The X5 is going under the knife, any other things to do while I'm there?

[sshu]

With the recent failure of the coolant expansion tank and our second kid being born in a few months, I want to get the car in top shape for my wife and take care of some of the common issues. The car is a 05 4.4i with 75k miles. This is what my mechanic is replacing,

water pump
radiator
lower radiator hose(upper changed already)
thermostat
alternator(old one has voltage issues)

He is going to check all the belts and change as needed. Anything else that should be checked out?

[BigLion]

Originally Posted by sshu

With the recent failure of the coolant expansion tank and our second kid being born in a few months, I want to get the car in top shape for my wife and take care of some of the common issues.

I am feeling that...

[IanP]

I would change all of the hoses and clips, I changed one, then another went 500 miles later so I did the lot. All of the hoses looked perfect inside and out, they just seemed to go in one tiny area. Car is 4.6 with about the same mileage as yours

[thunderX]

Just went through this as a preventative maintenance...

ALL coolant hoses
Temp sensors in cooling system
The 2 hoses from the OSV that go across the top of the intake
Battery
Alternator
All belts
Spark plugs
Air Filter
New coolant of course
Tranny, rear axle, front axle, and transfer case fluids
Front and rear control arms and ball joints
Front tension struts and ball joints
Alignment
Brake pads and fluid

if you have a coolant leak at rear of engine, probably the valley pan gasket
if you're leaking oil, probably the valve cover gaskets and upper timing chain gaskets

[E53inLA]

Then there are a few items you will not find in the BMW manual, but will find in the Daddy manual,

Order a bottle or two each of Lexol Orange (leather cleaner) & Brown (leather conditioner) and 2 new seat protectors (the ones that go under the baby car seats to protect the leather...

and plan to spend about 2 hours with rags and a Shop-Vac cleaning out the muck left by Kid #1. By the time Kid #2 arrived, I ended up ordering new seat covers from Britax for Kid #1's seat.