Customer Reviews

BMW 5-Series: Service Manual, 1982-1988, 528e, 533i, 535i, 535is

5 star:		(12)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Compared to the Haynes, this book gives excellent photographs, warnings on appropriate procedures, tool and chemicals to make the job easier and a section on easy to build test equipment to help in diagnostics.

Coupled with BMW's Mobile Tradition CDROM covering illustrations and part numbers, this book will save the owner significant repair costs over a BMW dealership service department or after-market repair facility.

This is a MUST OWN for anyone interested in becoming involved in simple maintenance or more complex tasks to reduce the cost of owning a great performing German automobile. Bentley Publishers excels over other reference print materials.

This is an excellent manual in every respect. It is well written, with the owner-mechanic in mind, and the illustrations and diagrams are extremely clear and helpful. It provides detailed step by step instructions for testing components, which other manuals do not always give.

The only reason I do not give it 5 stars is that it only covers cars sold on the North American market. This means, for example, that it does not cover the L Jetronic fuel injection system fitted to many E28 BMWs sold in other markets (such as my own 1985 525i). For information on this system you will need to refer to either a specialist book on Bosch fuel injection systems, or the Haynes Manual covering all 3 & 5 series from 1983 to 1991 (Haynes manual 1948).

If you own any E28 and can only afford one manual, the Bentley publication is far and away the best available.

The manual is complete with all information. Glad I spent extra money for this Bentley manual over the Haynes manual.I would reccommend this manual for anybody in a restoration project or just general maintenance. Well layed out with Very Good pictorials & easier to understand written instructions.

There are no better manuals for the BMW DIY enthusiast. Bentley manuals provide detailed and precise instructions for almost any and every serviceable part of your BMW. I also have the bentley for my E34 and it is just as good!

Highly recommended.

Very good manual. Carefully written and quite accurate. It is worth the money as it was well compiled.

Well written manual is a "must have for the E28". Amazon's price on this can not be beat.

Great manual. It has good pictures that help explain how to do things and is very thorough. Tells how to do almost everything including maintnance. I highly reccomend it to anyone who does work on their e28 BMW.

The Calculus book received was exactly as described BRAND NEW! You couldnt find a better product for the price. thanks

This is a great book. Well laid out with fabulous line drawings that actually let you understand the repair. Suitable even for relatively unskilled mechanics. Good tips and very easy to use. Contains more information than any other manual out there for these cars. I recommend it even if you never work on your car since it helps you understand it better and with its handy diagnostic tables will let you prediagnose problems and keep your mechanic honest. Buy it if you have an E28 5 series. It doesn't cover the M5 though.

Sure, its lacking in some parts. But overall if you have this car you NEED this book. I wish though that it wasn't so professional, you know us backyard hacks do things a different way.