Cost for oil pan gasket replacement??

[jac]

Ughhh... Having the same oil pan gasket leak here, also on a 2001 3.0i X5 and was hoping it was not going to be so difficult to repair!! sigh. A $1000 to $2000 repair bill on a car this old is hard to swallow...

I may just have to get another car sooner than I wanted! :-(

[Ghost-Flame]

Originally Posted by jac

Ughhh... Having the same oil pan gasket leak here, also on a 2001 3.0i X5 and was hoping it was not going to be so difficult to repair!! sigh. A $1000 to $2000 repair bill on a car this old is hard to swallow...

I may just have to get another car sooner than I wanted! :-(

Jac, Are you sure it's the oil pan gasket? I thought mine was bad, posts here said that "oil pan gaskets rarely fail... they are metal". My leak turned out to be the Oil filter Housing unit gasket". A Pain in the a$$ but easy enough to do yourself 4 hours of labor a few dollars in parts.

http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...r-housing.html

Oil Filter Housing Gasket DIY - E46Fanatics

http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...e53-3-0-a.html

This is worth a look.

[heizervr6]

The easy way to confirm if it's the oil filter house gasket is to see if the oil is pooling on the engine block underneath the intake manifold. If that is all dry as well as the valve cover gasket (check this to confirm if you have leaking oil on the passenger side) then it's something else...possibly the oil pan gasket as in my case. :-(

[craigndee]

Hi guys, Just quoted a customer for this job and found out good information. The factory labor time for doing the X5 Oil pan gasket is 10.2 hours. Not an fun job. The AWD makes it a nightmare, RWD cars are much easier. The subframe must be taken down to remove the front diff which bolts to the side of the block/pan therefore engine will need to be suspended. The axles need to be removed, power steering pump moved yada yada yada. The job is labor intensive but the parts cost is minimal. Just was quoted under $100 for the oil pan gasket, diff gasket, oil dipstick tube o ring, axle carrier seal, new axle nuts, and another bit or two, from the local dealer. Keep in mind that the 10.2 hours is going to be by a trained BMW tech that probably has done this many times at $125 hr. (hence quotes from dealers of $1800) I figure for the first timer its going to take 14 trying to figure out how it all comes apart and back together. I quoted a customer $1,124 for the job, including a 7 quart full syn oil change.($99)