I picked up some style 94's to replace the BW's. I took the car out for a spin with the new shoes. Since I haven't really driven the car since I bought it I came to a stop sign and punched it. I had DSC turned off so the tires broke traction a screached a little bit and white smoke began pouring out from under the hood. Thinking for a sec, I didn't think it was customary for smoke to be comming from under the hood...
So I stopped and assessed the situation, and realized I managed to blow a nice size crack in the side of the radiator... great...

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that sucks same thing happend to me. i got in a little race with s500 mercedes on the hwy and once i got home i noticed a shssssssssss sound coming from under the hood it was the expansion tank it had popped/cracked and was shooting out collant out the side.

That sux! But the rims look good. :D

OT: I noticed no headlight washers. I thought ALL e38s came with that.

I thought that was the engine self steam clean option?
No?

That sux! But the rims look good. :D

OT: I noticed no headlight washers. I thought ALL e38s came with that.


nope, neither of my e38's have headlight washers.

Time for one of these. No more worries.

http://www.zionsvilleautosport.com/store/shop.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=6134&Category_Code=CCSE38


BTW, The wheels and car look great.

What's your mileage? Let's see if it corresponds to the average (and normal) mileage range that the radiator craps out.

Hang in there. :)

That sucks :( Fortunately for me, I don't have to worry about that :D

What's your mileage? Let's see if it corresponds to the average (and normal) mileage range that the radiator craps out.

Hang in there. :)


152k

What's your mileage? Let's see if it corresponds to the average (and normal) mileage range that the radiator craps out.

Hang in there. :)
152k

How about the build date of the busted radiator? The label is located on the passenger (right side) and the radiators build date is located at the bottom of the label (if it is a Behr):

http://www.bimmerboard.com/members/q/original/E38%20Radiator%20label%20closeup.jpg

How about the build date of the busted radiator? The label is located on the passenger (right side) and the radiators build date is located at the bottom of the label (if it is a Behr):

http://www.bimmerboard.com/members/q/original/E38%20Radiator%20label%20closeup.jpg


It's a Behr radiator, I will check it. I threw it in the trunk of the 99

That sucks man. I can almost smell the coolant by looking at those pics. My rad has got just at 3 years and 60k miles on it. Still holding strong though. WI'd be shocked if you told me that was your original radiator at 150k.
Nice E65 wheels btw. Were they fairly expensive to come by?

-Ben

I got the e65 wheels off of craigslist for $400

The radiator born on date is March, 4th 2002. So my guess is that is the cars second radiator, and that it was replaced once under warranty.

So in 8 years it's on its third radiator

I pulled the radiator today, I should have the new one soon

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/bgdsub72/E38/radiator001.jpg

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http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/bgdsub72/E38/radiator004.jpg

...The radiator born on date is March, 4th 2002. So my guess is that is the cars second radiator, and that it was replaced once under warranty.

So in 8 years it's on its third radiator

Thanks for the reply...it also coincides with the average life span of about 40k-70k miles before they crap out.

That's good info to know...regardless of time...the radiator failure seems to be determined more by mileage.

(Hmmm, keep note in mental rolodex.) :stickoutt

Thanks for the reply...it also coincides with the average life span of about 40k-70k miles before they crap out.

That's good info to know...regardless of time...the radiator failure seems to be determined more by mileage.

(Hmmm, keep note in mental rolodex.) :stickoutt


great...

(fingers crossed on the 95's radiator, knock on wood)

I ordered the radiator today, should be here tomorrow!

Thanks for the reply...it also coincides with the average life span of about 40k-70k miles before they crap out.

That's good info to know...regardless of time...the radiator failure seems to be determined more by mileage.

(Hmmm, keep note in mental rolodex.) :stickoutt

Thanks for reminding me:) I am sitting with 52K on mine now. I gots some inspecting to do:shifty

How about the build date of the busted radiator? The label is located on the passenger (right side) and the radiators build date is located at the bottom of the label (if it is a Behr):

http://www.bimmerboard.com/members/q/original/E38%20Radiator%20label%20closeup.jpg

That is a help to me. I have been thinking about replacing the radiator on my 540i because I have 73K and not sure if it has been done. Well I just checked that date, 14/12/05. Looks like it has been replaced. I bought the car in 09/06 with 53k, so must have been replaced at pretty low mileage for the car a year earlier.

Keep us posted of your progress.

it's done!

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/bgdsub72/E38/026.jpg

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