BMW 730d E65 battery not charging... but, is the alternator the problem? Fault finding and repair. 

I'm beginning to love electric cars more and more. You sir, are a great mechanic and I just love watching your videos.

Done this job myself. I used plumbers pipe grips and placed on the lip of the pulley with a sidewards push on them to appose the socket undoing the bolts (if that makes sense) can bruise the pulley but its scrap anyways. Hope this helps your viewers.

Great fix, Luis. I liked it when I had a couple of Mk5 Cortinas with lots of room around the engine.

Great job, keeping the wife happy, saved a few quid as well.

Thank you very much for your interesting lessons. Your channel is one of the best channels. Ola RU-vid. Continue

Hope new owner of the car will be happy driving the car.Nice job.

Thank you for another great video!!! This is the first one I watch the same day it is released :)

I'm happy too honestly when it's good result about what you have been finished 💯🔥

Result mate the alternator would be much more expensive, top work 👍

Glad all went well thanks for sharing.

Believe or not, i guessed the exact problem, just looking at your videos heading. Crankshaft pulley is very common on this 6 cylinder engines, and i have changed about 5 of them in the last 4 years. Most of them comes with single belt, type. Anyway nice video.

Been to a few BMW's with exactly the same fault, normally they are miles away from home as well. Keep up the good work😁

Helpful repair video 👍

Yes, ye, yes......So glad that it's working!!!......That's my reaction every time I fix something on my car. Difference is - I'm not a mechanic, however as a Chrysler owner, I have a good chance to become one very soon. Plenty of practice with them lol !!!

Thanks for sharing Bro👍 This one was much awaited😉

Lucky to avoid great destruction. I look with interest, Denis!

Thanks for the video. That noise you mentioned that it had been doing for while, any chance of a bit more detail on that? Thanks

Good video as always . I was a bit surprised that you didn't put 1 and 1 together . A/C belt broke on the way home . Easy for me to say of course but I really thought that you changed more then once a harmonic balancer . But I don't want to sound smart . I am happy for you that it wasn't the alternator .

I think this issue is sadly very common on BMW diesels. A friend once phoned me saying the battery light was on on his 2011 320D. Drove 5 miles to see me with the light on. I expected the alternator to have failed like you. Peeked in and initially I only saw the belt on top of the floor and I thought the belt had broken off. Then I saw the crank pulley was missing! I'm glad it did not cause damage to anything else and just fell off. My friend was lucky. Thanks to the powerful AGM battery which I had replaced a few months before, we were able to drive to a local garage to get it sorted. Personally I would not use after market or used for a part like this, as it's the rubber that corrodes and sometimes they can fall off while rotating at speed and cause damage. Not criticising your choice of course :) My friend's car only had 112K miles on it so quite poor of BMW I thought.

Hi friend Thank you for all professionals video what is the best diogonses tool for all car such kia Hyundai opel vw mercede bmw launch or autal

Great video!

Hey,NEVER use the locking pin under the starter motor to lock the flywheel for removal of the pulley retaining bolt,you will bend the pin and will instantly be visiting shit creek 😳🙈😭 you right about the holding tool which engages in the pulley to hold it,great videos as usual 👍👍

Very common issue on Ford Transits too. Almost always results in serious engine damage when the belts fall over the back of the vibration damper and tangle around the timing gear.

Great video again 👍👍👍

Can you get aftermarket pulleys without the rubber ? Full metal ones like in the old days ?

Thank you for your great vide

Another great one. 👍

Super film 📼 pozdrawiam

Hello, I have the same problem but I haven't started the repair yet. The alternator does not charge current, max 11V. First, I will check the alternator if it's his fault. In my opinion, it is not always the fault of the pulley because if it was damaged, it would be poor power steering? The alternator makes little resistance and the power steering pump more. For me, the support is normal, so I dismantle the alternator and check on the machine whether it is charging

That was a good one.

Eventually all diesel BMW will do this. Nice fix, your special service tool is amazing. I'm sure its the E65 dying cause the M5 is here now.

You’ve got good size driveway so why not using something like a tent or temporarily shades to help when it’s raining??

Hello was your car vibrating around 50miles per hour ???

Buddy I have the same issue as this but sometimes it is fine then all of a sudden all fault lights come up and it dies slowly because of no power in the battery. Had the alternator tested and it was ok had no problem. I then drove the car for a month then same again and and now it does it when it wants so it's undriveable. Any suggestions? Dodgy alternator?

What kind of milage are these being replaced at? My 3.0t Audi 2012 was replaced at 79,000 mile/127000km

What did your car do, mine is running rough like I was getting camshaft codes and transmission fault and my alternator is making humming noises like it's about to go out. I'm scared the whole car is toast but I'm sure the engine and transmission do not go bad at the same time

Is this the Ballance pulley, the tvd pulley, I had one go on a Mondeo & had to use my ratchet gun to remove it as it was that tight. Great video again my friend ❤️👍

Crank pulley failure is very common on these engines.

check the other pulleys have had them fail as well with no warning.

Great job Luis! So lucky you didn't have to deal with a "Jesus" bolt! I think I'd rather deal with an alternator instead of one of those 🙈😂😂😂

What is the name of the part that you replaced. You never said?

Any idea with this type of car: I have a constant battery drain of 0.48 amp, fuses removed and putted back one by one from glove box, trunk and engine bay. Also alternator and starter motor disconnected. Nothing aftermarket installed on car.

Never seen one of those pulleys go before, makes me wonder what state mine is in. I would have done exactly the same and put a decent used one on. What did you replace this E65 with out of curiosity? You mentioned on your last video that's it's gone now!

Yes!!!!

If I were you I wouldn't use a locking pin under the starter to lock the crankshaft in order to replace the crankshaft pulley, especially in an inline 6 engine. With the crankshaft locked at the flywheel side, applying torque on the front side of the engine can actually twist and crack the crankshaft. Using the locking pin may be fine for things like replacing the timing belt, but for any heavier work involving twisting torque I would not recommend to use that pin.

Recently ive been saying to my mate that my e65 is like a tank )not even one issue since i got her)and next day alternator failed and I couldn’t even get home cause steering went stiff 😒

Ok, unless the pulley is made to bu put back in a special position as to the correct point on the crank, a good fix for now is smear black SIKAFLEX builders fixing "glue" on both the shiny bit of the pulley and inside the rubber bit of the pulley and carefully turn the pulley back onto it correct position .. leave to dry then the sikaflex glues it tight again..I never knew of this once years ago on a v6 honda legend pulley so drilled and tapped a hole from the bottom of the V into the smaller pulley then put a counter sunk bolt in to hold it together.. but SIKKAFLEX wins every time now...When making these pulleys they just bond them with rubber in the first place anyway.

Eu acho..its called harmonic balancer pully.reason it have rubber bonding is to absourb and remove some woble from belts and ac clucth and alternater sudden load and realease..e ess eu sei sobre ess rodana✌

Recon alternator with china regulator.color "coffee with milk"My Mate changed 3alternators in BMW when his fitted orginal valeo regulator problems been fixed .

Had the very same problem with my Mk1 Avensis which use a multi belt system. The crank pulley de-laminated so the outer section separated. Had to replace two belts which I had as spares, and a new pulley.

This is a common problem on the BMW crank pulleys

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Não estava a rodar o suficiente o caraças. Já não estava era a rodar nada. Até me ademira a tua mulher ter conseguido levar o carro sem direcção assistida. Abraço.

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So was that the cause of the smell ? plss reply i have a similar situation.

When it happened to my car, some pieces went into the timing belt cover and, well, you can guess what happened then...

Awesome find but to much plastic used on major parts, by manufacturers. I am not only on about the Germans .

Is the e65 730d so unreliable? Everyvody is complaining about them and advising me to stay away from these even though I want to buy one with less miles and in good shape

Keep your hands healty, use gloves. Your brain, hands and sight are most valuable you have.

What’s your day job ?

Common problem on BMW see a few each year

German build quality. Best in the world 🙄🙄🙄

boa noite lm repairs tens que falar baixinho :-)

one thing iam noticed i sweden , thats people dont care when i say the dampfer is tumbling a little , stupid custumers going down the road neglecting my advice ,

PLASTIC BMW