Turn out it was the water pump....that, a thermostat, coolant, and a hose $840 parts and labor...cleared some codes and my airbag light too.

....drove it home and now there's oil all over the place. It's going back, I'm wondering if they broke some sort of oil line (are there external oil lines?)....new thread coming on that.

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2005 x5 4.4i sport