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I have a 2008 X5 3.00si and changed the thermostat today. A PITA!!! I took me 5 hours.
Here is how I did it:
I put the car on ramps and remove everything underneath. I also remove the wall in the passenger side wheel. I didn't remove the wheel.
The fan is different than the one described here.It doesn't have any screws but tabs at both sides that clip into the radiator housing. This was very hard to figured out and I wasted a lot of time here.
At this point I could see everything, the hoses (two) with clamps, very easy to remove. The other two a PITA. The radiator does;t have a drain plug so removing the houses the system got drained.
The thermostat went out from the top.
Put everything back in reverse. The space to work is tiny but now I can celebrate. $1,500 from one pocket to the other one.
Cheers.
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05-20-2017, 06:26 PM
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