Re: [MBZ] OT: BMW X5

2022-08-29 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> Jim, remind me the X5’s year and engine? I have a BMW friend that may chime > in. 06 E53 X5, with the M54 I-6 VANOS engine. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery opti

Re: [MBZ] OT: BMW X5

2022-08-29 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
Pull the motor. You can probably just weld the bosses solid again and redrill them. Or find a junkyard motor and swap it out. On Mon, Aug 29, 2022, 12:16 PM Bob Rentfro via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Jim, remind me the X5’s year and engine? I have a BMW friend that may > chime in.

Re: [MBZ] OT: BMW X5

2022-08-29 Thread Bob Rentfro via Mercedes
Jim, remind me the X5’s year and engine? I have a BMW friend that may chime in. AZBob Sent from my iPad > On Aug 29, 2022, at 11:49 AM, mitch--- via Mercedes > wrote: > > On 2022-08-29 14:34, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: > >> Have to pull the intake manifold and everything on the side. >>

Re: [MBZ] OT: BMW X5

2022-08-29 Thread mitch--- via Mercedes
On 2022-08-29 14:34, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: Have to pull the intake manifold and everything on the side. Which _I_ didn't want to do. Which is why I hired the 'professional' to take care of the problem. He did a worse job than what I feared I would do. The last two times I hired a sp

Re: [MBZ] OT: BMW X5

2022-08-29 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> Can it be heli-coiled? That's what he was trying to do. Blew threw the sides of two of the three bosses that needed drilling/coiling. > Without pulling the engine? Have to pull the intake manifold and everything on the side. Which _I_ didn't want to do. Which is why I hired the 'professional

Re: [MBZ] OT: BMW X5

2022-08-27 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Jiminy Crickets! I just looked up the log and you've had that car for 10 years. I was thinking it was 2 or 3... -Curt On Saturday, August 27, 2022 at 06:57:32 PM EDT, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: On Sat, Aug 27, 2022, at 16:28, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: > Can it be heli-coile

Re: [MBZ] OT: BMW X5

2022-08-27 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I don't think I'm stepping out of line when I say that if anybody can do it Jim Cathey can. -Curt On Saturday, August 27, 2022 at 06:57:32 PM EDT, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: On Sat, Aug 27, 2022, at 16:28, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: > Can it be heli-coiled? Maybe look into

Re: [MBZ] OT: BMW X5

2022-08-27 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
This is why I learned to replace delivery valve seals myself. I paid $1000 once to have dv seals replaced on my '85 190D. It cost so much because the guy screwed up on his first try. That was when I decided "Why pay somebody else to screw up things that I can screw up perfectly well myself?" -

Re: [MBZ] OT: BMW X5

2022-08-27 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
On Sat, Aug 27, 2022, at 16:28, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: > Can it be heli-coiled? Maybe look into a timesert repair. That requires drilling out and tapping a larger hole anyway. > Without pulling the engine? That will be the question. Apparently the "professional" got in there on at le

Re: [MBZ] OT: BMW X5

2022-08-27 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
As my Dad always said, "If you want it done right, do it yourself." On Sat, Aug 27, 2022 at 12:58 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Terrible that you cannot trust so-called professionals to actually be that. > > I am not sure what the answer is, other than going by lo

Re: [MBZ] OT: BMW X5

2022-08-27 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
> Well, I'm completely screwed. No. You just face a new, and unexpected challenge. > Basically the engine block is ruined. Can it be heli-coiled? Without pulling the engine? > And I spent money to have it ruined for me. I *hate* when that happens. I usually buy the tools and do the ruination m

Re: [MBZ] OT: BMW X5

2022-08-27 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Terrible that you cannot trust so-called professionals to actually be that. I am not sure what the answer is, other than going by local reputation. But even that isn't a guarantee. I had a supposed "good" local shop return a car to me with no hose clamps on the new hose they had installed as par

[MBZ] OT: BMW X5

2022-08-27 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
Well, I'm completely screwed. When I went to put the car back together I found that the 'professional' mobile mechanic had trapped one of the oil cooler pipes on the wrong side of the mount. I had to remove the mount arm again in order to rectify things. I jacked up the engine as step one. That'

Re: [MBZ] OT: BMW X5 diesel - 135k miles - $16,900

2022-05-20 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
My impression of BMW is "overengineered, gratuitous complexity" that is wonderful until it needs repair. Some would say the same about MB of course, but I think BMW does it to an even greater degree. On Fri, May 20, 2022, at 12:59 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: > Historically, not grea

Re: [MBZ] OT: BMW X5 diesel - 135k miles - $16,900

2022-05-20 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
Historically, not great. -D > On May 20, 2022, at 12:26 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > What's the rep of BMW diesels? > >> On Fri, May 20, 2022 at 11:31 AM Allan Streib via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Seems like a lot of money for a 10 year old car, bu

Re: [MBZ] OT: BMW X5 diesel - 135k miles - $16,900

2022-05-20 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> What's the rep of BMW diesels? Not good, IIRC. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] OT: BMW X5 diesel - 135k miles - $16,900

2022-05-20 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
What's the rep of BMW diesels? On Fri, May 20, 2022 at 11:31 AM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Seems like a lot of money for a 10 year old car, but looks nice. > > > https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/cto/d/wadsworth-bmw-x5-diesel-awd-like-new/7486041053.html > __

[MBZ] OT: BMW X5 diesel - 135k miles - $16,900

2022-05-20 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Seems like a lot of money for a 10 year old car, but looks nice. https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/cto/d/wadsworth-bmw-x5-diesel-awd-like-new/7486041053.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe o