Just got my car back from a 134.000 service. Found out that the left blender motor is broken and thats why its only coming warm air out from just one vent:(

Anyone know if its an expensive job? RRS 2006 2.7 HSE

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RRSNorway wrote:

Just got my car back from a 134.000 service. Found out that the left blender motor is broken and thats why its only coming warm air out from just one vent:(

Anyone know how expensive the job will be?

blend motor is about £20 getting to the is another thing, from what i gather its not an expensive job, around 1 hr. If you took some fog and put it in a jar, would it be missed.

Anyone done this job before? My dealer said it would take about 6 hours to change the left blendermoter......hm..... £800 for the job here in Norway... RRS 2006 2.7 HSE

RRSNorway wrote:

Anyone done this job before? My dealer said it would take about 6 hours to change the left blendermoter......hm..... £800 for the job here in Norway...

I'm on yor side;) 6 hours is way to long. If anyone can confirm how log it takes I can take this to my dealer. RRS 2006 2.7 HSE

firstinretail wrote:

RRSNorway wrote:

Anyone done this job before? My dealer said it would take about 6 hours to change the left blendermoter......hm..... £800 for the job here in Norway...

What, I recon you could do an engine in 6hrs..... I am going to do mine this weekend fingers crossed, so will let you know.

firstinretail wrote:

RRSNorway wrote:

Anyone done this job before? My dealer said it would take about 6 hours to change the left blendermoter......hm..... £800 for the job here in Norway...

What, I recon you could do an engine in 6hrs..... I am going to do mine this weekend fingers crossed, so will let you know.

If this is what you're talking about...

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Should take 30 min if this is the right job. I'v got the partnumber: LR JWO500030.

Is this the same part/job? If so I'm going to have a chat with my dealer  RRS 2006 2.7 HSE

The left hand side (passenger side in the UK) requires the glove box to be removed and the workshops manual says a special tool is required to remove the hinge pins for the glove box.

Does anyone know if there's a trick to doing it without the special tool ? 

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Bobby wrote:

If this is what you're talking about...

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...how long do you think it will take??

With my technical skills, that'd be a 6 hour job  ON THE WAY: BMW F21 M140i
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I hear you! Im going down to the garage to have a lock, but I don't get the pics you posted? Instrument panel driver side?? Is that under/on side/ over the steering wheel? RRS 2006 2.7 HSE

RRSNorway wrote:

I hear you! Im going down to the garage to have a lock, but I don't get the pics you posted? Instrument panel driver side?? Is that under/on side/ over the steering wheel?

That's the vertical panel that goes down to the footwell and all the way back to the armrest.

To get it out, you need to remove the sat nav surround, central console (Gear level knob, Park brake and terrain control assembly, fridge/box and the top of the central console), you'll need to remove the trim near the steering wheel (square-ish block), the length of trim that runs alongside the panel you eventually want to remove (sort of runs along your leg when you sit in the car), then you should be able to finally remove the instrument reinforcement panel.

It mostly unclips from the body of the car, there may be 6 or 8 screws to remove in total.

Look for my post on DIY installation in maintenance and modifications and you'll get an idea of what you need to remove, although I've not gone as far as you'll need to. 

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Damn!
Purhaps this is why my dealer said 6 hours

So the blender is located at my left leg, but I need to remove all the bits on my right leg side...

So this is the only way to get to the left blender on a LHD.

A bit to much work for me in the garage i think....hehe RRS 2006 2.7 HSE