Well, just to keep the fun going, a few more updates.

Daughter was driving yesterday, coolant dumps out, and she pulls over. I have it towed home to sort it out.

Turns, the brand new lower radiator hose that I just put on slipped off. Ok, that's a head scratcher.

After looking at it more, I realize there is 4 inces of sway in the radiator/electric fan assembly. There is almost nothing holding it place, so I surmise that loosed the lower hose.

The clip on the hose was slightly bent and popped out. I fixed that, reinstall hose. From a prior E53 radiator replacement, I happen to have (almost) all of the hardware needed to hold it in place, so I install that, and all is good.

I did notice two rear tires look bad. One is worn, the other low. Go to the tire shop, and the low one has a sidewall puncture, that had some sort of liquid rubber fix-a-flat stuff on it. So, two tires installed. I still need a spare, because the spare that came with it is crap - I wouldn't even put that on the car. The two replaced were so bad, that neither could become the spare. Two fronts were new.

So, now I need a jack, and a spare. May call around to a few salvage yards to see if I can find those items.

Just for grins, I checked the air filter. Gross. Will replace that this week, along with plugs.

I am aghast at the condition the prior owner drove this thing around in, and that the "dealer" would sell it in.

Oh yeah - after filling with coolant yesterday, I noticed the water pump is dripping. If I wasn't an idiot, I would've replaced that while it was totally out of coolant anyways. As is, I'll do it this week, so all the coolant I bought yesterday was wasted.

I hope that soon we can actually just drive this car a bit w/o a daily repair.

We are having to cover the prior owner's pathetic maintenance.