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

[FRod1981]

Originally Posted by Fifty150hs

Don't worry. If your wife is anything like mine, she slams the lid closed. No use of the motor. Drives me nuts, but like a good husband, I keep my mouth shut.

Ha. Speaking of that. Anyone got a hot tip on something that will keep her from slamming the 2-ton doors hard enough the insides explode. Thx

[wpoll]

Originally Posted by FRod1981

Ha. Speaking of that. Anyone got a hot tip on something that will keep her from slamming the 2-ton doors hard enough the insides explode. Thx

Let her replace the next broken door handle carrier.....

[Fifty150hs]

Originally Posted by wpoll

Let her replace the next broken door handle carrier.....

Good luck with that!!

[amancuso]

Not today, but earlier in the week I replaced the hood struts.

[slatanik]

Replaced the dreadful coolant expansion tank,tank cap,vent plug,and fixed the transmission cooler leak.
finally i have a perfectly working car.
The car was a company car before,used and abused by previous owner...

[snik]

Originally Posted by slatanik

Replaced the dreadful coolant expansion tank,tank cap,vent plug,and fixed the transmission cooler leak.
finally i have a perfectly working car.
The car was a company car before,used and abused by previous owner...

What's so dreadful about the expansion tank, isnit a pita, or do they not last?


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[FRod1981]

Nothing engine cooling related lasts Entire system should be replaced after 120k or so. The plastic turns to glass and one crack overheats the engine in seconds.

[slatanik]

The mileage mentioned above is correct.
I have 128000 km reading on the dash.
But there were another two problems caused by the previous owner.
1. partially stripped thread in the expansion tank's vent plug hole.
2. Both O rings missing from the filler cap,letting air in the system,creating steam,damaging other components.

[amancuso]

Originally Posted by slatanik

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2. Both O rings missing from the filler cap,letting air in the system,creating steam,damaging other components.

I think this was your main problem. Lack of maintenance. When maintained at the correct fluid level and pressure, the system can last a long time.

[squidzilla]

Last night I put the 5mt X5 up on four jack stands (6 ton) and did the transfer case fluid and the rear differential. I did not have a pump and for the transfer case I used a dollar store syringe turkey baster. This works so much better than an actual turkey baster. The thick needle lets you add or remove lots of thick fluid quickly. I was only adding fluid since I have a slow leak in the transfer case and I just keep topping it off.

For the rear differential all I needed to do was cut the tip off the bottle some and I just squished the bottle and forced the fluid out and into the fill hole. That method only let me empty half the bottle so I did the same thing to my extra. Filled up nice all the way until it started dripping out the of the fill hole.

The 15 year old/ 91k mile fluid came out looking very , very light brown. The new Mobil1 came out of the bottle almost clear. So the lifetime fluid looked like it was needing to be changed. The front was done when I had to replace the front differential last summer.