Originally Posted by Haneifk

man, you are a wealth of knowledge. Thanks so much! I really love the X5M and feel comfortable doing all my own work (done most everything on a variety of N/A cars short of an engine rebuild and a couple other things... I've even rebuilt manual transmissions before). But the part that intimidates me is the turbos. that is something i've never tackled and don't know much about but i think would still be comfortable working on if i read up on it and it wasn't such an unknown to me.

Thanks for your support in all of this as well! If everything checks out at the BMW dealer I would love to keep it.

I'll update as this process moves along. thank you!