losing coolant?
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Originally Posted by keith84_uk' post='825219' date='Mar 24 2009, 03:00 PM
Sounds like another common problem of our 5er 
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Originally Posted by pinguhk' post='825227' date='Mar 23 2009, 11:18 PM
yep after so many years then all the bad things start to leak out :thumbsdown:
:thumbsdown: Well there's a moral in this for whoever owns or is planning on owning a BMW... ALWAYS HAVE A WARRANTY! I have 66k miles I would of been screwed without a warranty on so many occasions!
So far I had the Air Bag Restraint Malfunction where they had to replace the Sensor pad in the seat. Would of been expensive without an aftermarket warranty.
Radiator replaced... I had some undercarriage brushing replaced as well under warranty.
So far it's saved me well over $2,000
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Originally Posted by Jrowe' post='825234' date='Mar 24 2009, 03:33 PM
Well there's a get moral in this for whoever owns or is planning on owning a BMW... ALWAYS HAVE A WARRANTY! I have 66k miles I would of been screwed without a warranty on so many occasions!
So far I had the Air Bag Restraint Malfunction where they had to replace the Sensor pad in the seat. Would of been expensive without an aftermarket warranty.
Radiator replaced... I had some undercarriage brushing replaced as well under warranty.
So far it's saved me well over $2,000
So far I had the Air Bag Restraint Malfunction where they had to replace the Sensor pad in the seat. Would of been expensive without an aftermarket warranty.
Radiator replaced... I had some undercarriage brushing replaced as well under warranty.
So far it's saved me well over $2,000
In HK we only get 2 years warranty and after that it cost a arm and a leg something like $2368us
for me I had my car for 4.5 years now and I never renew the warranty.
I have only payed about $1900us after the 2 years of warranty. this I have saved $5204 and after 5 years BMWHK will not exstend it any more :thumbsdown:
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Originally Posted by 530goinon850' post='825242' date='Mar 24 2009, 03:44 PM
Would it be out of place to plug that I actually sell aftermarket warranties? 
you should start a company in HK doing this
there are NON
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Originally Posted by 530goinon850' post='825242' date='Mar 24 2009, 03:44 PM
Would it be out of place to plug that I actually sell aftermarket warranties?
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Originally Posted by struong55' post='824881' date='Mar 23 2009, 07:25 PM
lately my car been losing coolant. doesnt look to be a leak anywhere. someone told me it might having something to do with the head? any ideas??
My car would operate normally for weeks then suddenly i would get warning for low coolant level.
Eventually came out one morning to puddle of coolant under car, turned out heat exchange had gone.
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Eventually all 545's will experience coolant loss. Grab a torx bit and remove the radiator stabilizer shield (the long metal piece above the radiator circled in the pic below). Under there is a long plastic tube that transfers coolant from the plastic overflow tank on the left (arrow in pic pointing to tube) to the radiator inlet on the right. Small bore rubber hoses are clamped to it on either end. That tube can become brittle and crack. Coolant will leak from the failed area. Because it is covered by the metal stabilizer shield, leaks may not be immediately visible.
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