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    e85 z4 hoses roof soft top problem

    hello to everyone, sorry for my bad english, i have a problem with my e85 z4 2003,
    since when i bought the car 1 year ago the soft top doesn't work. the old owner told me there was a problem with hoses because his mechanic when canghed the motor pulled out hoses from the roof and when he tryied to put in again they loose oil.
    yesterday finally i tryed to see which is the problem, i put out the soft top, and i can see that hoses in the roof are free to move and probably ll leaking as soon as i ll put oil in the circuit.
    since i have never seen this soft top before, could someone explain to me , better with photos how the four hoses are attached to the roof ?
    thank you so much

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    When I replaced the motor, it came with new copper washers. If the mechanic who swapped it out may have reused the old ones, or worse, didn't use any washers to help seal. The washers aren't only there to provide resistance and squish seal, they may take up space so the hydraulic bolt that holds the hoses down doesn't bottom out.

    This pic may help?
    Screen Shot 2018-02-14 at 8.12.03 PM.png

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