Hey everyone-
Over winter break I'm going to take advantage of a heated garage and get some serious (and probably overdue!) maintenance done on my 330 coupe. My main concern right now is knowing which tensioners/pulleys to buy. My car squeals on cold starts, and my a/c also squeals sometimes, so I'm going to change both tensioners, deflection pulley, and belts.
I like to get my parts from Tischer. I'm looking under Maintenance & Lubrication -->Engine Service-->Belts & Pulleys. Under Serpentine tensioner there is a "tensioner" for $54, a mechanical serpentine tensioner for $67 and a hydraulic serpentine tensioner for $87. I did a bit of searching online, but am still confused which I need for my 2001 330
For the belts it says serpentine and serpentine alternator. One is $20 and one is $30...so I guess one is the accessory one and one is the serpentine?
The rest of my shopping list includes:
Thermostat w/ housing
water pump
upper and lower radiator hoses
expansion tank
radiator cap
engine drain plug crush ring
lower hose temp sensor
1gallon BMW coolant
Oil
Filter
pcv valve
Besian Systems Double-vanos seal kit.
So far I'm sitting at about $500 in stuff. :bawling: but I am over 100k and these things should be done. Anyone think of anything else I should do while I'm elbows deep in this fugger? And if anybody could please help my sorry arse with the pulley confusion and shed some light, that would be :thumbsup:
Over winter break I'm going to take advantage of a heated garage and get some serious (and probably overdue!) maintenance done on my 330 coupe. My main concern right now is knowing which tensioners/pulleys to buy. My car squeals on cold starts, and my a/c also squeals sometimes, so I'm going to change both tensioners, deflection pulley, and belts.
I like to get my parts from Tischer. I'm looking under Maintenance & Lubrication -->Engine Service-->Belts & Pulleys. Under Serpentine tensioner there is a "tensioner" for $54, a mechanical serpentine tensioner for $67 and a hydraulic serpentine tensioner for $87. I did a bit of searching online, but am still confused which I need for my 2001 330
For the belts it says serpentine and serpentine alternator. One is $20 and one is $30...so I guess one is the accessory one and one is the serpentine?
The rest of my shopping list includes:
Thermostat w/ housing
water pump
upper and lower radiator hoses
expansion tank
radiator cap
engine drain plug crush ring
lower hose temp sensor
1gallon BMW coolant
Oil
Filter
pcv valve
Besian Systems Double-vanos seal kit.
So far I'm sitting at about $500 in stuff. :bawling: but I am over 100k and these things should be done. Anyone think of anything else I should do while I'm elbows deep in this fugger? And if anybody could please help my sorry arse with the pulley confusion and shed some light, that would be :thumbsup: