Don't know which hoses your dealer is talking about (you could ask him to show you) - I do know there are 2 hoses behind the engine on the V8's (~30mm dia) that need to be replaced if they feel soft, flexible, & thin - remember, it's always less expensive to fix in the shop than out on the road

Stopped by my dealer the other day (BMW of Idaho falls) and the mechanic was working on an X3 from Calif - seems the started out on their vacation with a bunch of error messages already flashing - now here they are pressuring the dealer to fix everything QUICKLY - when I left he was trying to figure out where & how 4 qts of transmission fluid had disappeared - All this aggravation (for both the dealer & the vacationers) could have been avoided if they had only maintained the car, especially before a long trip.

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