The "service engine soon" light came on last week.....took it to the stealer...thinking...hoping that it was an O sensor or just something with the gas cap......turns out the CAM sensor...is shot....the control arms are cracked and the bushings...dry rotted.....the cv joint boots...need to be replaced...and the thing that made the light come on is something called an Emmisions pump!
That I stilll need to do the belts...and have the 60K service coming up.....I brought an after market warranty...talk about a worthless piece of crap...the control arms and the bushings is a $850 job in total...they are only covering $495 of that. So stay away from Contiental Warranty....they are full of shit....the hoops they make you jump through are insane....there is a deductable and they only pay a service rate of $40 per hour....they want you to use an independant mechanic....today is going to be $1250 day....there goes my running boards and exhaust.
Those MODS will wait till spring now...
IF the X5 does not settle down after this...it is going to find it self in a dark alley on the wrong side of town with the keys in it....running.....
I like to think of it as tough love!
All this and the wifey drove the 330xi last friday and is now getting all hot and bothered about it...
The hits just keep on coming.....
10-25-2005, 10:42 AM
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