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First things first....I am female and I drive a 2006 SSII M5 the car is stock and just turned 100K miles and I love it. I have never done any work to my car I have always took it to the dealer so now I want to do it my self. I need your guys help with my thermostat replacement, I have searched and searched and it really don't tell me everything. I got 1 gal. of BMW coolant and 2 gals. of water, 4 o-rings (11537835497) and new thermostat with O-ring and rider ring (I dunno what washers to get or where from). The car needs new coolant anyway, so I need to know where to drain coolant and the right way to do it all. I can get thermostat out after coolant is out but from there I dunno what to do to get it back in.....like adding coolant (how much of what and when). I would love to learn this and other stuff and with your help I know I can.
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Welcome to the site and congrats on the purchase. I can not be too much help as I do not have an M5
but I can tell you that you should use a 50/50 mix of coolant and water. Just make sure the water is distilled
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Welcome to the forums.
Take a look at this thread on the M5Board.com:
Anyone have a DIY for Thermostat Change? - BMW M5 Forum and M6 Forums
I hope it helps.
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Take a look at this thread on the M5Board.com:
Anyone have a DIY for Thermostat Change? - BMW M5 Forum and M6 Forums
I hope it helps.
- Antti -
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Well got thermostat replaced and I have to say that was easy even for a girl !!! I took all the stuff off took top bolt off therm housing then the other two on the side removed therm and replaced it put all back together added coolant did bleeding (twice just to make sure) and started her up and on the road we go. Thanks guys for the help.
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