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Old 09-06-2006, 10:24 PM
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Question X5 not sounding like it used to
When I got my X in 05' (4.4i), when I started it, I could hear the enginr growl. Now, when I start it, I don't get that growl... Is it just me or is something in need of some fixing? Btw, 9k miles on it...
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When I got my X in 05' (4.4i), when I started it, I could hear the enginr growl. Now, when I start it, I don't get that growl... Is it just me or is something in need of some fixing? Btw, 9k miles on it...
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When I got my X in 05' (4.4i), when I started it, I could hear the enginr growl. Now, when I start it, I don't get that growl... Is it just me or is something in need of some fixing? Btw, 9k miles on it...
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Haha, I can hear it better now... the Honda starting up sounded like... well nothing compared to me starting m X...
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Haha, I can hear it better now... the Honda starting up sounded like... well nothing compared to me starting m X...
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Funny you should say that your '05 4.4 doesn't sound the same.... I just took mine in because the engine now has a little bit of a whine that follows RPM - similar to a supercharger sound or bad pulley.

When I had my dealer keep it for a day they said the usual: "Could not replicate in shop or on test drive." Baloney! I called the shop foreman out to the parking lot when I picked it up and asked him to listen. He right-away heard it and was completely perplexed. He said it sounded like a leak at an intake valve... Hmmmm.....

They kept is all day today and, with the help of the regional engineer who was visiting this shop, could not diagnose the problem. Meanwhile, I'm tooling around rather handily in a 545 loaner.
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How the hell did you get a 545 loaner. Ive heard of 525 or 330 or x3 and x5 3.0. But my dealer wouldnt ever give anyone a 545 loaner. Where the hell did you get your X5 serviced
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you should pull the race card... don't f with no italian dude.. LOL

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How the hell did you get a 545 loaner. Ive heard of 525 or 330 or x3 and x5 3.0. But my dealer wouldnt ever give anyone a 545 loaner. Where the hell did you get your X5 serviced
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you should pull the race card... don't f with no italian dude.. LOL
hell yeah - works for me ........
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