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05-04-2010, 07:31 PM
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E53 4.4 Water Pump and Thermostat DIY now available
just finished the diy write up for the water pump. this is a very simple and easy diy that just about anyone can do with minimal tools. as always, my steps are just a guide and you can deviate as much or as little as you want, its just a guide. as you will notice, my pictures don't neccessarily match the steps i stated. i thought it over and listed the steps as logically as i could if i were to do this again. also my battery was dying on me while i was performing the work and had my dogs and kids bugging me and had a few calls in between so things didn't go sequentially or as planned because of distractions. when i first started this, i just read briefly a few of the posts others had here as well as the TIS instructions (which were all over the place) so I pretty much "winged it" just like everyone else. it's pretty obvious what you need to do as you go along... have fun and good luck with your own repairs! Xoutpost.com - e5344waterpump.htm much thanks to ucrewx5 for taking the time to get this posted! 
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05-04-2010, 07:40 PM
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Nice work, as usual Adam. Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge and experience with the Xoutpost.com community!!
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05-04-2010, 08:16 PM
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Oh man!
Why didn't you make this 10 days ago!? Lol I had to figure most of it myself, didn't have TIS 2007. Took me 6 hours to do, Im very new to these things. How many kilometers did your pump last? In my e53 2003 lasted 201000kms.
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05-04-2010, 08:38 PM
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E53 4.4 Water Pump and Thermostat DIY now available
What other "age related" repairs have you done?
I replaced most of front suspension on Saturday and upper control arm (rear) on sanday, 201000kms Waiting to replace valve cover gasket, maybe next weekend.
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05-04-2010, 08:47 PM
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Very nice write up thanks!
Question: Do you think it is possible to do this job without removing the harmonic balancer? I ask this because I replaced my water pump on my E39 540i (M62 motor) and I was able to work around that pulley. It was a tight fit, but very doable.
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05-04-2010, 08:55 PM
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05-04-2010, 09:45 PM
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rph74: if you notice in the pics, i did try to not remove the crank pulley but in the end, it was just easier to have it out of the way.
abwmma: knock on wood, but my alternator is still going strong. however, the diy replacement on it is mostly from this write up: remove the under tray, upper hose, expansion tank, fan, belts... then you have access to the alternator and remove that... DimAciD: most of my major repairs turned into some sort of write up here... i can't remember all of them but they were all typical stuff others here also write about and fix themselves..
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