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Alt 28.04.2004, 14:57   #2
Olaf
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Fahrzeug: BMW 750i E38 BJ 1994
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> > "Allan Schiller" <schillco@optonline.net> wrote in message
> > news:0%w07.46916$2W4.7144721@news02.optonline.net. ..
> > > Last month my 96 740il gas tank imploded and cracked discharging the
> > > contents of the tank onto the street. Yes, its hard to believe, but BMW gas
> > > tanks are flimsy enough to resemble crushed soda cans through nothing more
> > > than normal operation.
> > >
> > > After multiple levels of denial BMW corporate has acknowledged that a
> > > systemic problem exists with the ventilation system in these tanks and that
> > > the combination of any clog in the vent coupled with the pull from the fuel
> > > pump will create enough negative pressure to collapse the tank and crack it.
> > > As the tank is made out of plastic, it is flexible to a point, but beyond
> > > that it will crack and discharge its contents in a steadly and potentially
> > > deadly stream of gasoline.
> > >
> > > DRIVERS BEWARE!!! since the gas streams out of the rear of the car (and
> > > potentially in small quantities) you may not even be aware its leaking until
> > > someone throws a cigarette butt out their window at your next red light.
> > >
> > > If you or anyone you know has had their gas tank replaced on their BMW and
> > > was told that the tank was damaged due to a foreign object hitting it, (a
> > > sidewalk, curb or manhole cover for example) than it is very likely that you
> > > have been lied to. BMW has maintained a very low profile in this matter and
> > > short of abject proof will deny that this problem is even remotely possible.
> > >
> > > I too was told by my dealer the "I" damaged the tank. It was merely a
> > > coincidence that an independant mechanic noticed the crushed tank had not
> > > exterior marks or scrapes on it.
> > >
> > > I apologize for being overly dramatic, but BMW corporate is treating this
> > > matter no more seriously than if it were a defect in the windshield washer
> > > resevoir. THEY MUST BE REPAID FOR THEIR AROGANCE.


You can beg all you want. It won't make you right.

All E38 fuel tanks are steel. Steel will implode, plastic won't. Why?
Because the steel tanks use steel thinner than the fenders. The plastic
tanks are 4 or 5 mm thick.

When you say "BMW Corporate" and "BMW has advised ..." you are, of course,
referring to the BMW Customer Service line, via the 1800 number. Well, it
may be strange to you, but the majority of the world's occupants realize
that people who staff such lines know NOTHING about the product they are
defending. That's a fact Jack.


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