My poor touring! pics inside of bits that have been damaged.

[320Touring]

first of all, top-mounts...

one on the right failed in the Ukraine- I did 3500 miles on it with a sock jammed between the disk at the top of the damper and the metal that was left on the top-mount... Left hand one is the e46 330i cab replacement.




This is my sump after the "traffic Island" incident..

[fuzzy]

nice,how fast did you hit the traffic island?

[320Touring]

nice,how fast did you hit the traffic island?

20mph or there abouts!

[ballin]

ouch

[fuzzy]

nice,how fast did you hit the traffic island?

20mph or there abouts!

there abouts being nearer 40 ?

[320Touring]

nice,how fast did you hit the traffic island?

20mph or there abouts!

there abouts being nearer 40 ?

How very dare you!my poor wee m20b20 struggles to get to 30mph in the mile from my house to where it happened

[hammoj28]

Hehe, thats a fair bash in the sump. 20mph though.....hmmmm.

[320Touring]

Hehe, thats a fair bash in the sump. 20mph though.....hmmmm.

honest gov!

[gareth]

sometimes i wish bmw's just had steel sumps like everyone else! that would have just dented and maybe leaked a bit from the sump gasket. allowing you to get it changed at your leisure rather than dumping a gallon of oil on your drive!

[Bob_S]

if you make a goof enough job of cracking the sump you dont get any oil anywhere near your drive.. nevermind staying in the engine!!

not a good week for sumps

[gareth]

i managed to lose most of mine on my dads drive... whoops!

[Andy335Touring]

I now keep a spare sump since i cracked mine this March, saves down time

[320Touring]

I now keep a spare sump since i cracked mine this March, saves down time

LOL! funnily enough I'm toying with the same idea

[gareth]

seeing as i scrape mine as i pull on and off the drive, this would be a good idea for me too!