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Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby
No way Dave you're getting rid of it?
The CCV is a bear the first time, luckily I actually have small hands so its somewhat manageable. After all was said and done, and replacing the dipstick guide tube with the newer cold weather version, I was approx the same amount of time start to finish.
Sorry to see it go, but I guess the new owner would be happy you did the maintenance. Anything replacing it or are you just sick of the X?
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Yeah, selling it. It's been a good car, but the wife has been hinting at wanting something smaller. A BMW friend from Michigan was shopping for a winter car a few weeks back & asked my opinion of the e53 X5; after some chatting, I mentioned that we may be selling, and next thing you know, he's made an offer, I've accepted, and he's on his way here on a bus(!) to pick it up. He was planning on driving out with another guy, but that fell through. I've steered him toward this site, so he'll probably show up here sometime and introduce himself.
That oil separator job was a lot more difficult than the Bentley makes it look. The Bav Auto video was pretty helpful in getting me through it though. I thought about pulling the manifold, but needed to get it done and didn't have a gasket set. I had trouble with the shorter hose that feeds through the manifold to the valve, so my son with the magic fingers did that one; sure glad I had him around!
I was really surprised to find that the valve that came out of it was NOT the cold-weather insulated unit. And one of hoses didn't have insulation on it. The documents I got from the previous owner said that it had been replaced with the cold weather unit, so I'm thinking somebody got taken by a shady mechanic. Bad deal.