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Originally Posted by igorbmwx6
I think that on 50i vacuum pump is located in front of the engine, on X5M and X6M, S63 engine, it is located in the back of the engine. With front of the engine location, access to the pump is much better than back of engine location. On mine X6M it is located in the back. As I mentioned earlier, took me a total of 4.5 hours to replace.
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Its also in the back Igor,for my X5 50i.. but after seeing that recall notice, I called East Bay BMW and my car is covered..i told them my car cant wait for the recall notice since the vacuum pump is leaking so I confirmed an appt on the 19th to check everything for the N63 customer care package.. heres the link from top speed..
http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-new...6918.html#main
all these are affected:
F01 and F02 (7 Series Sedan) produced from 3/2009 to 6/2012
F04 (Active Hybrid 7) produced from 4/2010 to 6/2012
F07 (Gran Turismo) produced from 9/2009 to 6/2012
F10 (5 Series Sedan) produced from 3/2010 to 7/2013
F12 (6 Series Convertible) produced from 3/2011 to 7/2012
F13 (6 Series Coupe) produced from 7/2011 to 7/2012
E70 (X5) produced from 3/2010 to 6/2013
E71 (X6) produced from 7/2008 to 6/2014
E72 (ActiveHybrid X6) produced from 9/2009 to 9/2011