Ac not working, Checked Refrigerant, What else to do?

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Originally Posted by bcredliner

Alert the media was sarcasm--what it meant was that everyone knows of the increased complexity and a major focus of a forum is learning from others about that complexity and how to DIY within it.

There is no reason to be demeaning because you have a hangup with any type of owner. You have jumped to a judgment that you should not make regardless. If you have profiled a member as someone you don't think should own an X5, I think the most considerate course of action would be to reframe from being involved in the discussion. It is fine if you believe there is only one route to deal with the complexity. It is also fine if an OP ignores any or all advice. I believe there is always more than one way to get to success or failure.

By the way--How are you profiling someone that got their license in the 90s?

Whose demeaning??? I have always stated on this board that if you don't know how to fix a car and don't have the resource to bring it in that a used X is probably not the right car for you. A lot of noob doesn't realize the cost of maintaining/fixing a Marque car. They assume it's German Engineered and should last forever, and if it does break it couldn't be more than what it cost to fix a Chevy or Toyota.

OP could have brought a different car with the same amount of money but a couple of model years younger and perhaps with a warranty. It may not have the Marque name BMW but at least it would have a working AC.

You may think that telling a noob that he should stick with the car is fine, but I normally tell them what they are in for and let them decide whether to keep or sell. A good example is this post in which I informed tdog05 that he probably needed to have the trans rebuilt. Other people told him to do a drain and filter replacement. A filter and drain is at least 800 bucks if he used ZF ATF instead of some cheap ATF found at Pep girl. Most likely he follow my advice and dumped the X because he is no longer posting on this board.

http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...ml#post1026647

Now this OP has brought a replacement fan and the ac still doesn't worked. If he followed my advice about getting the X scan he might have saved the cost of a replacement fan. I provided him with a source to get a BMW specific software but you criticize it as being a hacked. Are you aware that P.A. Soft the developer of BMW Scanner 1.4 give out a working copy of their software on their website? They just require that you purchase the interface from them. I suppose your copy of INPA is a genuine copy and not a hacked copy. Unless you know for sure it was a hacked copy I would refrain from making comments on it.

Someone who doesn't know what a carb is or what points are is how I profile someone who started driving in the 90's.