Good evening all,

And so continues the saga of the X5.

The thermostat isnt working. Keeps full open all the time.
The temp was 75C when driving along the freeway.

The front wheel bearing makes the lovely rumble noise, so another part to buy.

The viscous coupling on the fan doesnt work.
Removed the fan and tested it. I spins freely after spinning it a few times,
So another part to the list.

The front electric fan is also dead.
So another part.

Then the check engine light came on while driving today
Started to idle rough at stop streets.
So need to check what that is.
I have misplaced the cable to link INAP to the car,
But did check with an ODB2 reader.
Does show a few faults.

Did an oil change as the oil I put in recently smells bad already.
Suspec the PO didnt change oil often, if ever.
And so the new oil is cleaning all the gunk off the innards.
Will do another oil change soon, hope to remove some of the old oil deposits.

Did the tappet cover gaskets. Made a dfference to fuel cinsumption too.

Need to do gearbox oil as it probabaly hasnt been done
Has about 100k miles on the clock now.

So there we have it for today.
The list of goodies to do gets longer each day
And some days we fix one or two and another one or two are added.

And all in all, still a magic truck to drive.

Till the next exciting instalment, happy driving

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