Repaired my oil and coolant leaks
02-28-2014, 02:08 PM
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My Ride: 545i
Repaired my oil and coolant leaks
I replaced the following...
1-Radiator
2-Expansion Tank
3-Upper Expansion hose from tan to radiator
4-Upper Gasket
5-Water Pump
6-Thermostat
7-Sparkplug Tube
8-Valve cover gasket
9-Camshaft solenoid gasket
10-Intake manifold gasket
11-Return coolant pipe
12-camshaft adjuster seal x 2
13-vent pipe
14-Oil change and coolant flush
Hopefully this car will no longer leak anything!!!
1-Radiator
2-Expansion Tank
3-Upper Expansion hose from tan to radiator
4-Upper Gasket
5-Water Pump
6-Thermostat
7-Sparkplug Tube
8-Valve cover gasket
9-Camshaft solenoid gasket
10-Intake manifold gasket
11-Return coolant pipe
12-camshaft adjuster seal x 2
13-vent pipe
14-Oil change and coolant flush
Hopefully this car will no longer leak anything!!!
03-02-2014, 07:52 AM
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LOL, I hope not 
A couple of months ago, I did these changes...
1-Oil Pressure Switch
2-Vacuum pump O ring
3-lower and upper radiator hoses
4-Aux Fan switch
5-Aux water pump
6-Valve cover sealing ring (2 of them)
7-Crankcase Vent valve (2 of them)
8-crankcase hose set (cold climate)
9-One vacuum pump
10-Alternator seal
So after all that, I should be fine. That until the next thing goes bad.
I also asked them to look at the coolant transfer pipe, and they said it's still in good shape.
A couple of months ago, I did these changes...
1-Oil Pressure Switch
2-Vacuum pump O ring
3-lower and upper radiator hoses
4-Aux Fan switch
5-Aux water pump
6-Valve cover sealing ring (2 of them)
7-Crankcase Vent valve (2 of them)
8-crankcase hose set (cold climate)
9-One vacuum pump
10-Alternator seal
So after all that, I should be fine. That until the next thing goes bad.
I also asked them to look at the coolant transfer pipe, and they said it's still in good shape.
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03-02-2014, 05:35 PM
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That little odd-shaped gasket up against the engine block is gonna get hard and eventually leak no matter what. Try all the different oils and sealants you want, it was a Band-Aid design flaw. $5,70 part, 7 hours labour to fix it. Mine didn't go til 230000 km so I aint bitchin. I got a tranny, steering rack and headlights under CPO at less than 100k km. I haven't had to spend sfa really since then. alternator, and tie rod end (a few times). and just normal maintenance staying as far away from the stealership as I can. at a good indy shop I had brakes done for less than my Honda Pilot. valve covers leak like crazy but in terms of actual quarts not much at all, shop refuses to touch it.
stock sport package, fast as hell, handles like it's on rails, gets crazy good mileage. awesome stereo. what's not to like? other than when something major happens it's gonna become an ornament....
stock sport package, fast as hell, handles like it's on rails, gets crazy good mileage. awesome stereo. what's not to like? other than when something major happens it's gonna become an ornament....
03-03-2014, 06:07 AM
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My Ride: 2008 550i
Model Year: 2008
LOL, I hope not
I couple of months ago, I did these changes...
1-Oil Pressure Switch
2-Vacuum pump O ring
3-lower and upper radiator hoses
4-Aux Fan switch
5-Aux water pump
6-Valve cover sealing ring (2 of them)
7-Crankcase Vent valve (2 of them)
8-crankcase hose set (cold climate)
9-One vacuum pump
10-Alternator seal
So after all that, I should be fine. That until the next thing goes bad.
I also asked them to look at the coolant transfer pipe, and they said it's still in good shape.
I couple of months ago, I did these changes...
1-Oil Pressure Switch
2-Vacuum pump O ring
3-lower and upper radiator hoses
4-Aux Fan switch
5-Aux water pump
6-Valve cover sealing ring (2 of them)
7-Crankcase Vent valve (2 of them)
8-crankcase hose set (cold climate)
9-One vacuum pump
10-Alternator seal
So after all that, I should be fine. That until the next thing goes bad.
I also asked them to look at the coolant transfer pipe, and they said it's still in good shape.
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