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Sports cars and reliability are seldom terms you'll see in the same sentence. That's because sports cars live a harder life than most, pushed to their limits and often finding themselves in the
He cleaned out the bearing and put in new lubricant and my Z is fun to drive again. $285 for all the work including the other two problems. Now for the bad news: He told me it was a temporary fix. The result of lousing engineering/design. The bearing is in the middel of the steering column. It is NOT a sealed bearing.
Keep in mind that the E85 Z4 was refreshed for the '06 model year. A few minor styling changes and totally different engines. For the '05 and earlier, - The water pumps can fail at around 80k miles.
2 posts · Joined 2017. #9 · Nov 8, 2017. Forgive me for being late to the conversation. I too am looking at a used '09-'12 Z4. I spoke to a local BMW mechanic who spoke of various woes involving oil leaks (oil pan, valve cover, oil filter gasket). He especially meant this for the 35 twin turbo engine.
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bmw z4 e85 common problems
