Newbie from Perth Western Australia

[Lister]

I always had BMW and owned Sedan E36, E46 & E90 and coupe E46 now I've recently purchase this Silver X5 E53 4.4 for $14k with 140,000km on the clock. Nice clean car with no accident damage although I find it quite thirty with fuel. I hope a tune up and service will help.

Any comments on what to look out for during ownership??

[TerminatorX5]

welcome to the forum!!!

[Stevo96]

What are you getting L/100? I get 9.8 in my 3.0i....

[Qsilver7]

Since there's two 4.4 engines...you might want to identify which one you have if you want to get specific suggestions/answers on what to look for...that way you won't have to deal with or get confused by info about the one you don't own.

Help us help you better by identifying the model/model year/build date in a permanent signature...or by adding it to your car info.

• 2000-2003 4.4i: M62TU
• 2004-2006 4.4i: N62

[bcredliner]

Welcome!

[Lister]

The X5 I brought was build 2001 as for the fuel usage the onboard computor says 14.9 yet my calulation arte about 3 to 4 l/per Km.
As I said before I'm going to get the car service and tuned so I hope better fuel usage afterwards.
Also the 6 xCD stacker will not eject to cartage , it work the 1st time I tried then the next day would not, any sugguestions??

[Bulk]

Originally Posted by Lister

The X5 I brought was build 2001 as for the fuel usage the onboard computor says 14.9 yet my calulation arte about 3 to 4 l/per Km.
As I said before I'm going to get the car service and tuned so I hope better fuel usage afterwards.
Also the 6 xCD stacker will not eject to cartage , it work the 1st time I tried then the next day would not, any sugguestions??

3 to 4 litres per kilometre - so you have to fill up every 30km?

Even at 3 to 4 km per litre your maths is still way off :P

14.9L per 100km sounds about right if you drive it like it begs to be driven - I have the 4.4 but the N62 engine (04 model) and when my wife drives it it's about 11L/100km but jumps to between 14-16L per 100km when I drive it.

Get it serviced and that should reduce it a little but being a V8 the best way to get better mileage is to drive it like a granny otherwise just bend over and enjoy these ridiculous fuel prices we have here in Oz

WELCOME

[bcredliner]

Originally Posted by Lister

The X5 I brought was build 2001 as for the fuel usage the onboard computor says 14.9 yet my calulation arte about 3 to 4 l/per Km.
As I said before I'm going to get the car service and tuned so I hope better fuel usage afterwards.
Also the 6 xCD stacker will not eject to cartage , it work the 1st time I tried then the next day would not, any sugguestions??

Check the fuse. If good, pull it and put it back in place. It could be all it needs is to be cycled.

[danielsan]

Originally Posted by Lister

Also the 6 xCD stacker will not eject to cartage , it work the 1st time I tried then the next day would not, any sugguestions??

I had one of my discs jam when trying to eject the cartridge. Try removing the whole stacker and give it a good shake and plug it back in... otherwise pull it apart.

[maroth.phan]

Welcome mate! I'm also from Perth and I've had my X for only 3 months