The E39 Barn

The E39 Barn A small, local independent garage specialising in the service and repairs of BMW and MINI vehicles. Located near to Dorking, Horsham and Gatwick

Specialising in the dismantling and selling of E39 5 series parts.

04/06/2026

In today for a quick check over and a new vanos pipe due to a leak was this well cared for e46 330ci.
Carried out while the customer waited, had a coffee and talked BMW.

In today for a quick check over and a new vanos pipe due to a leak was this well cared for e46 330ci. Carried out while ...
04/06/2026

In today for a quick check over and a new vanos pipe due to a leak was this well cared for e46 330ci.
Carried out while the customer waited, had a coffee and talked BMW.

02/06/2026

A lovely low mileage in today for some diagnosis into the cruise control not working.
As many of you e39 owners may know the cruise control won’t work if the air flow meter has either failed or not plugged in. This 530i had a permanent fault for the air flow meter even when testing known working ones. So some further diagnosis was needed for this. After removed the ‘e box’ lid and noticed oil sitting in the bottom of the housing, obviously this is coming from somewhere. After removing the plug connectors from the DME, the plug for the engine wiring harness was covered in oil and has flooded the DME. The next step was locating where this had come from. Fortunately with access to wiring diagrams for the vehicle I was able to narrow down the search and ultimately find a failed exhaust camshaft sensor was the culprit.
Where the camshaft sensor had failed internally over time the oil had tracked its way back through the wiring harness to the DME.
This will be rectified along with a few other jobs required.

A lovely low mileage in today for some diagnosis into the cruise control not working. As many of you e39 owners may know...
02/06/2026

A lovely low mileage in today for some diagnosis into the cruise control not working.
As many of you e39 owners may know the cruise control won’t work if the air flow meter has either failed or not plugged in. This 530i had a permanent fault for the air flow meter even when testing known working ones. So some further diagnosis was needed for this. After removed the ‘e box’ lid and noticed oil sitting in the bottom of the housing, obviously this is coming from somewhere. After removing the plug connectors from the DME, the plug for the engine wiring harness was covered in oil and has flooded the DME. The next step was locating where this had come from. Fortunately with access to wiring diagrams for the vehicle I was able to narrow down the search and ultimately find a failed exhaust camshaft sensor was the culprit.
Where the camshaft sensor had failed internally over time the oil had tracked its way back through the wiring harness to the DME.
This will be rectified along with a few other jobs required.

01/06/2026

In today we had this F20 116d for a major service, vehicle check service, brake fluid service, front and rear brake service all updated to the bmw database and written to the vehicle.

✅Genuine service parts and oil used
✅BMW online service database updated
✅Service history written to the car

Get in touch if your BMW or MINI is in need of a service

In today we had this F20 116d for a major service, vehicle check service, brake fluid service, front and rear brake serv...
01/06/2026

In today we had this F20 116d for a major service, vehicle check service, brake fluid service, front and rear brake service all updated to the bmw database and written to the vehicle.

✅Genuine service parts and oil used
✅BMW online service database updated
✅Service history written to the car

Get in touch if your BMW or MINI is in need of a service

27/05/2026

In today we had this lovely low mileage Z3 following the customer complaining of both front seats rocking.
For those that aren’t aware this is a very common issue on the Z3’s and is a repairable item. The standard BMW bushes situated within the seat runners fail causing the rocking of the seat.
We carry out this repair using upgraded parts from X8R which are designed to last.

If this is an issue that has been bothering you for a while don’t hesitate to get in touch.

In today we had this lovely low mileage Z3 following the customer complaining of both front seats rocking. For those tha...
27/05/2026

In today we had this lovely low mileage Z3 following the customer complaining of both front seats rocking.
For those that aren’t aware this is a very common issue on the Z3’s and is a repairable item. The standard BMW bushes situated within the seat runners fail causing the rocking of the seat.
We carry out this repair using upgraded parts from X8R which are designed to last.

If this is an issue that has been bothering you for a while don’t hesitate to get in touch.

26/05/2026

In today we had this F10 520i for a differential input seal replacement following a leak noticed by the customer.
Having the correct tooling to carry out the repair is a must for this job. If the procedure for carrying out this repair is not followed correctly, it can result in the differential failing.

✅ Genuine BMW parts used
✅ Specialist tooling used
✅ Repair procedure followed
✅ Differential oil service carried out

If you require this repair don’t hesitate to get in touch, we can carry this repair out with massive savings compared to the main dealer

In today we had this F10 520i for a differential input seal replacement following a leak noticed by the customer. Having...
26/05/2026

In today we had this F10 520i for a differential input seal replacement following a leak noticed by the customer.
Having the correct tooling to carry out the repair is a must for this job. If the procedure for carrying out this repair is not followed correctly, it can result in the differential failing.

✅ Genuine BMW parts used
✅ Specialist tooling used
✅ Repair procedure followed
✅ Differential oil service carried out

If you require this repair don’t hesitate to get in touch, we can carry this repair out with massive savings compared to the main dealer

Address

Partridge Lane
Newdigate
RH5

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5pm
Friday 8:30am - 5pm

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