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No problem - for me it is only the engine one that seems to go down very very slightly. I will keep on it, if it does it again from now until Feb when it is serviced I will ask again!
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My 530i was with the dealership for 6 days for them to fix the leak , stated water pump replacement on the work order , that was in July 2018. I have another 3 incidents of low level coolant since, last topped up on 27 Feb 2020. I have learnt from this forum BMW 2017+ and after , increased reported cases of low level coolant. The use of two coolant tanks/reservoirs is the issue?
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03-08-2020, 10:14 AM | #182 |
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I had the coolant warning a couple of seeks ago. It was intermittent, but then finally stayed on. My SA said just bring it in anytime and we'll top it off. I did, and they did, and said they found no leaks anywhere. So no big deal for me. For now.--Bob
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03-11-2020, 06:00 AM | #184 | ||
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Water pump, turbo cooler line, etc. It was the same for me... "No leaks" and "They all do it" type of answers.
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06-02-2020, 09:05 AM | #186 |
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Coolant Leak Service Bulletin
Here's the service bulletin. BMW states the cause is: "Aluminum corrosion in the charge air coolers or the radiator for the low temperature cooling is causing an unfavorable chemical reaction to the coolant."
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Before I placed the order I sat for an hour with the service advisor at my local dealer (I've been bringing them my cars since 2005 or so when I moved into the area.) The short version - I asked him to tell me all the things that he's being seeing go wrong with the G30 since they rolled it out. The item he brought up was the coolant issue. He did not describe any major leaks, but did say in the M550 they had several customers come in to have it topped off (which they did at no charge). He was also adamant that you only use their coolant, nothing else. I also hit him up for the expected costs for maintenance items I would need to cover beyond the MX plan's expiration, etc., but that's for another thread/post. In any event, seeing this thread on the forums brought the issue back to mine so I thought I'd post the bulletin.
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06-02-2020, 06:33 PM | #192 |
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I had to top off my main reservoir today at a dealership.
Got the low coolant warning, and indeed the coolant level was below the “min” indicator. Dealership topped off about 8 oz. Car has around 6800 miles, and no coolant drops in the garage or at work. There was some white crust in and around the cap. Was told these cars burn oil and coolant. |
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Here's the link to the bulletin for the B46, B58 and XB1H (PHEV) engines: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/20...46575-9999.pdf Unfortunately, it's not nearly as helpful as the other in terms of ID'ing a specific cause for those engines - bleed the system and refill, or check for leaks and fix them. Cause listed is the suspected lack of complete fill during manufacture discussed earlier.
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The Update 3 version of the N63 has valve seals that, according to the BMW tech docs for the engine (page 8 in the attached PDF), they are making the seals out of a new material. Hopefully that addresses the issue. According to my service advisor, they haven't had major oil consumption issues with the Update 3 engine. Have to consider the source on that one, but they've dealt fairly with me over the years.
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My 340i also had significant coolant loss after 1 year. I couldn't find any spot where it was coming from, so I topped it off and after a year it was still good.
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factory toped low was one of the "possible" explanation from my dealer (I told them to do a leak test and actually jack the car up over 2 days, couldn't find a leak)...
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Oh you do have a leak, trust me!
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