Geekfreek
New Member
Yes, yet another post about a p38 BMW engined diesel overheating!!
Ive just spent some time looking through these forums looking at, and for posts about this problem hoping to find a cure!!
Well, Ive drawn 2 conclusions, there are a lot of people viewing these posts and as yet no definitive cure, we all seem to have encountered the same or similar symptoms.
So, is this just a bad engine?, or is it just a bad application of the engine?
It seems there are known faults with this engine, one being the plastic impeller water pump problem, (evident in BMW 325 and 525 M51 engined cars and also the Vauxhall Omega 2.5) but what other problems keep cropping up?, what about the air con fans, the dury seems out on weather these have a direct effect on the overheating problem or not, others have air locks as a potential culprits, cracked heads, blown head gaskets, or like me you have fixed all the above and still have a bloody kettle for a car!!!
So this is an invitation to all you p38 2.5 diesel owners to voice you cures to the overheating problem, and it is a problem, a long running problem at that!
Ive just spent some time looking through these forums looking at, and for posts about this problem hoping to find a cure!!
Well, Ive drawn 2 conclusions, there are a lot of people viewing these posts and as yet no definitive cure, we all seem to have encountered the same or similar symptoms.
So, is this just a bad engine?, or is it just a bad application of the engine?
It seems there are known faults with this engine, one being the plastic impeller water pump problem, (evident in BMW 325 and 525 M51 engined cars and also the Vauxhall Omega 2.5) but what other problems keep cropping up?, what about the air con fans, the dury seems out on weather these have a direct effect on the overheating problem or not, others have air locks as a potential culprits, cracked heads, blown head gaskets, or like me you have fixed all the above and still have a bloody kettle for a car!!!
So this is an invitation to all you p38 2.5 diesel owners to voice you cures to the overheating problem, and it is a problem, a long running problem at that!