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'06 X5 3.0i - bought @143,123 miles (12/26/20) |
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What is this fantastic trick?
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2001 E53 M54 5MT Oxford green over crusty black leather
2014 F30 N55 6MT mineral gray over red leather |
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I first saw the credit card trick on m539 restorations here, he was using it to get the area between the rear window glass and the pillar. I guess you guys are sleeping on this channel.
This is a good watch it's pretty much how to paint correct. Especially if you have a black car. https://youtu.be/ITgiFp_l01A?si=p58ifJi_z1Wokhdr The x5's been really good. There's still a fuel trim code that comes and goes. I'm finally done with the m52 stuff. It's running fantastic but there's still a piston slap, as I suspected the entire time. Great. This weekend I'll be bringing the x in the garage for a little checkup. I got a smoke tester kit. Hopefully the intake manifold is not off tomorrow afternoon.
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'05 E53 3.0 6mt. Sterling gray metallic / black. 135k daily driver '96 E36 328is 5mt. Alpine white. Removing parts and scrapping rust shell '93 E36 318is 4cyl auto. Alpine white / black. 120k clean shell, awaiting 328 parts '17 F30 340ix 6mt. Black sapphire metallic / black. 80k missing engine Last edited by Factory6speed; 11-22-2024 at 11:08 PM. |
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I bought a smoke tester too recently. Great tool. Just moved it into the storage space yesterday after smoke checking the x5 vacuum plumbing a couple weeks ago. DME is showing that it’s correcting for a bit of a lean condition, and my brake pedal is firm initially, then sinks rapidly.
Smoke tester showing everything is tight, so now im thinking that maybe the 20+ year old injectors need to be changed. I saved some money when I put the motor in and bought the rail and injectors off of eBay. Had them cleaned and flow tested within spec though. On the other hand, it could just be the N62 throttle body I’m using. It’s got a bigger bore than our OE. Sounds good, but not sure it adds power.
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Current Original owner 2002 E53 X5 4.4i to 4.6i swap 2025 G06 X5 50e Former 1972 Audi Fox 1986 Saab 900S 1996 BMW Z3 1998 BMW E36 M3 Sedan 2004 BMW E46 M3 2006 Audi A3 Quatro 1993 Mopar 318 Jeep Grand Cherokee 2015 V6 Jeep Grand Cherokee |
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Replaced rear window regulator, the first time in the life of my 2005 4.4 to replace any window regulator. Followed this great DIY procedure https://youtu.be/9hWGIU6Z3rM?t=10
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'05 E53 X5 4.4i, '97 E39 528, '07 E92 335i, '16 F86 X6M. |
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I removed my rear wiper, and used a vacuum cap to cover the threaded post.
I've got a group of semi-feral cats that I keep around our semi-rural house, that have eliminated the snake and rodent population we formerly had. We've spayed and neutered them, so the cat population is now steady. One drawback is that there are one or two that like to get atop my X5, and lay on the home-made roof rack up there, then slide down the rear window glass when vacating the roof. And the wiper arm gets relocated in the process. Since I haven't used the wiper but once or twice a year, in the three years I've owned the X, and though I've used three different wiper assemblies (OEM E53, replacement E53, and replacement E70), none ever cleaned the glass that well, I figure that the long-handled squeegee I have in the trunk will do the job better anyway, so I removed the wiper at last. After removing the wiper arm and lock nut (needed if I ever decide to reinstall), I used contact cement to glue a large vacuum cap over the threaded post, and called it good. I was thinking about removing the motor and using a wiper-delete kit to fill the hole in the glass, but for me, I'll always choose the quickest, cheapest solution, as long as it works. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk
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01 BMW X5 E53,3.0i-5L40E, 7/13/01 topas-blau,Leder-grau,"resto-project car" Here: 14 Lexus ES350,3.5L-U660E 09 HHR Panel,2.2L-4T45E 04 Chevy 2500HD,6.0L-4L80E 98 GMC Sierra 1500,5.7L-4L60E Gone: 66 Chevelle Malibu 2dr ht.,327>441c.i.-TH350>PGlide/transbrake 08 Cobalt Coupe,2.2L-4T45E 69 & 75 C10s,350c.i.-TH350 86 S10,2.8L-700R4 73 Volvo 142,2.0L-MT4 72 & 73 VW SuperBeetles,1.6l-MT4 64 VW,1.2l-MT4 67 Dodge Monaco 500 2dr ht.,383c.i.-A727 56 Chevy 210 4dr,265c.i.-PGlide Last edited by workingonit; 11-24-2024 at 01:33 PM. |
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2003 BMW X5 E53 3.0D-Auto, Sportpack,full extras. Oxford green/Leder Dakota interior. 56, 875miles @24th October 2024 Heavily OE modded,including full facelift grill install.4.6is body kit,wheels,exhaust tips and ext.fender flares Non OE mods.Depo "custom" Angel eye headlights. |
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powers1,
The LED lights fit any of these models: BMW E90 E91 E92 E93 E46 E53 E60 E61 X3 E83 X1 E84 E81 E82 E87 E88. Search for black LED turn signal lights to fit any model listed. After reading the description on them, I didn't notice that they are not sequential. The lights all turn off and on at once. I may upgrade later to sequential ones. The LEDs are bright at night. The signal is very bright.
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