My 2001 M5 has just over 100,000km (60,000mi) and other than some mass air flow sensors hasn't cost me anything in repairs or maintenance.
Based on your experience, are there any preventative repairs I should be considering? I don't want to waste money, but its often cheaper to prevent issues before they cause serious damage.
I'm thinking about such things as replacing fluids, the clutch...etc.
Your inspection II is coming. That means new spark plugs, all fluids (differential, transmission), filters.
I'd have a specialist lift my car and inspect it visually for new bushings, wheel bearings, front suspension elements.
I spoke with many BMW technicians and they recommend to go with OEM BMW products, in case you spend evenings browsing for different brands of lubricants and filters. 2c
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I had the following done/replaced when my car turned 60k-I had no codes nor failures, just my commitment to a tip top mechanical condition. I changed all the filters (air,fuel and cabin), all the fluids ( differential, coolant, power steering, brakes and tranny ),precat O2 sensors, spark plugs and thermostat with a new housing. Also thrust arm bushings were starting to crack, differential seals were sweating, power steering hoses and lower oil pan solenoids were dripping and the oil separators hoses were deteriorating. While at it check the cooling system rubbers and sway bar brackets which tend to break very often..
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Not sure tranny and diff oils are in inspection 2 cos I think the tranny oil is supposed to lifelong !!! but change these fluids anyway its a pretty easy job ........camshaft sensors are a weak point at this milage and I changed my clutch at 50,000 miles cos it started to slip..a friend of mine went through his in 13,000 miles !!! Also, change your 2 small top hoses situated on the top front of the engine if they're a bit squigy ( they will be ) cheap from BMW to buy and I also changed the bolts with washers attached to the engine cover cos they weep. Preventative maintenance is the name of the game.
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My 2001 M5 has just over 100,000km (60,000mi) and other than some mass air flow sensors hasn't cost me anything in repairs or maintenance.
Based on your experience, are there any preventative repairs I should be considering? I don't want to waste money, but its often cheaper to prevent issues before they cause serious damage.
I'm thinking about such things as replacing fluids, the clutch...etc.
Your help is greatly appreciated.
Roger
Hi Roger,
You could have look through the list of maintenance I have done, I dont think your gearbox fluid/differential fluid are changed in the INSP II but I would start thinking about changing them around your mileage :
DONE LIST:
Oil Filter Mounts (Leaning)
PAS Reservoir Mounts (Leaning)
Centre Exhaust Mounts (Leaning)
Rear Anti Roll Bar Bushes
Rear Anti Roll Bar Bush Mounts (1 was snapped)
Front Anti Roll Bar Bushes
M3 E46 Oil Cap
Rear Diff Oil change - 95K Miles
Tie Rod Ends (Stopped the annoying bag of stones rattling noise at slow speed once warmed up)
Centre Tie Rod (Did this 1 week after the Tie Rod Ends -super nice feel now !)
Rubber Mounting for Steering Arm
Wishbones
Thrust Arms
X5 Thrust Arm Bushes (Very surefooted now)
Front Anti Roll Bar Drop Links
Alignment NON BMW
Fuel Filter and Crush Washer (Felt great after this)
Fuel Pressure Regulator and Lock Ring
Peake Code Reader
Oil Separators (had been changed previously with one produced in November 2002)
Pedal Rubbers
Air Cleaner Elements
Micro filters
Spark Plugs - 101K Miles
Coolant expansion Tank Cap (Why not ?)
Fuel cap (Why not ?)
PAS Reservoir Cap (Leaky)
Oil Separator Vent Hoses (seem fine but why not ?)
Viscous Coupling
MAFS- Bosch Units from VW Battersea - 101K Miles
All 4 Gasket Rings 2 at MAF end and 2 at Plenum end
Milltek Cat Back Exhaust System
Pre Cat O2 Sensors -104K Miles
Oil and Filter Change - 105K Miles
Rear Diff Oil top up -105K Miles
Rear Anti Roll Bar Links
E60 550i Short Shift Kit-Wow
Shifter Bearing and yellow nylon washers-Wow
O rings at Airboxes
Return Hoses (Going down from Oil Separators)
BMW Transmission Mounts- Nice and solid feel now !
Rear Ball joints
Snap Ring
Integral Links
Rear Wishbones
Guiding Link
BMW brake pads all round
Milltek 100 Cell Race Cats
2 Intake CPS
Brake Fluid Flush and Bleed -108K Miles Jan 09
I want to get back in and go!
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