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      04-06-2017, 03:46 PM   #66
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Originally Posted by ch35iM View Post
Plus 2 year warranty on the parts and repair work That's what I'm more concerned about.
Agreed.

But it still hurts my eyes and my mind to see a bill for that much, for something so trivial. Gone are the days of the belt driven waterpump and t-stat sitting on top of the engine, all nice and accessible, and choice to top-off coolant versus flush-replace-bleed...

$1500 - really?

I own two N55 vehicles, one at 90,000Kms use as a summer track toy (2011 135i), the other at 108,000Kms as my daily (2011 X3 35i), so this maintenance is on my radar ...

DIY on X3 does not seem like a pleasure cruise either, and test of one's patience ...
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