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Originally Posted by zotman72 View Post
A buddy of mine spent over 30 hours replacing his water cooled, alternator on his wife's X5. I never heard such a blue streak from him describing the job. Why would BMW design such a bad idea? I think the base Cayenne with a 6m gearbox would be kewl. Buy the Cayenne Mike. YMMV
Most all Cayenne repairs start with "remove front end of car" and are followed by "use custom jig for holding car during repair.

BTW, if anyone is looking for the Cayenne FSM I have it, can put it on a few disks for you. Not that it's very helpful without a PIWS and a box of custom tools.
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