Marc's Independent BMW

A wet day brings a BMW 325i (E30) with a water leak!

Marc loves having these classics in the workshop and along with a new water pump, silicon racing hoses are also being fitted.

This one will hopefully be finished tomorrow but you can see Marc hard at work and the blue hoses starting to take s...

This BMW M5 made a dramatic entrance to the workshop today. Unfortunately it arrived on a recovery truck.

Marc ran diagnostics on the vehicle and waded through four pages of faults. Still early days on this vehicle but Marc is in close communications with the owner to agree a plan of action.

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We've shown in previous articles the process of changing the clutch, dual mass flywheel and release bearing. Today a customer towed in a 320d Touring with failed clutch ...

As you can see in the video, Marc shows a melted nylon bush on the release bearing and look closely in the bell housing an...

Marc's Independent BMW is open as usual - though observing strict COVID-19 precautions.

We have made the premises COVID-19 safe, so reluctantly this means no access to the premises (with the exception of our service counter) for customers. The safety of customers is very important - as is our o...

Examples of Marc's attention to detail .. He really does treat every car as if it were his own.

In the left photo, note the shiny new hub nut which are replaced whenever Marc finds a corroded one! Unfortunately, if left unchecked these nuts eventually corrode to the point that they cannot be re...

BMW 320d ABS Conductor Rings & Differential Output Seals (Part 2 of 2)

The customer had been quoted circa £1800 by a BMW main dealer for this work. This is because BMW only supply the entire driveshaft and will not repair the ABS conductor rings on them. The vehicle was repaired by Marc for less...

BMW 320d ABS Conductor Rings & Differential Output Seals (Part 1 of 2)

This week a customer trusted us with her 2010 BMW 320d which not only had a fault with the traction control but a badly leaking rear differential. The differential transfers the power from the engine (via the prop shaft) and...

Customer brought in a BMW Z4 today for an oil service. His requirements were exact, genuine BMW oil filter with Castrol Edge 5/30 engine oil. He also opted for an oil flush.

As well as the oil service, Marc gave the car a vehicle check which includes checking suspension, brakes, tyres and anythi...

Saturday morning and Marc is working on a Mini with contaminated coolant.

It is unclear what the contamination is - could simply be old coolant which has broken down or been mixed with a different type of coolant. It could be an additive or a "gasket seal" type product from a previous repair. ...