Hi there the Alternator I received last week was not the right model for my X5 so the car is still parked at home.

Luckily I have just arrived in Hannover Germany for 2 weeks on a business trip and will be going to the dealership here to pick up an Alternator and a few other parts I want to take back home since they are hard to come by there.

So its going to take a while for my repair update.

Hope you get yours fixed though.