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

[Overboost]

Take a road trip down here to the Carolinas and we can tackle that OFHG and OPG at the same time. We will put it up on the Quick Jack and rip that thing apart and get 'er done!

[andrewwynn]

I might do just that. Busy until after laborday.

[Overboost]

All done. Here is my bounty of pulled parts today. Such an easy service, didn't even have to pull out the Quick Jack. But it is 95 degrees Fahrenheit with 47% humidity here in Charlotte today. It was hot couple of hours, even the tools sitting in the sun burned my hands.

[zener]

Just did the ccv and pipes...

[andrewwynn]

I've had the same issue with sun baked tools. Keep the working parts you removed for emergency.

[Overboost]

The expansion tank that was on there was an emergency 3 years ago when it burst on a Sunday and I had to be in Daytona the next day. My local Advanced Auto had the Dorman in stock so I put it on to get me on the road expecting it to fail in a month, year, 2 years. Nope still a perfect expansion tank but not Genuine BMW so in the trash can with the rest of the parts. $65 for 3 years is more than a satisfactory part from Dorman.

The thermostat was only a few years old but I did have a code earlier this year about the DME not being able to control the thermostat. I think tightening up the contacts fixed that issue but in my rear view mirror along with the ET. The Dorman AT thermostat broke on removal so really nothing to save but a couple of $30 hoses. All of it in the garbage.

[andrewwynn]

Best form of compression is deletion.


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[Overboost]

Originally Posted by andrewwynn

Best form of compression is deletion.


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Words of wisdom

[bcredliner]

Originally Posted by PalmSpringsE534.6

Did you wire trigger #1 to the ignition in the E-box? Did you wire trigger #2 to the footwell lights?

It was many years ago so I am not sure. I am out of town for the next few days. When I get back I will take a look but I don't think I used the E-box for the ignition trigger. I think I did use the footwell lights for the other trigger.

[srmmmm]

Originally Posted by Overboost

I'm happy with the Genuine BMW water pump, composite impeller and all. I mean the original ones in the X5 lasted 170,000 miles and the one in my E46 made it 150,000 miles. I doubt I will run out the mileage on these now. Car idling in the driveway for 20 minutes with no aux fan running and the water temp is sitting right at 96C. Happy happy.

Composite impellers don't have any galvanic corrosion issues. My original lasted 262,000 miles before it finally started to leak. The impeller still looked good. Always stuck with the OEM coolant though.