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Originally Posted by Themoog
The new heater blower fan arrived in the post today. Not looking forward to removing the dash but I have no heat or cooling so it’s got to be done..
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Pics and lessons learned please, if able. My fan is squealing when it’s cold out, and during left hand turns. Strangely.
I had a couple days off so I scheduled the lift at the club I belong to and knocked out the left front outer cv boot, and an oil change. I broke down and bought the tool to pull the axle back thru the hob…some of the best money I have spent on the x5. I hate specialty tools, but this one saves a lot of time and PTSD.
The axles are only 2 years old and the outer boots are failing, but it was a pretty easy job, by X5 standards. I knocked the axle out of the hub assembly with a drift, and the reassembly tool really helped speed that part up. The CV joint was fine so I didn’t have to disassemble it. Just knocked it off the shaft, cleaned out the grease, repacked it and put it back together. The axle popped right back into the diff with just a bit of pressure….happy day. I think I can reassemble and torque the front end suspension and brakes in my sleep now. The right side outer boot is cracking at the small clamp too now, so I’ll tape that up and see how long I can push it.
My X5 takes about 9.5 quarts with the oil cooler. I drain the cooler too just to make sure I get as much old oil out as possible. This oil had about 5k on it, which is about 1k more than I like to go, but it looked fine and the filter hadn’t trapped anything shiny or chunky. I sent a sample off to Blackstone for analyzing. Mostly because I think it’s cool to read the report. The motor has about 14k on it, and I did a sample last at around 4k. Just after my overheat adventures.