[Lilliana]

Got a coolant leak and only is draining the smaller aux cooling tank. what does this cool ? oil,trans,steering ?

[Lilliana]

Found the leak it is a connection that is not sealing, called BMW Dealer and was told had to order from Germany ( not a single one in USA) about a 1-1 1/2 , and was told BMW is fast with get new models out to sell but they have not parts out to the dealers yet , hard to belive they would do this !!!

[383vett]

Was this for the intercooler system?

[Lilliana]

still do not know ? it is not the main engine cooling, thinking it for heater? this was what I was trying to find out in the first post, people at dealer service phone are only to make appt not mech.

[BobsM3Coupe]

Originally Posted by Lilliana

Found the leak it is a connection that is not sealing, called BMW Dealer and was told had to order from Germany ( not a single one in USA) about a 1-1 1/2 , and was told BMW is fast with get new models out to sell but they have not parts out to the dealers yet , hard to belive they would do this !!!

Other than basic maintenance items like oil, oil filters, wiper refills, etc., I don't think BMW keeps any parts in stock in the US. Seems like they always have to come from Germany. And that includes many, many parts that are actually made in the US. Seems like a waste of money. But they no doubt have some kind of logic that they believe saves them money. So what if we here in the US have to wait 2 weeks to 3 months for parts to come from Germany.
Bet they would change their tune if somehow, their largest market (US) for their vehicles stopped buying their products.