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02-20-2008, 08:18 PM
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4.6is owners HELP PLS!!
i'm considering buying a 4.6is 2003 from first owner, 89k km....sat nav, pneumatic suspension???!!! full... please help me make a decision! I'm worried about 2 things 1. pneumatic/air suspension self levelling etc 2. the infamous vanos problem...I've given up on a 2002M5 e39 because of this...Iactually lifted the hood on a warm engine and heard the vanos trouble "diesel" noise on this 65k beast...and read about all the problems and got scared..this was supposed to be a problem with early to 2001 model cars! how does this apply to the 4.6is...I've seen a Youtube link where I distinctly heard the clank clank noise on a 4.6is!!! what are the costs? or maybe this is just what it's got to sound like! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6n9Xw0BnrU all help sincerely welcomed thankU in advance and take care! c'mon guys...give the newbie some advice...any advice!!!i'm like lookin and waiting and nothings hapening...sorry i'm impatient but understand...I want this car badly...U know hahahha...a BMW...Ive been driving a 540 manual and cant wait to get myself something like the x5 Last edited by 116sty; 02-20-2008 at 09:04 PM. 
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02-20-2008, 09:19 PM
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Your going to love the x5. The on on youtube is Dinan it has a supercharger and the noise miggt be normal. i dont have a 4.6is. i have a 4.4i. but thats just what i think.
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02-20-2008, 09:37 PM
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I think the knocking sound in that clip is probably KirkX5m's footsteps
 ...take her for a test drive, if she feels right, go for it! You won't regret. My response below: Quote:
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02-20-2008, 09:39 PM
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i don't know why you given up the e39 M5? i am having 2 x5 now 1 is 01 and another is 07.At first i thought the 01 was old and giving me problems then went to buy new x5 ,the car just a year old and had gone back to dealer about 30 times. i mean it been in the shop more then on the road.( beside the X5 drive beultyful and handle good all the wise it made out of glass. )
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02-20-2008, 10:12 PM
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thnX
Hello and thnx for feedback
i gave up the m5 because of the vanos issue...it was a model with individual trim mint condition perfect...practically all m5board members call the car a thrill to run but...but ...but the vanos problem is a main no sleep/worry issue...no one can say exactly but some cars suffer from the vanos past the60k km barrier and others just don't...but if it happens then it's expensive...from what i've read it was a new thing on that engine, it was a problem on early cars and from what I understand the vanos problem is also present on the e46 m3which i was considering for a while too..then decided to go for the e39 and ended up thinking that since the x5 is a later car so maybe the problem/risk is way smaller...maybe the problem doesn't exist since thebavarians had time to do something about it!!! i love thebmw for what it is...i'm not seriously considering any other car but sometimes when i read some of these threads i start to panic and want to go for a lexus...but then thats not really an option thnx
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02-20-2008, 11:08 PM
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Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought the 4.6is did not have Vanos. I thought it started with the 4.8is. Someone who knows for certain please speak up!!
I love me 4.6is! Amazing vehicle!! I only have the rear air suspension, not sure how reliable the full suspension is.....
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02-21-2008, 12:30 AM
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. thanks man. yea i love the moonroof as well. that was one of the options i wanted really bad.. ill put up better pictures in summer when it is nice out. right now the truck is very dirty.
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02-21-2008, 01:36 PM
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thnx finally managed to clear this x5 vanos issue up!
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the e39 m5 basically shares the same v8 engine with the x5 4.4 and 4.6 but only to some extent...it all started with the v8 engine code named m62 used in 5er 7er and the x5 with some differences...code names m62b35 engines were used on the 3.5liter cars, the code m62b44 on the 4.4litre cars the m62b46 on the 4.6is and then THE ENGINE code named s62b50 that was reingeneered by the m division for the 5.0litre e39 m5 and z8 and this is the highly modified super output engine with DOUBLE VANOS and this is where the problem exists!!! the refreshed model 2004 got new v8 from the new 7er series were the output rose from around 286bhp to 315 bhp...unfortunately i have no knowledge about the double vanos in these engines but if i find out ill post the info that takes care of my main concern leaving onlz the pneumatic suspension to research thnx and take care... 
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