Last weekend I started my grille replacement therapy which can be found
here and while raised I noticed some soot on the underside of the hood just behind the left kidney. I popped off the engine cover and found more soot under the cover and around a pipe that I can't identify. Nothing alarming, just more curious than anything. I take it to my dealer and he I go to the technician who says a little soot is normal but finds a drip of some sort. So today I dropped it off and just received a call that my head gasket needs to be replaced. To get to it, they'll need to drop the motor. Ruh roh! That doesn't sound good but sould be a simple repair.
Has anyone else experienced any soot under their hood? What about this head gasket issue; anything to the liking?
Note that I absolutely love my X5d!! I've never had a single issue with it.