I haven't the faintest idea), should be available for next to nothing.

[fuzzy]

hi mate,roughly where abouts on the engine was the hose attached to waterpump,radiator,top,bottom,side etc?

[stevo]

it's possibly part# 13 in this diagram



the problem is that the renault is sitting on the drive in bits and the courtesy car's going back soon so i'm hoping its a pretty simple job

[stevo]

or it could be the bit that numbers 18, 6 and 21 attatch onto, as i said it was dark and i was more concerned with getting home

[Ant]

looks like the TB heater, bypass the component with a piece of hose and see what happens M8

[stevo]

looks like the TB heater, bypass the component with a piece of hose and see what happens M8

cheers mate, i'll give it a bash if it is that, but im now thinking its the latter part i posted at the same time as you

[stanley]

@ STEVO ,Where did you get those drawing have you any more of them?

[Brianmoooore]

Drawings are from the ETK CD-Rom, which every E30 owner should have a copy of. Available of ebay, or there's someone on here who sells them for a couple of quid or so.
There's also an online version called realOEM or something similar.

[Cloggy Saint]

Stanley, check this site out www.realoem.com

[stanley]

Cheers guys

[320Touring]

hey stevo-any luck getting this sorted?

hope it aint too bad

[smithy318i]

if you need a replacement part #13. i can post one to you at cost of postage. let me know.

[stevo]

cheers guys, my mates picking it up tomorrow and he's going to sort it for me, while i hunt the scrappy's for a renault 19 bumper and headlight to fix the wife's car . although i need to leave it abandoned in maryhill for another night , and a friday night at that . cant beleive i forgot the keys this morning