Identify this part please

Tee-Dub · 11-24-2009, 09:27 PM

I pasted a squirrel this morning and heard it flopping around. Didn't see him come out, so when I got home I popped the hood for a look. No sign of a squirrel, but I found this rubber part on the left side of the car as you're facing the front. Laying on the plastic under engine pan, sort of wedged under the front subframe near the axle. It is about one inch tall and one inch across. Looks like some sort of suspension "bumper" or something. Can anyone help me identify what it is and where it goes? Thanks!

sleepyx637 · 11-24-2009, 10:10 PM

it's the squirrel's acorn

klipseracer · 11-24-2009, 10:14 PM

Its the cap holder from your six shooter cap gun.

Tee-Dub · 11-24-2009, 10:18 PM

Funny, but not much help. Can't be from a six shooter cap gun cause this one has eight shots, plus my cap guns shoot a different kind of cap called a bullet.

Seriously guys, any ideas?

dirty330 · 11-24-2009, 10:20 PM

Airbox sits on it

Quasimodem · 11-24-2009, 10:25 PM

It's a satellite tracking device normally placed on squirrel killers.

lawwailok · 11-24-2009, 10:29 PM

is that plastic or metal?

tom @ eas · 11-24-2009, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by dirty330

Airbox sits on it

Bingo. Was a CAI installed recently?

Tee-Dub · 11-24-2009, 10:56 PM

No CAI, stock airbox. However the dealer did put a new air filter in about 4 months ago.

1smooth6 · 11-25-2009, 12:52 AM

It looks like a rubber vibration isolator....I would look around the air filter enclosure. You might have to remove the enclosure itself. If your still under warranty let BMW do it.

Tee-Dub · 11-25-2009, 09:45 AM

Thanks guys. Its not under factory warranty. I have an extended but wont waste time at the dealer for this. I'll pull the airbox this weekend and see about putting it back where it goes.

mike-y · 11-25-2009, 09:53 AM

just pull the airbox up and look for a metal post sticking up from the frame rail. it sits right on that. The airbox has a small round depression where it sits on this rubber bushing.

Castel · 11-25-2009, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sleepyx637

it's the squirrel's acorn

hahaha, best laugh so far today.

11-24-2009, 09:27 PM	#1
Tee-Dub Captain 35 Rep 753 Posts Drives: 2008 135i Join Date: May 2009 Location: Vancouver, WA iTrader: (9)	Identify this part please I pasted a squirrel this morning and heard it flopping around. Didn't see him come out, so when I got home I popped the hood for a look. No sign of a squirrel, but I found this rubber part on the left side of the car as you're facing the front. Laying on the plastic under engine pan, sort of wedged under the front subframe near the axle. It is about one inch tall and one inch across. Looks like some sort of suspension "bumper" or something. Can anyone help me identify what it is and where it goes? Thanks! Attached Images
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sleepyx637 Captain 19 Rep 952 Posts Drives: '09 E92 335i Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: LA iTrader: (0)	it's the squirrel's acorn
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11-24-2009, 10:14 PM	#3
klipseracer Banned 219 Rep 3,012 Posts Drives: 2007 E90 335i, 05 E46 330i Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Arizona iTrader: (27) Garage List 2007 335i [0.00] 2005 330i [0.00]	Its the cap holder from your six shooter cap gun.
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11-24-2009, 10:18 PM	#4
Tee-Dub Captain 35 Rep 753 Posts Drives: 2008 135i Join Date: May 2009 Location: Vancouver, WA iTrader: (9)	Funny, but not much help. Can't be from a six shooter cap gun cause this one has eight shots, plus my cap guns shoot a different kind of cap called a bullet. Seriously guys, any ideas?
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11-24-2009, 10:20 PM	#5
dirty330 15 too young 36 too old 24 just right 30 Rep 217 Posts Drives: dirty Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The village iTrader: (4)	Airbox sits on it
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11-24-2009, 10:25 PM	#6
Quasimodem Colonel 149 Rep 2,383 Posts Drives: 335d Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: California iTrader: (0) Garage List 2009 335d US [0.00]	It's a satellite tracking device normally placed on squirrel killers.
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lawwailok Lieutenant Colonel 146 Rep 1,922 Posts Drives: E90 335i, E70 X5 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sacramento, CA iTrader: (18) Garage List 2007 E90 335i [8.00] 2009 E70 xDrive30i [0.00]	is that plastic or metal? __________________ -eric E90 335i TiAg STOCK see my garage for mod list.. E70 X5 SGM try to stay stock :/
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11-24-2009, 10:56 PM	#9
Tee-Dub Captain 35 Rep 753 Posts Drives: 2008 135i Join Date: May 2009 Location: Vancouver, WA iTrader: (9)	No CAI, stock airbox. However the dealer did put a new air filter in about 4 months ago.
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11-25-2009, 12:52 AM	#10
1smooth6 - 9 Rep 67 Posts Drives: 2006 E90 325i w/ZSP,ZPP,Xenon Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Portland, Oregon iTrader: (0)	It looks like a rubber vibration isolator....I would look around the air filter enclosure. You might have to remove the enclosure itself. If your still under warranty let BMW do it.
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11-25-2009, 09:45 AM	#11
Tee-Dub Captain 35 Rep 753 Posts Drives: 2008 135i Join Date: May 2009 Location: Vancouver, WA iTrader: (9)	Thanks guys. Its not under factory warranty. I have an extended but wont waste time at the dealer for this. I'll pull the airbox this weekend and see about putting it back where it goes.
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11-25-2009, 09:53 AM	#12
mike-y just another bmw douche bag 195 Rep 3,640 Posts Drives: 1.9L of fury Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA iTrader: (4)	just pull the airbox up and look for a metal post sticking up from the frame rail. it sits right on that. The airbox has a small round depression where it sits on this rubber bushing.
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