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My 2011 BMW 535i has 173K miles. It is on original water pump which is incredible. The radiator exploded the other night while parked after driving....I was lucky. I am replacing every hose, radiator, and both aux radiators. Parts cost me $1480 using furious method search engine to look for cheapest parts. The car is in great shape and I replaced the suspension last year. I have replaced the coolant before. It sucks as mentioned before that there is no drain plug. I just loosened the lower hose and made a mess. I used the vacuum method to refill with the Schwaben tool. The tool is worth getting if you own any BMW as it makes it super easy to fill and check for leaks before filling.
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I'm sitting here thinking 41k is crazy on my 2011 535i with ZERO failures lol. I got it last year with 19k and its my most reliable car
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another reason why I love my 535i!
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My 2011 535i has 74k miles, and I have owned it since last year. After the purchase I had the brake fluid service done, rear diff bushing (after reading a thread here and after having my mechanic check mine), rear flex disc, front rotors (recently they warped and was getting a vibration), and most recently noticed a slight oil around the OFHG so I will be replacing all three gaskets in the coming days. Most of the stuff I have done was more or less preventive maintenance, and I feel as if I could have gone longer on some of the services but I am OCD and worry too much about stuff breaking. Besides that most of the money spent on the car has been in mods.
I am also thinking about doing the transmission service as I plan on keeping the car a little longer this time. Have you done transmission flush on your vehicle, or are you still on the original fluid? How hard do you drive your car? Last edited by harris69; 04-25-2019 at 06:25 AM.. |
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I had my dealer do the diff and trans fluids (flush on the trans to catch the torque converter) on out 2012 535i at around 75K miles. According to my SA the "recommended" interval is 100K miles.
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It's a weepage and I am getting it done as soon as my Indy gives me a quote on gaskets, and transmission service. Trust me I am aware of all the threads that have been popping up as of late on d valve cover leaks.
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I have 134K km on my 2011 528i and will probably have to replace suspension parts soon. May I ask you on what exactly you replaced in your suspension? |
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This is great news for me. I’m at 139k 2011 535 and I’ve only replaced the front passenger cv boot and brake fluid. I def don’t baby mine. It’s by far the most reliable car I’ve owned next to my e53 3.0.
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How long have you had the vehicle, and how many miles have you put on your vehicle? Have you done transmission service, and replace the valve cover gasket on it? How about the cooling system?
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I have 2013 with 41000 miles, PS2, intercooler, BM3, xHP, plus other modes. 0 issues. I bought it new, put JB4 2 at 2K miles. I drive it hard once warmed up. Monica likes to be driven hard.
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Nooooo Monicaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!! -Ja Rule
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