Rear Air Spring Replacement - with photos

[omodos]

Originally Posted by X5Kiwi

While I was waiting for my new resevoir to arrive (BMW New Zealand had to order it from Germany) the mechanic just used a small cable tie to hold the pipe to the resevoir and it worked perfectly? Maybe save yourself some dollars, use a cable tie and just replace it every 6 months for safety?

Hi X5Kiwi had both my rears replaced and the one side at least they did not use that 'retaining clip' , but as per my last query reply seems the clips disengages hose coupling from the top of the air spring, can anyone chime in and confirm as am worried will be faced with a dangerous deflation whilst driving if indeed the clip is there to retain the coupling to the top of the compressor...

[omodos]

Originally Posted by e30cabrio

I searched & see I need the whole damn reservoir. I put a large wire tie around the 1/2 that is still there and could not pull it off so I'll order the reservoir.

I put it all back together, dropped it off the jackstands and replaced the fuses.

The compressor kicked right in and the car rose, the new bag made a scary popping sound after about 10 seconds but it kept rising and now it sits at normal height.

Shame that damn clip ruined a perfect job.

hi e30cabrio right, back then you broke clip in attempt to remove the air spring hose...and no matter what you did it would not come off? safe to say that the actual plastic clip is only to disengage the hose?