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Old 01-07-2008, 08:05 AM
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Sump Gasket + Power Steering Hose

Hope you are all loving your X's,

I would like to replace my lower engine sump gasket and a power steering hose due to small leakage.

Has anyone on the forum done this before? If yes can I have some pointers?

Would you class it as Basic / Average or Advanced skills?

BTW BMW quoted 2 hours for each

Even better is there a workshop manual that would guide me through this and other maintenance, ideally on disk so I can use the Laptop?

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Old 01-07-2008, 12:50 PM
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Is the power steering hose you wish to replace the high pressure line that goes from the steering pump to the gear itself? If so then yes I have replaced that. It is not difficult.
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Old 11-22-2008, 07:21 PM
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Hi,

I'm interested in replacing the high pressure hose. Seems like a tough job. How'd you do it?
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Old 11-22-2008, 09:35 PM
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My dealer gave a quote of $503.20 for the high pressure power steering line. I'm also interested in knowing if it's an easy job and where we can find the part(s).
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#3 on this link is the pressure hose.
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...21&hg=32&fg=10

It isn't that hard to change, just a 17mm wrench at the pump, a 10mm socket at the loop mount, and I believe the banjo bolt at the rack is either 19, 21 or 22mm socket.
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Thanks!

Now you need to reveal where you got those smoked taillights on the X in your sig
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Old 11-23-2008, 01:23 AM
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2-CAN...Q5fAccessories

But I had to do a litle extra work to get the desired results than just spraying, but they came out great!
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The same on mine, leak just where no 3 is on the draving. Have looked at it from the hood and from under the car, seems like a thite fix. Did you need to remove a lot to acses the end on the gear side lo jack, weasel56?
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Old 11-23-2008, 09:11 PM
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On some I get it from underneath with a shallow socket on a 1/2" ratchet, on some I can get a boxed wrench on them and sometimes I get it from above with shallow socket on a swivel and a long extension. On E38 740i's I actually loosen the motor mount on that side and jack the engine up a hair.
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If you don't mind torque it to the exact values that BMW specifies, you can juse use the flex head box wrench and some regular tools to finish the job. Just tighten the bolt until the mark on the bolt matches it's original position. (you should see a green or yellow line mark on the bolt) Remember to replace the washer.

If you're anal about the torque spec, it would be a lot easier if you have proper swivel adaptor with a super shallow socket like weasel56 said. I haven't found a proper shallow socket though. The shallow sockets on the market I found aren't that shallow enough for this. If one is available, you can access the bolt on the gear from top. Open the hood, you can actually see the bolt.

I found an alternative way to do this. If you take your bumper cover off, and pull out the air duct on the driver side a bit. You can access the bolts on pump and gear very easy with an extension and swivel joint adaptor. It can be done in just about an hour or so. I think that's probably how it's done when car is assembled. Those plastic and metal parts that get in the way were installed after the power steering system was installed during assembly.
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