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Originally Posted by Henn28
I keep forgetting that you have an N62. The Bentley procedures are the same, but take it all with a grain of salt!
My plugs didn't have o-rings, so I ordered new plugs. I wasn't sure if I could just throw a generic crush washer on them. I read that there are different torques for o ring and non-o ring plugs, and my new ones came with o rings.
The alternator bracket is a very good idea, since that causes the N62 guys no shortage of heart ache it seems. Having the stiffener plate off, the diff out and the sub frame down a bit opens up a lot of inspection space, so in addition to the oil pipe o-rings, I'd do all your power steering crush washers, inspect all the heater hoses that you can see (assuming any are routed into the basement of the engine bay like one is on the M62 cars), and if you pull the fan and shroud to make more room to get the motor up without damaging your radiator by mistake, I'd perhaps replace any lower coolant hoses since they are cheap and can be tough to get off without the extra space.
As far as the splines go, I don't get the sense they are a problem with the N62 cars, and yours are newer anyway. So if they look good then I'd leave well enough alone. Maybe some N62 guys can weigh in. Having the diff off would certainly make installing longer splines "easier" though.
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All good ideas, I got quite the shopping list now! Thank you very much!
The aftermarket extended splines were already welded onto the drive shaft.
While I was down there on my initial troubleshooting I checked for leaking coolant pipes and nothing seemed to be leaking, I do however plan to do a full power steering refresh which will be for another day. I am using someone else’s workshop so I cannot be there for too long unfortunately.
I do have a coolant leak on the passenger side by the rad, it seems to be seeping through a 3 T junction of small hoses. Not sure what part is leaking though, I’ll be replacing those hoses and the T junction once the diff is fixed. I don’t need extra room for that, thankfully.