[TX135i]

Left work a few minutes early to beat Friday night rush hour traffic in Tampa to drive 2 hours across the state, and got the dreaded amber overheat icon, followed shortly by the red icon and limp mode. Traffic was like 10mph on I-4 anyway so I was able to get across to a wide shoulder area fortunately. Called BMW Assist and a flatbed took it to Reeves BMW. I'm at 60,100 miles on a 2012 135i. I struggled whether or not to buy the BMW extended warranty, but did so about 18 months ago just for this very failure after reading about all the WP faults on this forum. So I'm sorta relieved to get some money back on it. Between this, a blown charge pipe, and a cracked coolant reservoir, I figure it paid for itself by now.

I got a 2017 330i loaner with 400 miles on it. Nice car but the motor sucks...

[Boosted2000Si]

Yeah Im part of thay club as of 2 weeks ago as well. Im just going to let the car sit in the garage until I feel like messing with it.

I have an aftermarket warranty but I think my deducable is the same price of the water pump so basically worthless and I could knock out the repair myself in an hour or 2.

Keep me posted on how much your total bill was though.

2011 335 54k miles

[orteeze]

Not trying to be a downer but keep an eye out on other components of the cooling system.

My sequence of failures was waterpump>reservoir>radiator>cross over pipe> broke upper radiator hose nipple changing the cross over pipe

[mike@x-ph.com]

Originally Posted by TX135i

Left work a few minutes early to beat Friday night rush hour traffic in Tampa to drive 2 hours across the state, and got the dreaded amber overheat icon, followed shortly by the red icon and limp mode. Traffic was like 10mph on I-4 anyway so I was able to get across to a wide shoulder area fortunately. Called BMW Assist and a flatbed took it to Reeves BMW. I'm at 60,100 miles on a 2012 135i. I struggled whether or not to buy the BMW extended warranty, but did so about 18 months ago just for this very failure after reading about all the WP faults on this forum. So I'm sorta relieved to get some money back on it. Between this, a blown charge pipe, and a cracked coolant reservoir, I figure it paid for itself by now.

I got a 2017 330i loaner with 400 miles on it. Nice car but the motor sucks...

Welcome to the club, will eventually happen to all E chassis owners

[Stage5Lurker]

Originally Posted by mike@x-ph.com

Welcome to the club, will eventually happen to all E chassis owners

T'is the season. I too. No warranty here. Dreading that upper bolt on the w.p. I feel like I should just break down in a fit of tears now and get it over with. The upside? More frustration and anxiety of installing the downpipe I've had laying around for a year....