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DISCUSSION => Engine + Driveline => Topic started by: bht2109 on May 13, 2017, 12:02:08 PM
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Hey everybody, got a little mystery here for you:
Seems as though a critter got under the hood of my M42 318is and made a snack out of the wiring that comes out of the brake fluid reservoir cap. Observe:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/k3l7167na-9ni2zpVIHR16e3jbDCbGXCnsK-9RKaII7-9u-RjbEo6kkZol7jC8u7EbcNgaab5RqBRC3771Ka1QrTssRzS0-Y0yaonifEJ7KLEBI944nDAdNplxv7Y4wg7HXhzHd23xsU3laPcZeok4Apf9LquxnCrZO0juzOCxuC3mdyShx2KNLGipXuCsLwwhsiXlR3WJUOM7YyYmcDh1XmGwvCeM3xQEE62LTLZ_w994fodmYvZvSsq9uqEZ75OQbQVdQLLl5VBrkmKtH7PEVi-_airdHt2uEvi-nn04LDNNgCiFmygDNpsladQoN_22zcHy1IymJ3WDYIVW-jBz6M4eWdCicDv-dm6WHFVv-kxrFlgaFr8MkYTG-Ba7TW8hDcwEqcBFkO2Ktx40DBOnyHwFW9hq3BTJ_nf1gfExgoBbJ94MtYrnbQG7MizaQxtzjhWqo8f2pjxGiVyvQUuPX9FjVzdoBi8qwkN1tEp4IIUrxnIv-9NdylxCILhXtIfenYYEjMqfWyiIjCWr66lHO1bJICM2ztpzM-Kcs7-dJcv45wYprLwdpPwBwyEpFF1H9qbp3BPc53afexJyUeL79mJPnA-44PlTItJyDuY3t7So0Pw7A8=w689-h918-no)
So I have some questions that I need help with:
1. Does anyone know if this wiring harness assembly can be purchased as a single replacement unit? Scouring RealOEM has not yielded any results (though I may be blind). Does anyone know of a part# for this harness?
2. If this can't be replaced wholesale, does anyone know what sort of wire, or what gauge, I should purchase in order to repair it? I've done a little bit of soldering in the past, and I think I have the skills to get it done, but I thought I'd get the opinions of the experts first before I warm up the soldering iron.
3. Why am I not getting a warning light on the cluster about this? What exactly is this wiring connected to? Isn't this a sensor to measure the amount of brake fluid? Am I being a complete idiot about this?
Any advice would be most appreciated.
Thanks!