Bmw Electric Water Pump Bleed

This is a part monitored by the primary vehicle control module and will give an indication of a problem with a simple system scan.

Bmw electric water pump bleed. The coolant flows through the electric water pump cooling the motor and electronics. On these models the electric engine coolant pump is used to perform the cooling system bleeding operation. The issue isn t a leak or mechanical breakdown but often starts out as a problem with the electric motor in the pump that begins to slow down eventually coming to a complete stop. When detected the error will read as a water pump speed deviation or a loss of communication to the water pump.

This bleed procedure works on all vehicles with the n52 n51 n52k and n54 engine operating with electric cooling water pump. Coolant lubricates the bearings in the pump. This video is about bleeding bmw electric coolant pump. Start and run engine at idle until it reaches operating temperature and check cooling system for leaks.

How to test your water pump and bleed out your cooling system. Electric coolant pump will run for about 12 minutes to circulate coolant and bleed air from cooling system once pump has run the cycle check level of coolant in expansion tank and adjust as needed. Electric waterpump cooling system. Many of the bmw s 2006 and newer 4 and 6 cylinder engines now have an electric water pump which re.

If the pump is removed. This applies to the following models with the gasoline 4 cylinder and 6 cylinder n series engines up through the date of this posting. I will greatly appreciate if you can give my video thumbs up and subscribe to see future video. In this short video i discuss how to run the bmw coolant bleed procedure and the electric water pump test.