I tried to start it before I hooked up the charger, and still no crank.
The charger said the battery was at 90%, but I put it on Power Supply at 14v, 20amps, before hooking up my Foxwell.
Foxwell said it had 10 codes: 4 DME, 4 KOMBI, and 2 EWS:
all went away after clear codes/restart
two remain (BD and D7, which is normal) after clear codes/restart
"01" comes back, after failures to crank, alternating with good starts
It seems that my key sometimes needs to be flipped over, and tried again, to crank. I also remember that from several other times, over 4.5 years, but witout codes being set. I keep my ONLY key on an inductive charger on my desk, so I'm sure it isn't the key battery (though it is 4.5 years old now, after I replaced it very soon after I got the X5).
Meanwhile, about fuel pressure testing:
The tester gauge was left on the windshield for 22 hours before I tried starting the X today. It read 36psi.
I bled the pressure, then started the engine, and it took about a minute for the needle to rise to 44psi, never reaching 50. I pushed the bleeder button again, got very little fuel from the bypass hose, and looked at the gauge again (after jumping back into the seat). It read ZERO. So, I tried again, with the same results, ZERO psi.
Then, I removed the gauge and extension hose from the gauge, and went through another round of key flip/clear codes/finally restarting, before I attached the fuel gauge to the fuel rail, sans extension. Still no pressure. WTF?
Today's conclusions: I'm jinxed, hexed, cursed, damned, whatever, after trading my Chevelle (that brought a Poltergeist into my garage, as witnessed by four others). I believed, at first that the Poltergeist left with the Chevelle, but maybe not. I thought we had a truce, at least, but....
More seriously (I hope):
- 1) maybe it's time for anothe diamond key rebuild; I have a key shell (with the blade already laser-cut), so maybe a new battery and guts transferral is in order,
- 2) I guess i need another fuel pressure tester kit...I'll try a name brand this time,
- 3) I've got to get a Foxwell NT710 soon, because my NT510 Elite is so slow, and hampers testing, and I can hardly read the screen anymore, unless I'm 1.5 feet away from it (old, tired eyes), and
- 4) learn to take better photos out in the X.