Good morning people hv been offered a very clean 2003 BMW x5 3.0 litre engine I like the car but the owner complained of overheating, is it safe to buy the car with the hope that the overheating can be repaired? If you know about BMW x5 pls advice.

its all depends on the price, if i were the one i would buy it assuming there was no engine. worst case scenario you buy a new engine.

Thanks but like how much is the engine and what about the electronics when fixing the new engine NCOs BMW electronics may be trickish. We are still on 800k for the price

Can someone give the price idea of the 03 BMW x5 3.0 litre engine please.

Overheating? The mechanic the present user uses may not be too competent.

It is well known that air bubbles in the cooling system of BMW is the major culprit.When the radiator coolant is drained, you must bleed it unlike the japanese brands.

Dont be suprised that the cooling system requires bleeding to get rid of trapped air in the radiator.

Jack up the front ends car to make the car sloppy,open the radiator cap and rev the engine for about 5 mins and gradually open the breeding valve to get rid of all trapped air.

After this,say no to overheating forever.

Confirm if the coolant has been drained and replaced at any point in time.

Somone has bought a grade 1 BMW X5 for just 500k when the owner was fed of overheating problems and only solved the problem with the 3k he gave the mechanic for breeding.

Thanks man then am good to go but where can I get a competent mechanic

If you are very sure it's just overheating then buy the car. It can be fixed or at worst follow GAZZUZZ advice.

With so many threads of replacing engines, do Nigerian mechanics not rebuild engines anymore?

OP, you will have to use your own judgement on this deal BUT some of the best deals I have ever got on cars were like this.

Something as simple as the wrong radiator cap ($10) solved an issue on a car that sold for $5,000 less than book value.

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