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12-08-2008, 11:02 PM
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Oil Seperator
I am sure many have replace their oil seperators on their X's But does anyone worry about having them fail again? Is their an alternate or better fix? I just replaced my water pump and then this happens 3 days later, ontop of all that I have a new abs sensor on the way and My air bag light is on! So this is my merry Christmas! Just my Rant!! I am at cross roads with this thing! Do I sell it or keep fixing!! AAAHHHHHHHH
Thanks For any tips or advice! 
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12-08-2008, 11:41 PM
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Sorry to hear about your problems but wanted to wish you Happy Holidays anyways!
 
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12-09-2008, 11:18 AM
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klnteg, I know how you feel. I had the same frustration last winter, after I had the oil separator freeze up twice. Each time resulted in the valve cover gasket failing. During the first repair, the oil separator was "cleaned", not replaced. A few weeks later, the thing froze again. This time (a different dealer) informed me that there was an update to the oil separator design. They said the new design would not freeze up. I'm on my first winter now with this new design, so I'll keep my fingers crossed.
Good luck! I recommend getting the new separator. There was a recent DIY on the separator. I've taken mine off once to make sure that it was not clogged. It's fairly easy to do... long arms help  Quote:
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12-09-2008, 01:42 PM
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Yes, you may need to replace the separator or separator system multiple times, even if it is not freeze related because of it's job and how it does it. I might add it is very good at that job, much more so than any of the GM, Chrysler or Ford systems I have seen, at a cost less performance. It is a consumable part/system however.
By the way, if you are questioning selling or keep fixing, you should probably sell. These cars require maintenance. More than a toyota or GM or whatever. They use more consumable parts to squeeze more performance out of a shorter part lifecycle. That is the philosophy, and it is a tradeoff. I am not trying to be mean, but it will break again. Something will need to be replaced. You could get a car with less consumable parts, less required maintenance, and get less performance out of it. It's a choice. BMW sells you this choice normally with a warranty and the concept that in 2-3 years, you will be trading it in, or paying to keep it up. It is a different paradigm than low performance, low maintenance, 175k mile parts for everything possible. It is the same with their electronics. They work better for shorter, and give you more conveneince for a shorter period of time than an American or Japanese manufacturer would. This is my conclusion after working on this car for 3 years, and domestics for 20.  BTW I am not just telling you this and enjoying my non-broken separator. I replaced it for the second time last week, after it failed, ruptured and spewed 4 quarts of oil in 1000 miles all over my engine block.
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2001 E53 3.0 5pd Last edited by lo_jack; 12-09-2008 at 01:53 PM.
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12-09-2008, 03:32 PM
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See that is the funny thing. I asked my buddy the tech and he didn't have a clear answer on this. Obviously, if it went 70k the first time, you would expect similar. It could be that I have other compounding problems as well though, like it is time for new 02s.
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