upallnight, I love the Bentley Manual... even if I can decode the Americanese (Love that phrase and will nick it and use it!) but the fact it doesnt have the m57tu Diesel in there is a bit of a pain. But the chaps on the forum are excellent and us 'Oil Burners' all help each other out.

Right I am driving tonight, 250 miles. Nothing to my American Cousins... But for us, London to Cornwall (Penzance, where Pirates REALLY come from) is pretty much the width of our county. I can already hear someone saying, 'Dude, your country is the same size as Michigan, I travel that far to get a soda!'.

What is did last night was run though the x5 and check everything. Serviced it and changed PCV Breather and Thermo two weeks ago and she is running like a beauty. its just the drop link (swaaaaay bars maaaaaan!) that are clunking. So in my top up of the windscreen washer and diesel, I put 2.5 bar (35 psi) in the rear tyres and 2.2 in the front (32 psi) as I am going to have the family and be fully loaded. On the way back home the car felt better and the clunking had eased off about 30-40%! Perhaps just a bit of air has helped those sway bars not have so much load on? I don't know but if a bit of air helps me do the trip before I can get to replace then I am happy camper!

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BMW X5 E53 3.0 Diesel Sport | Sapphire Black Dakota Beige Leather interior | Year 2004

What I had updated
Carbon Effect Steering Wheel
Panoramic Sunroof Fix
PVC Replacement
All glowplugs and glowplug regulator
New discs and pads all round
All new front suspension links, bushes and rods