Brittle Plastics in engine bay?

Today I'm taking a look at my car and cleaning the leaves from under the hood when I see there's a crack in the plastic that connects the airbox (where the air filter is) to the throttle body/engine.

I poked at it lightly to just take a peek at how large it was and the whole freaking thing broke in my hand!! To top it off BMW's LIST PRICE is 70 dollars! WTF?????

This is the part for reference, #4:


My dealers suggestion in the mean time is to put duct tape over it and get it ordered! Any clues on something cheaper and faster like a universal autozone part in the mean time?

Autozone?? you gotta be kiddin that place is a joke....and 70 dollars for original isnt that bad....stick with OEM ....come on you are driving a 760Li that piece is important for Air Flow control get original....and stop complaining lol

Originally Posted by Punisher745Li

Autozone?? you gotta be kiddin that place is a joke....and 70 dollars for original isnt that bad....stick with OEM ....come on you are driving a 760Li that piece is important for Air Flow control get original....and stop complaining lol

I figured some sort of universal "accordion" looking pipe is better in the mean time so I can drive the distance to the dealer than duct tape.

Yes, that piece is important for air flow because it has to remain SEALED through the filter so the engine doesn't suck up any unfiltered air. with duct tape over it there is barely any sort of seal on there that'll hold up when I'm driving.

Yeah, I'm driving a 760 but it still doesn't change that with under 100K miles that plastics are breaking/cracking under the hood. Even more so BMW has the balls to charge 70 dollars for a piece of plastic pipe that is literally 2 inches long is what grinds my gears. I bought the same part for my Honda accord when I broke it changing the filter (5 inch tube btw) from the dealer for around 10 dollars. I don't know about you personally, but 70 dollars is stil a good amount of money. It's not the matter that I can't afford it, but rather that it's expensive for NO GOOD REASON.

Complaining? I urge you and other festers to look through my posting history and see how much of it complaints vs helpful advice and information to keep the E65/66 running well.

$74 is the list price. Pretty easy to find for about $50 online. Negotiate with your dealer to get a discount (CCA?) or order online. Usually the shipping is offset by the savings in tax.

I have a friend parts manager of bmw department... He's gonna give you discount of you want. ...PM I'll give you the info

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Originally Posted by csmeance

Complaining? I urge you and other festers to look through my posting history and see how much of it complaints vs helpful advice and information to keep the E65/66 running well.

+1

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