View Single Post
  #5  
Old 03-08-2017, 01:55 PM
wpoll's Avatar
wpoll wpoll is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: South Island, New Zealand
Posts: 4,660
wpoll will become famous soon enough
Quote:
Originally Posted by mderienzo View Post
I would look for service records or at least some evidence of service if you are going to pay more than a $2-3k for an E53. Engine oil leaks can require a lot of labor to fix. Other than that, I would make sure all of the power options work and consider avoiding things like the panoramic sunroof, air suspension, navigation that tend to not age well. If you want to tow, find an X with a factory hitch already installed as these are hard to come by these days and aftermarket options aren't great.

Good luck!
Mark
Add a zero those prices - a good 3.0D X5 E53 is still $20-$30k down under....

The M75 engine seems to be pretty oil tight - so far! Need to check engine breather though - early versions foul easily and can lead to turbo failure.

"Factory hitch" means different things in different countries. Seems like only the USA got the Westfalia hitch you are probably referring to. Other countries have similar locally made options.
__________________
Wayne
2005 BMW X5 3.0d (b 02/05)
2001 BMW F650GS Dakar (b 06/01)

Last edited by wpoll; 03-11-2017 at 03:00 PM.
Reply With Quote

Sponsored Links