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02-15-2020, 08:55 PM | #1 |
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Can you name this part
Can you name this part?
It's a hose the contains oil, located near the power steering rack. Mine has a minor minor leak... Last edited by niceast; 02-15-2020 at 10:33 PM.. |
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It's a power steering line...
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02-16-2020, 11:10 AM | #5 |
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A close look:
I would like to question the design intent of the hose. if we took a look at where it starts and ends, [both end points are on the driver side], there seems-to-be/is no reason for the hose to loop across the bottom of the vehicle to the passenger side, only to reroute back to the drive side... disappointed in the wastefulness of the design when this hose could have been design to be less than 1 foot long, also reducing its potential failure points, cost to replacement, and manufacture. Last edited by niceast; 02-16-2020 at 12:02 PM.. |
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So is it there just for more refined (less road feedback) steering feel or there to calm down the fluid (pump output vs rack intake flow resistance) before it enters the steering rack to improve reliability/longevity of the system?
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07-08-2020, 09:44 PM | #12 |
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Sounds like an easy mod to engineer a "race/short" power steering line cause the hype boys can't have enough mods.
- make 50 expect to sell 1-2 a month. - sell for $xx |
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Bimmerworld's listing for the hose claims that it is longer for more fluid capacity.
https://www.bimmerworld.com/Suspensi...416784330.html
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I mostly trust what the German engineers at BMW designed into these cars.
It wouldn't make sense to design a longer hose with more fittings that serves absolutely no purpose. It's more expensive for them to produce, more materials and machining, etc. They could easily produce a simpler hose that costs them less and still charge the same price for the car! |
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I wouldn't place the blame on the engineers. I've been surprised just how well my car is engineered. Blame the bean counters who demand cost reductions in every meeting.
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BMW engineers if knowing that they were being forced into using shitty gaskets, should have maybe thought of a better place to put the Oil Filter Housing then, away from being able to leak onto the belt. |
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BMW loves to over engineer things. They often seem to make the simple complex. The oil filter location is good. The lack of a dipstick is a tragedy.
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By comparison, I just changed the oil pan on my new-to-me 2003 Toyota MR2 Spyder, because the threads for the drain plug were stripped. The steel pan was secured to the aluminum block with a proprietary RTV, and they were damn-near fused together. A PITA to remove, but a super dry bottom end, even after almost 20 years. The OEM FIPG is similar to Permatex Black, but it's supposed to be better. It was not too difficult to use and so far the new pan has shown no sign of leaking. No reason to think it won't hold up another 20 or more years. The funny thing is, I wouldn't even mind a rubber gasket on that car, even if I had to change it every 4 years, because the oil pan is so easy to get to. On the BMW, I have to drop the damn front subframe first. I'm tempted to use some RTV when I finally get to it (but I probably won't, because I'll want to do it the "right" way, even though that means I'll have to do it all again in another 10 years...).
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