I am attaching a link for those who want to see what the pipe looks like. They did fantastic work, and my vehicle has not leaked since! this part will eventually go bad, especially if you live in a climate with constant hot temps or extreme weather that goes from hot to cold (both destroy the rubber gaskets in this pipe). I went to a local car shop that specializes in foreign vehicle repair named kelly moss motor sports near madison wisconsin, and they were able to do this job for under $3000. Place a drain pan under suspected areas of leaks to minimize coolant spills.
Remember to properly clean any coolant that gets on ground and properly dispose of it. Puddles of coolant found under your vehicle would be from an external leak. What happens is over time the seals go back in this part, and the only way to get to it is to open your entire engine, to replace the pipe. If you are losing coolant, but not seeing any on the ground, this would likely be an internal coolant leak. 00 if you are going to allow BMW to replace the part and labor charges with ome parts. The fix through BMW is anywhere from $9000-$10,000. Coolant will collect and pour out of that hole onto the ground. The thing to look for is if you open your hood, and look in the center of the engine (from the front), there is a small hole. I had a "crossover pipe" to start leaking coolant. My X5 has been a fairly reliable vehicle with some quirkiness along the way. And I was driving with baby on board! I suggest this be investigated, as it's an issue that's apparently very common in the n62 engines. I could have been in the freeway or on the street and it would have been a risk of getting hit by other cars if my car just suddenly stalled. This part fails right around 50k to 75K on many BMWs.
Thankfully I was almost home when it broke down. n200mb said: First place to check is follow the upper hose coming out of your coolant tank that runs across the top of your radiator. My car suddenly leaked all the coolant out of the car and into the road and my driveway. Very unhappy with this current unfortunate discovery. It is unfair for current owners to have to pay significantly for a car that has a major design flaw. It is a rather costly fix due to several components needing to be removed before one can get to the broken part to be replaced. The coolant leaks on the front side of the engine through a random hole around the engine.
It would only be fair for BMW to issue a recall on this commonly known issue that seems to affect hundreds of owners of Bmws with the same engines. However, there has been no recalls on the repair of this issue, which costs owners thousands of dollars for labor alone for a rather �inexpensive� part. When the turbo coolant line o-rings start to leak you may never se.
#BMW LEAKING COOLANT HOW TO#
They have known that this was a flaw in their design. This How To Tutorial shows one of the most common coolant leaks that are hard to diagnose. Apparently, BMW has had this problem in previous year model cars, dating back to 2002. My vehicle has the commonly and popularly known weep hole coolant leak.
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