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Originally Posted by Efthreeoh
He quoting $400 - $500 too much. Buy a new radiator $200. New upper and lower hoses and coolant $150. Drain the coolant. Cut the old upper and lower hoses. The remove the fan and radiator (20 minutes). Remove old hoses from t-stat and OFH. Install new parts. Shouldn't be more that 1.5 hrs. labor.
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You're not taking into account that the radiator in an N51 is specific to SULEV and much more expensive - you can't just put in a $200 radiator - it will throw codes for emissions. To original poster, since you're in CA, an SULEV state, you should definitely look into the warranty. I had a faulty fuel pump replaced at no cost to me by BMW this summer as it, like the radiator, is covered by the SULEV warranty.