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Old 03-02-2010, 11:45 PM
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FML- valley res is leaking
so today my friend and my mechanic lifted up my X and found that the Valley Res is leaking.... FML! you need to drop everything to fix the seal.
i guess its a common problem with the E53 V8. anyone has had this issue?
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Old 03-03-2010, 06:32 PM
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so today my friend and my mechanic lifted up my X and found that the Valley Res is leaking.... FML! you need to drop everything to fix the seal.
i guess its a common problem with the E53 V8. anyone has had this issue?
Do you mean the "Valley Pan Gasket"? If so, that is accessed from the top of the engine in the 'valley' of the V8. I've replaced mine. Bav Auto has a parts kit for the repair.
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Old 03-09-2010, 07:44 PM
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My mechanic just noticed the same thing when I brought mine in for power steering pressure hose. I did a quick search on here and I guess it is a common problem and that needs to be replaced.
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Old 03-09-2010, 08:39 PM
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yeah its common, just changed mine. There are DIYs how to do it, not hard at all its just time consuming. Prepare to work on it for a wholee day.
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you might as well do the rear coolant log gaskets and hoses that go back there. good time to do the water pump if you have over 100k miles.
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I got all the hoses replaced too while I was at it. I am only at 58K miles so I still have a bit to go before I hit 100K.
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Old 03-11-2010, 09:19 PM
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well i decided not to do it but then.....

I needed to do my Axle because it was starting to go... while doing the axle, my friend noticed that my dust boot was blown up like a balloon. Well it happened that my power steering rack was leaking, FML some more... so that needed to be done BAD. Since all that stuff above needs to come out, we did the Valley Pan too...
So we changed the water pump (beginning to go bad from the looks of it), the axle, the valley pan, the power steering rack and the parts at wholesale cost around $2000.... + alignment... How much do you think the labor cost?
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I have an X5 leaking from what looks like between the block and the transmission. Anyone experience this?
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Old 03-21-2010, 12:34 AM
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I have an X5 leaking from what looks like between the block and the transmission. Anyone experience this?
Yup! Could be so many things. The valleypan is notorious for going bad(fiber gasket). I'll be working on mine this week. I love this bitch
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Old 03-21-2010, 11:34 AM
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see what fluids you are leaking...

oil, coolant, power steering (just incase it sprayed), or fuel

take a picture of where you think it is leaking... look for pictures of Valley pan leak
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