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Old 11-06-2008, 03:02 PM
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Hi after reading this site for a couple of months i finally bought a 2001 3.0 gold x5 i had her looked over by the local dealer and an indy and had a manageable
list of repairs to haggle over with the seller.Closed the deal and drove off yeah..
an hour or so later i filled the gas tank and headed home what a nice car.........
next morning my new car has a pool of gas under her.grrrrrrrrrrr.I removed the back seat and finaly locate leak at rear pasenger vent fitting on tank . I ordered a new tank and will begin dismantling her .I hope my luck improves ...is the tank a common failure on this car ? I did a search but did not turn up much..
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wow, that sucks. Hope you have better luck.
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Thanks in one way i guess i was lucky my new ride could have toasted me with the fuel leak onto the exhaust.
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Second .. guess it was just bad luck. Otherwise, that dealer and indy didn't catch it.

Good luck in the future!
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Second .. guess it was just bad luck. Otherwise, that dealer and indy didn't catch it.

Good luck in the future!
thanks for the greets and i dont think they missed catching any thing during the inspections as there was no leak except when the tank is full.
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wow, that sucks. Hope you have better luck.
It sounds to me like he bought the car knowing it was in rough shape and needed repairs.

sorry I can't say I've heard of that problem, but if you stick around long enough I'm sure you'll get her up to shape
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It would seem to me that if it had a leak the check engine light would be on with a "DMTL major leak detected" fault... you know, the fault you get for fueling up with the engine running...? Otherwise that is a very uncommon problem as I have only seen it once with a BMW in over 4 years at the dealer.
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It would seem to me that if it had a leak the check engine light would be on with a "DMTL major leak detected" fault... you know, the fault you get for fueling up with the engine running...? Otherwise that is a very uncommon problem as I have only seen it once with a BMW in over 4 years at the dealer.
Hi thanks for your input could you explain how the car tests itself for leaks please.
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