XSeries-forum

Doesn’t seem to be much traffic on here lately, I assume everybody’s BMW’s are fault free?? Had a coolant leak from the pump gasket so needed to buy a gasket.., euro car parts would sell me one as long as I bought the pump as well. GSF needed 4 days and £12. Last resort was BMW who only wanted £7 and next day delivery. PITA to do but got there in the end.

It’s been very quiet on here recently. Not sure where the crowd have gone off to play.

I’m amazed that BMW didn’t want to sell you an entire engine just to get a gasket! Nice of them to (finally) be owner friendly….

Sometimes they give the best price but we call them as a last option.
Always worth a phone call if it's only for a laugh at the price they quote.

Morning Guy's
Well done Henry, and no the X5's haven't been behaving but nothing outside what I would call normal wear and tear. The 4.6is only needed a service and a handful of lamps and it went through it's MOT and we were off to Goodwood (but then it's only done 2k since last year ) The E70 I need to change the front Anti Roll Bar bushes only to discover (1) you have to remove under trays and wheel arch liners to get at the mountings (2) Replacements will be Poly Bushes as BMW want to sell a complete Roll Bar assembly? just waiting for them to arrive. It also has developed an annoying air suspension timeout fault that while I am underneath I will check it out. At my age now I am like a tortoise when I am on my back
Mean while my wife's 2005 Subaru Outback went through it's MOT with it's first advisory Rear Fog light not fully lit (LED 4 out of 10 failed) As it is a sealed unit I will need to search for a replacement.