Well I had my car at my Indy last week.....chasing down a p0174.....smoke test, carbon cleaning, new plugs, yada yada.....the X is running like a champ and then last night coming home from the orifice....I am crossing the Q bridge here in new haven ct.......lets just say 4 lanes north and 4 lanes south with no break down lanes and the following happens!!!! Pretty much same symptoms as you will read here.
http://www.xoutpost.com/x5-e53-forum/...throttle+valve
Now that you have read this ..... the fix was the same exact thing......Actually I chased this link down and emailed to my INDY ...he read it last night and said he would look at this first for shits and giggles.....The good thing is when he called he said you need a $10.00 part... and he couldn't believe that X5 world is as handy as it is.... Bad news is..I went into eng fail safe and puttered over the bridge ..1 mile long....trying to switch lanes with everyone beeping at me..high beeming me.....flipping me off.......during rush hour..not too mention.....then.... I had to get flat bedded.....so after all that I will be treating myself to some DINAN ENG and Tranny Soft and getting my drl's shut off over the holidays ....That and alot of Makers Mark!! LOL!!
Happy Holidays Gang! ........and heads up on this piece that seems to go and get caught in the throttle valve!
Rich
12-18-2008, 04:51 PM
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