Smoking 2002 BMW 530 i

emmeaz
Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:41:14 +0000
Maintenance/Repairs

Hi, my husband dropped off my 2002 BMW 530i at the dealership this morning because smoke began billowing out of the car this weekend and a warning message said to add oil, which we did. My husband also told them it is leaking water. The car has about 54,000 miles. We have used another BMW dealership in town in the past and have been pretty happy with the experience. The new dealership gave us a quite a list of repairs totaling $5400 (see below). The leaking cyclone separator is supposed to be causing the smoke. Can someone tell me which of these are reasonable?

As a side note, we recently drove to San Diego from Phoenix and the car’s display said the coolant level was low. When we checked the level looked normal. I also had it checked at the dealership where they checked for leaks but didn’t find any. They said driving in the hot weather may have caused the sensor to overreact.

Replace splash shields $162.50

Replace both upper control arms $987.58

Cyclone separator is leaking internally $839.47

Install nitrogen in tires $59.95

Perform engine decarbonation $150

Replace water pump $711.57

Replace all cooling system hoses $1015.96

Perform power steering fluid exchange $165

Mount/balance two new tires $780

Perform brake fluid exchange $150

Perform 4 wheel alignment $195

Perform fuel injection service $150

Thanks, I don’t want to be cheap but this is a lot of money for someone who knows so little about cars to part with willingly!

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