No need to be sorry - just trying to give folks an idea of what to look out for when buying a high mileage E53. We knew it would need some work when we got it. We are having to work through all of the areas of neglect from prior owner. Honestly, as I've seen upallnight say, if you can't do some of the wrenching, you can't afford to own it.
I will say that I am pretty surprised at the level of disrepair that the prior owner allowed. I could never drive a car with all of these issues.
Good news is that I just found a box of 6 spark plugs I had bought for the other X5, but never installed.
In news of the weird, I also found a set of valve cover screws, and two oil filter housing gaskets. No clue where those came from. No telling what's in my "odds and ends" car parts box.
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Originally Posted by X53Jay4.8is
I am sorry that you are having a terrible experience with this X5 but lets be honest the level of miles that you bought this X5 at would qualify it for the wholesale lot were it would then end up at shady buy here/pay here type of dealer. These dealers are not concerned about integrity of repairs or condition of vehicle. Second the only way this X5 is going to start returning the utility that you are expecting is to run through it with a fine comb on all the maintenance, preventive maintenance and use of quality repair parts. Then you know what you have.
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