Brown as fuck: 2001 BMW X5 3.0 - Exxon5!

[rantingYoof]

I am disproportionately happy to see that interior again.

[motorpunk]

I love this dollop of brown. 

[Kiltox]

Neither remote key was working - had to unlock manually. 

Thought it’d be a battery but it turns out these have weird batteries that aren’t as easily replaceable as the typical CR2032 you’ll find in most car keys. There is a reprogramming feature to get the remote working though:

Turn the ignition on and off 5 times

Remove the key, hold down the unlock button and press the lock button 3 fimes

Doors lock and unlock to confirm. 

Works perfectly now ? 

[Steve79]

On 6/18/2020 at 10:53 PM, Kiltox said:

Also could do with modernising the ICE - at a minimum it will need a hands free kit. 

https://xtrons.co.uk/bmw-x5-e53-android-10-quad-core-2gb-ram-16gb-rom-in9053bl?___store=uk_store

Xtrons stuff is decent quality and well specced. 

[Kiltox]

Just now, Steve79 said:

https://xtrons.co.uk/bmw-x5-e53-android-10-quad-core-2gb-ram-16gb-rom-in9053bl?___store=uk_store

Xtrons stuff is decent quality and well specced. 

Been looking at that - really don’t know what they’ll be like but interesting that you say they’re decent. I cba running a cable the length of the car, mind!

[Steve79]

They're better specced than the usual chinese crap even though they're made in China!

Got a 2-year warranty as well which is dealt with in the UK, plus android auto and apple carplay.

[Kiltox]

Practical 

[Cavboy80]

Kiltox what's happening with the updates on your channel?  I've been following but all's gone quite.

[Kiltox]

42 minutes ago, Cavboy80 said:

Kiltox what's happening with the updates on your channel?  I've been following but all's gone quite.

Haven’t had a lot of time recently, will try to get back to it shortly!

[They_all_do_that_sir]

Have you a link to the channel? Must get round to watching some of it

Sent from my SM-A202F using Tapatalk

[Kiltox]

https://www.youtube.com/c/ModernHeroes

[Kiltox]

Got a bit tired of this leaving oil in its wake everywhere it goes so whipped the undertray off to have a look

 

It’s absolutely covered in oil everywhere. Don’t have high enough axle stands and cba with the mess so I’ve booked it in to a specialist next week!

[bangernomics]

Bottom pully?

[Kiltox]

It’ll be the oil filter housing, the sump or both. 

[cobblers]

Clean the undertray off and put one of those oil absorbing pads on there. Someone had done that on a T5 I bought and it took 4 months before I noticed the fairly massive oil leak.

[Dabooka]

1 hour ago, Kiltox said:

Got a bit tired of this leaving oil in its wake everywhere it goes so whipped the undertray off to have a look

 

It’s absolutely covered in oil everywhere. Don’t have high enough axle stands and cba with the mess so I’ve booked it in to a specialist next week!

I feel your pain.

Just been through this with my Forester. Wallet took a bit of a beating but there's no way in reality I could have (or would have) tackled it.

[hennabm]

Mine was the sump gasket and while it was off the engine mounting was shot so that was replaced as well. 

 

Good luck on the diagnosis.

[Kiltox]

2 hours ago, hennabm said:

Mine was the sump gasket and while it was off the engine mounting was shot so that was replaced as well. 

 

Good luck on the diagnosis.

How much did that cost? I gather it’s not a small job. 

[hennabm]

It was an involved job. I let my local indy BMW specialist tackle it. It was a day's work IIRC and around the £300 mark.

[Kiltox]

That’s not too bad really. Hoping that BMW specialists are more affordable than Porsche ones  

[flat4alfa]

On 7/29/2020 at 11:50 AM, cobblers said:

Clean the undertray off and put one of those oil absorbing pads on there. Someone had done that on a T5 I bought and it took 4 months before I noticed the fairly massive oil leak.

Did this with an E46 that shat oil 

MOT man tore me a strip.  ‘Fire risk’ he said

Sold it 

 

[New POD]

On 7/29/2020 at 11:28 AM, Kiltox said:

It’ll be the oil filter housing, the sump or both. 

My massive leak a couple of years back on the v6 omega was the oil filter housing.  As luck would have it, earlier versions had a screw on oil filter, so with the correct adaptor, which was maybe £8, I was able to junk.the oil filter housing altogether. 

Hoping you have it as easy as I had it. 

[Split_Pin]

That's a shanner about the oil leak(s). Is the oil filter housing a bugger to get to on these?

 

[Kiltox]

6 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

That's a shanner about the oil leak(s). Is the oil filter housing a bugger to get to on these?

 

To remove it and replace the gasket, yeah it’s a bit of a job. Not as bad as the sump mind. 

[Split_Pin]

Bumhats. The entire front had to come off our Mini just to replace a £5 oil filter housing gasket, inevitable labour charges ensued.

At least the X5 rewards you with that marvelous interior.

[Kiltox]

It’s in the garage this morning. Fingers crossed. 

Chap asked for the reg when I dropped it off - when he sees it he will realise that was futile because it has a much more unique identifier than that  

[Kiltox]

Looks like it’s the OFH gasket. Will be a good 2-3 hours labour including the time to clean it up!

[320touring]

Next time try taking the oil cap off before filling it ?

[Split_Pin]

3 hours ago, Kiltox said:

Looks like it’s the OFH gasket. Will be a good 2-3 hours labour including the time to clean it up!

Huh. Oh well, at least it's fixable, shame it will have to dent your wallet.

[Kiltox]

Gearbox service is going to be a good ol kick in the wallet as well - but it should come back a totally different car!