BMW 5-Series E39 (1996 - 2003) - 2001 5.0 M5, water leak in gearbox

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Sat 27 Sep 2008 23:56
2001 5.0 M5, water leak in gearbox - Jenna xxx
hi everybody,
i've owned this 2001 E39 M5 5.0 V8 for amonth now, in that month she's been at BMW's workshop for the last 2 week's, i've spent a load of cash with them but still problem not solved.
basically water is leaking from inside the gearbox, my mate has just stripped the box removing the clutch kit including the flywheel. now behind the flywheel is our problem, there's a housing which the water is leaking from, we've removed this housing all the water stored in the engine (to cool the piston's) bursted out. once this cover is moved two piston's are visable on either side.
between these two pistons is ablank space with awee hole size of ant or even smaller, from this hole is our water leak, but i cannot figure out why it's leaking or how to stop it.
thank's

slt

Edited by Pugugly on 28/09/2008 at 02:02

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