New here? Read this! Really. Set down your beer and read it.
New Here? December 9, 2017: At the bottom of this post is a pdf document. Read it first.
Version 4.4 of "So You Just Bought an E60". Note that new items (but not typos and so forth) will be highlighted in grey in new editions.
What's new: Walnut Blast need and issues; Good tutorials at Pelican Parts and Bavarian Auto, a link for latest TIS advisories, a comment on regulators, mileage rollback, and an updated viewpoint on serpentine belt failure. Rewrote the section about parts sources.
Thanks to all for finding typos etc. Please comment if you have additional ideas.
Goal is to summarize most of the issues and comments for the new, less experienced E60 owners or potential buyers who are showing up.
Work in process, and it will get additions/changes. Edited versions will always appear in this message.
Thanks to Jgalon, legend700, HF, schpenxel, pcy, bmwoem1, cvshaw, gangplank, 850Csi, TSM35 and many, many more for their contributions and suggestions. Since the downloads count resets for each new edition, there's been about 31,800 wow::wow::thumbup::thumbup up through V 4.3. Seems to be helping someone out there... :thumbup:
We hope it helps you as well.
And, since it's a critical difference between what ZF and BMW say, here's a link to the ZF fluid change procedure and schedule. Hint: it's a whole lot less than BMW's "lifetime" nonsense. I'll cc it into the doc later. Thanks to Bud B for the link.
https://youtu.be/ZRrgmfM8VlQ
New Here? December 9, 2017: At the bottom of this post is a pdf document. Read it first.
Version 4.4 of "So You Just Bought an E60". Note that new items (but not typos and so forth) will be highlighted in grey in new editions.
What's new: Walnut Blast need and issues; Good tutorials at Pelican Parts and Bavarian Auto, a link for latest TIS advisories, a comment on regulators, mileage rollback, and an updated viewpoint on serpentine belt failure. Rewrote the section about parts sources.
Thanks to all for finding typos etc. Please comment if you have additional ideas.
Goal is to summarize most of the issues and comments for the new, less experienced E60 owners or potential buyers who are showing up.
Work in process, and it will get additions/changes. Edited versions will always appear in this message.
Thanks to Jgalon, legend700, HF, schpenxel, pcy, bmwoem1, cvshaw, gangplank, 850Csi, TSM35 and many, many more for their contributions and suggestions. Since the downloads count resets for each new edition, there's been about 31,800 wow::wow::thumbup::thumbup up through V 4.3. Seems to be helping someone out there... :thumbup:
We hope it helps you as well.
And, since it's a critical difference between what ZF and BMW say, here's a link to the ZF fluid change procedure and schedule. Hint: it's a whole lot less than BMW's "lifetime" nonsense. I'll cc it into the doc later. Thanks to Bud B for the link.
https://youtu.be/ZRrgmfM8VlQ