Re: m60 after 1990 are self bleeding (archive)

The engine drain plugs are located below the no. 4 and no.8 exhaust ports. Refill slowly and have the heater controls to full on hot. Don't know about the uphill thing though it probably wouldn't hurt.

Larry
1994 740il

It would be helpful to know where the block drain plugs are, I'm flying fairly blind at the moment without a manual.

Sorry to hear of your experience, the guys I used have always seemed to be ok in the past, now I just wonder what they got away without doing before.

I presume to refill I just get the block and rad as full as possible by popping the hoses then keep the header tank topped up after starting with the heater on full. Do you know if having the nose facing uphill was helpful as it was with the 735?

Many thanks

Paul

Paul,

You have 2 coolant drains on the block, one on each side and one on the radiator. Let me know if you need the locations for the ones on the block. Finding a good mechanic is hard. I had the same problem with mine with an inspection II. Had my inspection II done 3 weeks ago. Last Thur. my battery went dead. My self proclaimed BMW expert had to resort to bentley manual to remove the rear seat. He even took the cover off the quik disconnect for the battery looking for attachment screws for the the seat. The battery went dead due to lack of water. The battery caps showed no signs of ever have being removed. He even had to take a hammer and screwdriver to break loose the caps which leads me to beleive that he never checked the water level during the inspection as required I'm thinking of taking him to small claims court.

Larry
1994 740il

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