What did you do to / for your E53 today??

[1BADM6]

Originally Posted by Purplefade

I don't know if it was karma, fate, destiny or irony but I'm just hitting 100K and as preventative maintenance I was going to refresh the cooling system on my X as soon as the weather warmed up some... but I didn't make it. About a week ago the water pump decided to give up the ghost - thank goodness I was sitting still and just shut it off as soon as I heard it start making noise.

So, over the last week I have:
- installed a new water pump - and I figured while I had it apart I would go ahead and throw in.

- bimmer fix water pump stint (preventative, mine wasn't leaking.. yet)
- t-stat
- coolant temp sensor(s)
- vanos o-rings and a good cleaning
- (all) coolant hoses & belts
- auto trans t-stat
- ac tensioner
- idler tensioner
- idler pulley (the one below the alternator)
- valve cover gaskets & spark plug tubes
- crank case ventilation hoses, caps and those orange rubber "flappers", I forget what those are called :-)
- iridium spark plugs
- BMW High Performance Coils
- expansion tank (actually done last spring due to a cracked seam)
- fuel filter
- trans filter and fluid (I have to admit, an easy enough process but tough to do and not make a mess...)
- converted my angel eyes to 40 watt led and wired as DRLs
- soldered up my passenger side tail light turn signal pad to get rid of that blasted check tail light warning
- cleaned the throttle body and mass air flow sensor (and air box and air tubes while I had it all apart)
- pulled the radio and added the "aux" input, which I ended up really liking


Totally feels like I'm missing something here, I'm sure it will come to me as soon as I click post.

Phew.. it has been a long week!! :-) I am seriously looking forward to getting it back on the road asap, I've been stuck driving my 2001 Cherokee since she's been down.

Nice work.

[1BADM6]

Yesterday was the drivers door handle carrier. Today was rear air bags. I cannot wait until it warms up so I can really get caught up. Only 2 faults left and, dare I say, I will be all caught up. Lights will be next week but not sure when I will do the cluster.

[Fifty150hs]

Changed the primary power steering pressure line and replaced all PS fluid with new.

[Crowz]

Bought a pressure washer last weekend and used it today on the wifes e53. Turned out rather nice.

[Crowz]

Also we took the e53 out today in place of e70 and it was sooooo nice. We just wandered around going to different places to keep from heading back home.

[1BADM6]

Originally Posted by Crowz

Bought a pressure washer last weekend and used it today on the wifes e53. Turned out rather nice.

I need to get my pressure washing to where I can set it up easy. The X5 gets more spray up from the tires than any vehicle I've owned plus the wheels dust up so bad. I love having a clean car but I'm not washing it every day. The pressure washer would solve that and extend my washings by a few days hopefully.

[Crowz]

Originally Posted by 1BADM6

I need to get my pressure washing to where I can set it up easy. The X5 gets more spray up from the tires than any vehicle I've owned plus the wheels dust up so bad. I love having a clean car but I'm not washing it every day. The pressure washer would solve that and extend my washings by a few days hopefully.

My driveway is so muddy Im hoping to keep the wheels from getting out of balance from the mud drying inside the wheels. I bought the pressure washer and a 45 degree offset tip for it to get inside of the wheels better.

Seems to be working great so far.

[lincolnshibuya]

new disa valve arrived Saturday, since I'm removing the disa valve again.. I decided to check and clean the IAC valve and throttle body. Got a surprise when the screws for the clamps are all facing down.. what a PITA to loosen them. Reinstalled them so that they are service-friendly..

replaced the rear differential fluid with 75w90 Mobil1, run out of gear oil for the front so decided to do it next time.

checked the front tension arm and noticed that the ball joint is loose a little bit, decided to order a new one.


https://www.facebook.com/Bmw-e53-2508322126058762/

[Overboost]

Took the X5 in for an oil service yesterday and then over to the detail shop today. She still looks and runs really good for 154,000 miles.

[Crowz]

Put springs on the rear hatch struts of the wifes e53 today.

So now the hatch opens with the remote like she wanted. Not sure how much she is going to like the added resistance to closing it now though.

Time will tell.