mine happened today, the charge pipe on my M235 totally blown up, all kinda malfunctions pop up, drivetrain, transmission, ect.. like a Xmas tree, right on Xmas day 🤣
Mine did not come with a gasket for the O2 sensor and now I look at the website page and the gasket is not part of the kit at all. I need this done asap for a road trip, will I be fucked? Or did they change the design or something?
I ordered the chargepipe but they didn’t include the gasket in my box, only the screws. Would this be a problem? Or should I contact them to send me the gasket?
Man idk why but my charge pipe is very difficult to fit onto my throttle body. Without the o-ring i can get it to fit but with the oring its almost impossible
@@BIMMERLEAGUE My sensor just blew off my charge pipe also. No CEL. Was able to drive it home. I am running a K&N intake and it's also chipped. I appreciate your walk-through as I try to do all my work myself.
I am super curious, I see you replaced the top half of the charge pipe but if I am not mistaken the n55 in the 535i has a second half that is plastic. Why did you not chose to also replace that? Does it not break as often or was it just going to be too much of a hassle?
@@BIMMERLEAGUE got an error about too much air, cleared it and drove for 70mi no issues, will restore the ring tomorrow, these cars are built better than the whiners say
Nice! Great install video. Chargepipe upgrade is very important on these bmw engines
Thanks brotha. And yeah there’s prove right there that they can bust and I’m only on stage 1 lol
I have an F15 35i with the M Performance pack, good thing I switched to a metal charge pipe some 3yrs ago!
Thinking about buying a 535i and your channel very helpful
Thanks buddy. I try 🙌. I’m coding launch control on it tonight 👌
Love the 535 videos I literally have the exact same color as you , & will be copying your full exterior design
Thanks bud I’ll definitely take it as a compliment haha
@@BIMMERLEAGUE lol yea it’s a compliment , I love the design especially the rear diffuser with the quad tips
Am I right in assuming the attachment thingy you speak of at the 5 minute minute marker becomes redundant when installing the new charge pipe?
mine happened today, the charge pipe on my M235 totally blown up, all kinda malfunctions pop up, drivetrain, transmission, ect.. like a Xmas tree, right on Xmas day 🤣
Lol yep that’s how it was with mine
@BIMMER LEAGUE at one point it didn't even let me change gears, and I had to drive home at 40mph 🤣
Mine did not come with a gasket for the O2 sensor and now I look at the website page and the gasket is not part of the kit at all. I need this done asap for a road trip, will I be fucked? Or did they change the design or something?
Same here I’m not impressed with the “kit” as I had to also get replacement clip and gasket
I ordered the chargepipe but they didn’t include the gasket in my box, only the screws. Would this be a problem? Or should I contact them to send me the gasket?
I would ask them about the gasket sorry about late reply
Just happened to me taking off from a light. I thought my transmission or transfer case gave out!
Same here . Thought something was alot more dramatic as it sounded like a bazooka
Do you have a product link?
www.vr-speed.com/vrsf-chargepipe-upgrade-kit-07-13-bmw-n55-535i-640i-f10-f11-f12-f13.html
Man idk why but my charge pipe is very difficult to fit onto my throttle body. Without the o-ring i can get it to fit but with the oring its almost impossible
I remember it being a pain in my n54 but n55 not that bad. What charge pipe you got?
@@BIMMERLEAGUE i have a VRSF one from ecstuning. I cant get it flush enough for the metal clip to lock into place.
Interesting - I got mine in pretty easily mate. Any update since then?
VRSF sent me the package with the screws but the gasket was missing :(
Use the original ?
Did you get a check engine light when you broke your charge pipe?
Actually surprisingly I did not
@@BIMMERLEAGUE My sensor just blew off my charge pipe also. No CEL. Was able to drive it home. I am running a K&N intake and it's also chipped.
I appreciate your walk-through as I try to do all my work myself.
I am super curious, I see you replaced the top half of the charge pipe but if I am not mistaken the n55 in the 535i has a second half that is plastic. Why did you not chose to also replace that? Does it not break as often or was it just going to be too much of a hassle?
Yes the top one is the one that breaks often on these
At 4:55 in the video does anybody know what piece was disconnected? My clip broke during this install.
Unfortunately you’d have to swap out the whole line. It should have a part number printed on?
Can you post a link where you got the charge pipe?
www.vr-speed.com/vrsf-chargepipe-upgrade-kit-07-13-bmw-n55-535i-640i-f10-f11-f12-f13.html
do you dont have to change the whole chargepipe?
Yeah most definitely
How do you know when it needs replacing?
When it blows lol if you’re planning on running more power I would upgrade the charge pipe
didnt transfer my o-ring, whoops
Not good lol
@@BIMMERLEAGUE
got an error about too much air, cleared it and drove for 70mi no issues, will restore the ring tomorrow, these cars are built better than the whiners say
Yeah they did get a lot more reliable