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Originally Posted by jhoran1046
While driving home the other night from work my 2002 X5 4.4i spontanousely overheated and blew out the upper radiotor hose. I replaced the upper radiator hose the mext morning but it was still running hot. I feared the worst and had it towed to the dealer ship. They have told me it will be $1,100 to have the thermostat and upper hose replaced. I just wanted to find out if this was way off base. I am tempted to change it myself as it looks like it is less than three hundred if I buy upper and lower radiator hoses and the thermostat.
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Dealer put mark up on parts, the MSRP for these two components is around $170. Then there is exuberant amount of labor charges. Your best bet would be to find indy shop that specializing german cars, but you still loooking at some good coins unless you'll do it yourself. I have a feeling you better off replacing the water-pump as well, not much extra labor charge if any.