DIY: BMW E39 Engine Oil Pan Gasket Replacement (6-cylinder).

Hello everyone!
In this super hot video I am replacing the oil pan gasket, oil dipstick tube o-ring, oil level sensor seal gasket and both tie rod boots on my 2003 BMW 530i with a M54 engine (L6). This is a step by step guide with very good visual of the job. Hopefully It might be helpful to anyone trying to complete this kind of BMW´s engineering nightmare. LOL!
Thanks in advance for all your views and subscribing to my channel, for more interesting and future content.
Best regards!
Me, The Ultimate DIY Machine ;)

[@Camflyer15]

You showed me more than videos that are 4 times longer…. Thank You !!

[@TheultimateDIYmachine]

I appreciate very much your comment!

[@MrRoundel]

Another awesome video. Thanks. Unless I plan on spending 5 days under my car, I'll probably pay to have this one done. But your video sure shows me what whoever does it has to go through. My E28 gasket was a lot easier to change. Cheers.

[@doomslayer5044]

thank you for this video, i have an e39 with a M52b20, i try to do all the maintenance by myself, my oil pan is leaking and i was about to call it quits and go to a mechanic, but seeing your video gave me all the info i need to do the job on my own, thank you very much

[@nathanv8535]

Thank you for this guide. This job is the hardest thing I have ever done to my BMW so far. Took me two days to do but I finished it.

[@josesandoval9938]

Marking the belt rotation direction denotes details of great quality and excellent knowledge! keep Up the great job and video!

[@TheultimateDIYmachine]

Thank you so much, buddy! 😉

[@josesandoval9938]

I am waiting for your A/C video... Expansion valve may be? if you replace It please post It!

[@goat2864]

Best video I’ve seen for this repair! Appreciate you

[@jenxr6518]

Excellent level of detail. Love it.

[@hashim_iraq]

Excellent write up! Thank you!

[@danarbuckle6640]

Nice job. Not everyone can do what you just did.

[@TheultimateDIYmachine]

Thank you so much!

[@silvery_series5]

Great and excellent! Thank you for this level of content!

[@TheultimateDIYmachine]

Thank you for your kind words!

[@MrRoundel]

Wow, nicely done. That's a lot bigger job than it was on my old E28's. My E39 sure needs a new oil pan gasket but that looks like more work than I want to deal with. The amount of work tells me that a shop would charge $800 plus for that job. Maybe that's low. Thanks for doing the video. Cheers.

[@TheultimateDIYmachine]

Yeah, this procedure is a little pain in the ass!
I ask for price in a local shop before doing this job, and I’m still waiting for an answer…LOL
Thanks for your comment!
Cheers.

[@MrRoundel]

@@TheultimateDIYmachine I guess I was about 1/2 way there with my estimate. LOL! RepairPal shows the repair costing between $1,600 and $2,000 in my area. Yikes! That's probably more than 1/2 of the car's total value today. If there was an insurance company making the decision on the repair, the car would be totaled due to a leaking gasket. Isn't that something. I think my E28 oil pan gasket took me less than 2 hours. At the prices mentioned above, I guess the repair "books" at well over 10 hours labor. I believe it. Cheers.

[@TheultimateDIYmachine]

Thanks for the info, that’s crazy, but I’m not surprised anymore, since the dealership wanted to charge me $500 for a new inside rear view mirror, last month. Finally I got a $20 used one at eBay, ok without auto dimming system, but you know what I mean…

[@haroldchapell6378]

Perfect instructions!!

[@kevinlopes137]

10:20 M8 8.8 grade bolts have a torque spec of 24Nm according to BMW manual. Great video and very easy to follow with all the steps, but sadly I did not think enough and followed with the 45Nm torque, leading to a failure of the aluminium thread in my oil pan (which I repaired with an helicoil).

[@Domino8619]

Great video my friend! Excellent work! Thank you for doing this! Sub'd!!

[@TheultimateDIYmachine]

Thank you so much!!

[@afghanboy103]

Bro i watched almost all of your videos and i subscribe your Chanel because i have 1997 bmw e39.
Now adays my car has a problem it strugle when i want to start the car for few seconds its cranking and then start lik for 3 to 5 seconds and its hurt me.
Frome Afghanistan

[@TheultimateDIYmachine]

Hello! Thank you so much for supporting my channel.
You must try a BMW scanner to read errors via OBD port and easily find some kind of solution to that problem.
🫶 From Spain

[@williampina1]

How much did you measure for the ride height?

[@bigdeal87]

Is there a steering alignment needed after unbolt the steering rack?

[@TheultimateDIYmachine]

No it isn’t.

[@ponnice]

Where did you buy the tools to remove to fan

[@TheultimateDIYmachine]

Amazon, 4 years ago.

[@ponnice]

I’m having trouble finding the right one the one I ordered was off a little small

[@TheultimateDIYmachine]

@ponnice This is the one I bought: amzn.eu/d/ivNlJeL

[@ToyotaChariots]

What a horrible design

[@erickgruis106]

You must not have worked on many cars. So many are wayyyyy worse than this.