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E46 3 series BMW cooling system overhaul
Posted by Finch (more from Finch) on Thu, 31 Jul 2014 10:17:33
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I have an '05 BMW 330XI with a little over 75k miles. It's still on the original cooling system. They generally say to overhaul it around 80k miles to avoid a catastrophic failure of the expansion tank or a serp. belt pulley.
Question is: Is there a warning sign of impending doom that is easily ignored that I can check for? I have a ~600 mile road trip coming up the week after next and am having a hard time getting my car into the shop. I know I have a few miles before when they say to do, but we're also talking about an almost 10 year old cooling system.
No signs of a failing cooling system that I can tell. Only issues that come to mind are the annual top off of the cooling system when it first gets well below freezing and an occasional chirping from under the hood when then engine is cold.
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Posts in this Thread:
- E46 3 series BMW cooling system overhaul, Finch, Thu, 31 Jul 2014 10:17:33 <-- Viewing This Message
- Is there no one, No Snaab, Mon, 4 Aug 2014 15:51:32
- Re: E46 3 series BMW cooling system overhaul, Brianatl , Sat, 2 Aug 2014 11:04:01
- My E36 ..., JMF, Fri, 1 Aug 2014 11:21:39
- Re: E46 3 series BMW cooling system overhaul, Justin VanAbrahams , Thu, 31 Jul 2014 18:42:07
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