S-Prihadi

Hi Guys,

I am curious about a plastic coolant pipe at the REAR end of the V6 3.5L M276 engine which is so close to the firewall and replacing it can be a $$ nightmare.
I use my 2018 EPC and never could find the plastic pipe I seen my E400 M276 3.0 TT has ( under ENGINE COOLING) , which M276 3.5L NA also uses.??? Hence I am worried my EPC 2018 version from Ebay maybe corrupted

This is a 3.5L M276





Item 1 is the plastic coolant pipe I speak of. For M276 3.5L NA in EPC, I can't find it in ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM. Item 2 is available under HVAC for 3.5L NA


M276 3.5L NA



In EPC for M276 3.5L NA under HVAC only item 2 is shown, but there is no trace of Item 1 in entire EPC if engine is M276 3.5L NA ...weird, above and below photos showed that 3.5L NA version also uses Item 1.



Item 2





Item 1 if stand alone




Item 1 on 3.0L TT, it is shown in EPC







The said plastic pipe Item 1 on M276 3.0L TT



Thanks..........

bmwpowere36m3

Like this:

S-Prihadi

Dang..... THANK YOU .... BMW

Wow, different engine, different heading where this plastic water pipe hides under
I never thought water handling component can fall under gas handling component....oh EPC.... hhhmm... always have to learn something new.
I should have used part search instead hehehehe.

Thanks again ...

cetialpha5

In the US, they changed EPC to something else. ISPPI I think and it's $79 a year. I think they have different prices in different countries. How much is it in yours?

S-Prihadi

I dont use ISPPI, I use ebay clone EPC...

S-Prihadi

Information purpose : ...DAMN, there is indeed a M276 3.5L Turbo version.
I thought it was a wrong information at Wiki and some motor magazine

S-Prihadi

Has anyone with M276 ever replaced the item 1 pipe ?