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11-17-2008, 09:35 AM
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BMW X5 goes 200,000 miles!
I bought this BMW X5 3.0 in December of 1999. The 3.0's had
only been out a few months. It has sport pkg. It has had $$$ of repairs, mainly to running gear to keep it rolling. I've never had a car this long. I'm thinking of keeping it as an experiment. It burns no oil (when the oil separator hose is connected.....mine rotted off and dumped oil for a month before I figured it out), seems to perform as when new in basic operation. Body stuff were very problematical. At window regulator #5 I decided to take engineering in my own hands and through bolted the clips to the glass.......no more issues and no more $200 parts. My indy mechanic is forecasting 400,000 miles. I've never changed the transmission fluid as per BMW lifetime recommendation. We'll see! I also only run regular gas and use Mobil1 Syn 15w50 in last couple years. I mainly used 10w40 Mobil 1. Went to 15w50 cause that's what I put in my Jetski. Change oil about 12K to 15K. (Note this is an edit from first post, it was typo on my part) Oh guys, notice my black electrical tape fix for the check engine light? It's been on for 6 years......nobody ever could figure out why it was on.......yeah I did the gas gap, prayed over it, etc.......... The pix were taken while hauling my 260hp supercharged Kawasaki Ultra 250X jetski to the Hydrodrag races in Sebastian, FL. Last edited by tomgtv; 11-17-2008 at 02:29 PM. 
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11-17-2008, 02:38 PM
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Repairs
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3 CV axles 2 sets of rotors, 3 sets brakes 2 AC resistors 5 window regulators water pump - done as PM at 100,000 belts Oil separator hose 3 sets of spark plugs - 1st at 100K, others just felt like it  Valve gasket fog lamp light lots of turn signals and tail lights til I figured it wasn't the bulbs but holders. Just clean up connections and you don't have to buy the whole piece ABS brake sensors - DIY clean up, plus fixed one broken wire passenger visor broke - at $250 forget about it..... back cup holders broke - hey they don't need to drink anyways! battery - at 3 years, still on Sears replacement transfer case - biggie, went reman for $850 + $500 labor. BMW OEM part is $2200 My Indy garage rolled his eyes on this choice, 2 years later runnin' good On 4th set of tires - Michlein all the way. Had to put on 2 Bridgestones in an emergency, one blew at 15K and the other was shot at 40K. M's get you as much as 80K! Mine are 18" as per sport pkg, less revolutions/mile Gas cap - lost mine somehow - where was that bar?? Last edited by tomgtv; 11-17-2008 at 03:14 PM.
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11-17-2008, 03:16 PM
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 . I agree 100% Michelin is the way to go--I almost got 70K miles on my 1st set.
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11-17-2008, 10:09 AM
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Awesome
Must feel good to join the 200k club.
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11-17-2008, 10:14 AM
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Tom, Congrats on the 200K!
Interesting to see how it continues to go for you over the next year(s)...I hope you run the sumbitch to 400K. Also of note is the "regular gas" and the 15W-40 oil...makes the "Premium gas/only BMW oil" crowd here, fairly obvious, imo.  Love the CEL cover up, too!  GL, mD
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11-17-2008, 01:20 PM
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http://www.mobil.com/USA-English/Lub...1300_Super.asp
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