Brown as fuck: 2001 BMW X5 3.0 - Exxon5!

[paulplom]

15 hours ago, Kiltox said:

Not immediately.  I quite miss it and would definitely want to spend some time driving it until the novelty of sub 20mpg wore off  

It doesn't wear off if you like the car enough. The t'5 often struggles to crack 20 mpg. Might be the way I drive it though. It frightens the crap out of me at times.

[skattrd]

I just got used to 20mpg from the jeep. I like driving it, so fukit. Then common sense made a brief appearance and I bought a diesel Merc, I still prefer the jeep. 

I struggled to get my T5 below 20, I only managed 19mpg once and that was pretty much constantly driving like a hooligan. 

[hennabm]

Still running my green machine as well. I have managed 24mpg on a run up and down the country. Mostly though it sits around 18/19mpg average.

Would I get rid of it while I can afford it? Definitely not. I love the old beast. Even though it has its faults - don't we all. 

 

Enjoy it Kiltox ?

[Kiltox]

This is landing this weekend. I’ll be masking up and taking a train for the first time in a while!

I think my 3 series will be going and this will be my daily again - just like when this thread started. I’ll need to sort out some it’s issues this time rather than ignoring them though, mainly:

Oil leak - suspect it’s the oil filter housing gasket. Might get a garage to do this because it looks a pain. 
PDC inop - wiring I think 

Cruise control inop - not sure about this one and struggled with it before 

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

[cort16]

Just posted yesterday ??

 

 

 

[dave j]

4 hours ago, cort16 said:

Just posted yesterday ??

 

 

 

That sounded awesome with no exhaust! 

[Kiltox]

The brown is back!

Drove just as well as I remember, 150 miles home. Definitely need to sort that oil leak though which hasn’t fixed itself. Smells pretty bad at idle!

[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

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[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?