OT: coolant leak x35d Options

[seanpaulmc]

OT so if not appropriate here please move


2017 x35d X5 BMW

~61K
3.0 turbo diesel
Bad engine coolant leak
It’s not a drip, drip, drip. Good flow.
Not up front so doesn’t appear to be radiator.
Near firewall.

Anyone have experience with similar?




Thanks,
Sean

[seanpaulmc]

Let’s close this out with the repair findings.

$1100 and my DD is buttoned up and back on the road.
Failure of the EGR Cooler-Coolant Pump Pipe. Here is the offender:



Here is the failure:



And, here appears to be the root cause of the failure - a kinked hose:



The repair shop found the elbow of this hose to be severely kinked. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)
This would have been caused by the local BMW dealer when they did a recall repair 4/2021 on the EGR Cooler. 15,000 miles later resulted in a burst pipe.

Lucky for me this wasn’t on my way to or from Okteenerfest. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) or North Carolina last month.
Unlucky for me my Okteenerfest budget just got spent. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hissyfit.gif)

It’s probably better for me to stay home and work on my karma anyways. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif)