Hey, everyone. I wanted to share a story of my triumph over the weekend.
In a nutshell, our 530xi was not opening the liftgate all the way. The pump was low on oil and most stories of refilling make it seem like a real pain in the ass job. I was able to get it taken care of without unbolting anything. I figured out I could just pop off the oil reservoir, flush the system and refill. Took more time to figure out my process than to actually do any work. Net result is a working liftgate that would have cost $500 - $1000 to have the shop take care of it. Woohoo!!!
Well; you know what I picture when you say 'liftgate'! But, I just don't wanna believe my mental picture.
So, I ask, what the hell is a liftgate?? From my small shade tree.
Hit the apex
in Long Beach, Cal
Buster/'82Euro6 Build Date 9/81
Rosallina/'80 528i Build Date 4/80
Sorry for the confusion, Greg. The Sportwagen has a lot of parts listed in European versions of words.
What Ken said. I mean the rear tailgate of a station wagon in U.S. speak. The pump is known to leak and a dealership repair would be about $800 for the pump and a couple hours of labor, so it could easily run over $1000.
From my small shade tree.
