Tyre Valves falling to bits.

[dark_stranger]

All, over the weekend I went to pump up my tyres and the valve on the rear left tyre looked in a bad condition with part of the valve casing missing. This resulted in more are coming out than was going in when trying to inflate the tyre. Now Im getting the message about the left rear tyre under pressue. I popped into my local tyre shop to see if they could replace the valve (may do all 4) and they said they could, but dont have the values and these need to come from BMW.

The car is an 04 plate (facelift) 3.0 model.

What parts would i need? and where can I get them from?

Cheers,

[pvr]

Valve replacement means removing the tyres first though, so £12.50 per wheel + VAT as per my local dealer.

[dark_stranger]

[quote=""pvr""]Valve replacement means removing the tyres first though, so £12.50 per wheel + VAT as per my local dealer.[/quote]

Was that an indy or dealership?

[dark_stranger]

Just called my local BMW dealership & about £10 (inc vat) a wheel to supply and fit.

[pvr]

Yeah, mine was dealer.

Does that mean they can replace them without taking the tyres off then? Must be by the sound of it.

[X5Sport]

They would only need to pop one bead off, push the old valve assembly out and pull the new one through. The longest part is taking the wheel off and putting it back on the car.

[pvr]

.... whilst cross threading the bolts

[Raj]

I need to get one replaced on the Alpina's as three of the rims have the pressure sensor valves (and probably the sensors too) fitted.