Water hose on M20 engine

[Crofty79]

Hello guys,
Bit of background first, went to max power yesterday (had a good time not many e30's though ) got caught in traffic on the way back it was bloody hot. the temp gauge was around the top end of the scale but not in the red and lucky for me just as i pulled into my road the coolant light comes on and i see steam coming from under the bonnet!


Had a look and sure enough i see water p**sing out from the top hose, went to the local BMW garage today and ordered a new one around £14 won't get it till tommorw

I've taken a few pic's below but i think i'm missing a guard of some sort, near the fan asa it looks very likely that the hose got very hot and sagged and dropped onto the fan.

Has anyone had the same problem? If so did you do any mods to the hose or make up a guard of some sort?

Any help wound be greatly appreciated.

Cheers Rich,

[Ant]

the upper hose should be clipped to the engine lifting eye dude, a cable tie will suffice short term but the pukka clip is the way forward for defo.

its a common fault on the ~M20 units, easily cured though

sounds like you were lucky, makes a nice change : )

[Crofty79]

Cheers Ant,

Pick the hose up tomorrow, will cable tie it to the lifting eye.

[dazleeds]

Cheers Ant,

Pick the hose up tomorrow, will cable tie it to the lifting eye.

dnt forget to order the proper clip while your there

[Crofty79]

Will do, also going to book it it for a timing belt change.

Local garage ssaid they won't touch it

[dazleeds]

Will do, also going to book it it for a timing belt change.

Local garage ssaid they won't touch it

a mate did the head on my Is last wk end

assuming yours is an Is

mate it was a piece of pish

find a better garage or prepare to be parted with big dollar at stealers

[Crofty79]

Was thinking of doing it myself, but scared of really f**king up the engine.

It's a 320i not sure how much different that is to an IS.

Might order one while i'm there at the beemer garage and give it a go.

They are going to charge me over £250 for parts and labour.
Ouch!

[dazleeds]

dohh

in that case its even easier than the Is

im sure theres a how to in articles fella

top of homepage

[Ant]

mate for £250 I'll drive over and swop the belt and fit the hose and bleed the system.

I'm sure I wouldn't be 1st in line too lol !

[Crofty79]

Cheers dude, will have a go myself can i pm you if i have any probs?

[Ant]

NP dude, always happy to help

[Brianmoooore]

Get a new tensioner pulley for the belt as well. The shafts tend to come loose in the bracket. Also, consider a new water pump.
Looks to me like the whole fan shrioud is missing on this engine

[beadle]

The same thing happend 2 me today "Fan was cutting into the hose and water Pissing out"! £6 from Europarts sorted! No clip though!!!!

[gareth]

been there... i put a hole in my hose when the clip broke. the hose was only 2 weeks old too!!!

[Crofty79]

Got mine sorted now but paid £15.50 from the BMW garage.

Was gonna order the timing belt and tensioner pulley from them, but a mate

told me about euro car parts and i got both the belt and pulley, oil filter,

sparkplugs and the damper for the bonnet all for the same price as the BMW

garage was goning to charge about £60.

Now to do the timing belt and pulley without doing any damage!