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99M3 Cosmos 61k S50B32 euro 6Spd
88M3 AW 43k miles Project FS
WTB: 3.5" Eurosport/Conforti CAI
I got the tank mounts and brackets special order from the dealership. The price wasn't that bad really, just had to wait a week to get them in.
Could you share the part numbers for the brackets please?
Has anyone been able to order the brackets lately? I tried to have my local dealer order them yesterday along with the vent pipe and they were not able to do so unless I have a euro car VIN that's registered in the US. Looking to find these two, mainly the bracket.
Bracket 41112491298
Vent pipe 17112227482
As long as I could get the front plastic clip for mounting the E30 tank, I would be comfortable making the rest of the bracketry. Pretty simple if you have the examples in your hand or can see photos. Plastic clip may be here:
http://parts.bmwofsouthatlanta.com/s...ssembly=252126
Maybe these parts can be salvaged from E30? Though not so many of those around.
I am still trying to find a diagrahm that shows all the parts and part numbers needed for this. Does anyone know what the part number for the hose that connects the tank to the hard line behind the head? I read I could just cut my end of my current coolant hoses but wanted something factory prebent.Thanks all!!
If you find that one let me know. I'd like a new one. Mine is from when I did this in 2008.
Last edited by pbonsalb; 12-31-2015 at 07:40 AM.
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/show...diagId=11_6036
Hose is #14, PN 11531317590.
Pelican Parts lists it as a lower radiator hose, though it is not:
http://www.pelicanparts.com/cgi-bin/...&I1.x=7&I1.y=3
May have to be a special order from a dealer or an order from the UK or Europe or Canada. ECS, one of the big US parts companies, reports it is NLA.
If you can get a good parts shop friend to let you in the back of the store with the tank and pipe in your hand or fittings that match their size, you might come up with something that works by searching the hangers or shelves.
I hate to bump an old thread but one of the brackets is now NLA and Euro blocked from BMW.
41112491298
Does anyone have a photo of a fabricated alternative mount?
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I have factory brackets riveted in place, but in studying them, I think I could easily make something that would work. In the front, all you need is something to hold the clip linked in #109. Get a piece of flat metal, bend it into a bracket you can rivet to the shock tower, put a bolt or screw through it so the threads face up, and thread the plastic clip onto it. You sort of need to have the tank and clip in hand and be attempting to place it. In the rear, you just need a flange for the tank tail to slide into. Remember to set the bracket heights so the tank is level.
Bump:
For the sake of consolidation and clarity, there are three part numbers in this thread for the coolant level sensor:
61312250421 which is NLA (No Longer Available)
61318360458 which is NLA
and 61311378320 which is still available but is actually the part number fro the E30 expansion tank.
Since 61311378320 - the part # for the E30 appears the only sensor that's still sourceable, can we confirm this is viable for use in the E36 with the Euro expansion tank?
Tipsy
for the 61311378320 instead of using ECStuning and dropping 50$ on a sensor.. use FCPEuro and get the FEBI one for 9$
98 Estoril ///M3 4/6
S54 swap CSL
i didnt see that ECS has one for 7$, k use that too
98 Estoril ///M3 4/6
S54 swap CSL
I don't know the answer to that. The sensor just breaks or makes ground contact so there is no complex signal passing through. Its more a question of whether the E30 tank is identical or not. Maybe the sensor hole is bigger or smaller or uses a different retaining cap, for example.
I guess I'll order one of the cheaper, aftermarket E30 sensors since the options are limited.
Maybe someone with hands-on experience will see this and reply.
If the E30 sensor turns out to be no good, I guess I'll try to source one of the NLA Euro sensors the next time I'm in Germany. I travel there several times a year.
Tipsy
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