> 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
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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 <
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> Jim, remind me the X5’s year and engine? I have a BMW friend that may
> chime
Jim, remind me the X5’s year and engine? I have a BMW friend that may chime in.
AZBob
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> 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.
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
> 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
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
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
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?"
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
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
> 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
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
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.
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
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,
> What's the rep of BMW diesels?
Not good, IIRC.
-- Jim
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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
>
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
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