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Originally Posted by msammy
Yep, the Cheese Wiz in Wintertime in Northern climates is normal. Been thru that and had the Oil Separator freeze up and smoked the ENTIRE neighborhood which sent the fire trucks and other first responders. Obviously, there was no fire, just a frozen oil separator and a $2K repair bill. Try to drive the truck on longer trips and Spring is just around the corner, the Cheese Wiz will go away.
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It’s warming up a bit and did more long trips. It’s almost gone! Plus I did a new CCV about 3 months ago when I first got the truck. I’ve installed a few on Other m54 motors and all cane with the “winter coats” around the hoses and units. I’ve been doing some extensive reading and watching vids of hydro lock and ccv failures and now fully understand how this system works on the M54 motors and why they fail. I had my last 323i 99 for about Half a million km and never changed the unit once but I drove that car hard and it always heated up nicely. Not sure how the ccv lasted so long ?!?!?!