Used to be on a poster in my dorm: 2005 M3

[Beej]

So based off of personal experience I would suggest whacking it with a hammer and ignoring it. :dunno:

Well maybe you can fix an S52 with a hammer, but it doesn't seem to work on an S54. :dunno:

So it took one measly hour to get here:


Didn't even get to drink much beer before hitting my target for the night.

I'm doing the thermostat, water pump, hoses, a/c belt (main one was already replaced along with idler pulley), the two coolant sensors (if I can get to that one under the intake manifold) and a full coolant flush. It's really tempting to while-you're-in-there the radiator, but since it still works fine, doesn't have a history of grenading, and only takes an hour to access...probably gonna pass. Also gonna do the VANOS o-ring plate thing that I bought years ago but never put on - looks like there's a very slow leak there.

Am I missing anything?