What did you do to / for your E53 today??

[LVP]

Originally Posted by LVP

Had it in the shop for timing chain cover gasket (along with engine degrease) and steering shaft joint. I'll need to put a few thousand kilometres on it to see what leaks next . Steering joint nice and tight - no play/knock in steering wheel.

And.........my wife started it up this morning (a balmy -15C), squeal/marbles from idler pulley or alternator and the check engine light is on. Charging the laptop up today and I'll get plugged into it tonight to assess.

[J.Belknap]

Ordered a Mann-Hummel ProVent 200 oil separator.

[thrillcat]

Finally got my smoke side markers on yesterday.

[LVP]

Originally Posted by LVP

And.........my wife started it up this morning (a balmy -15C), squeal/marbles from idler pulley or alternator and the check engine light is on. Charging the laptop up today and I'll get plugged into it tonight to assess.

Pulled codes:
5EB1 - steering angle sensor supply (might be from them messing with the shaft to install the u-joint)
279A - throttle actuator - relearn abort (that's a new one)
2742 - misfire cyl 1 - misfire with cyl cutout
2746, 5, 9, 8, 7 for misfires on cyl 6, 8, 2, 7 3 respectively

Most events were in the recent 2,000km. Some before and some after the shop visit. I grabbed some snapshots and cleared the codes. I'll see what gremlins re-appear

[5pterson]

After doing some research, I decided to order the Afe Stage 1 intake. I know it won't bring remarkable improvement but more on improving the sound, but let's see what it can provide. Good thing is that 4wheelonline.com gave me a discounted price so it is still a good upgrade for my X5.

[StephenVA]

Finished my brake overhaul project:

[lhordmclain]

Engine oil and filter change - Oil (see attach) and BMW OE filter
This time I pushed to near 10k miles
Next time I will do it 7.5k

[sykocis]

Originally Posted by crystalworks

Tell me more... I have a "rough" idle sometimes where the idle seems to dip too low, not fluctuate, just dip down to ~600rpms. It never happens if I have the AC on since that bumps it up and keeps it there. This seems like what you are describing...

I used DISv44 to make the adjustment. It's under the diags menu. After you do the short test of the modules, you hit the first button at the bottom (Function Selection or whatever it's named), then it is one of the selections on the left hand side of the screen. I can't remember off the top of my head right now. I'll post how to get to it once I get home. DIS allows you to change the setting to either .03mm or .08mm though it gives you a warning about .08mm. When I changed mine, my setting was at .022 which was out of spec. Sorry it took me so long to respond. I'm currently trying to resolve another issue.

[mikem5]

Put in a Bagpipingandy kit to remedy my compressor today.

Strangely enough, when I started the car I heard a "psssst" from the rear and still got the suspension inactive error. No activity from the compressor it seems. Any thoughts?

Update: fished around the bottom of the trunk and found this piece. Any ideas?

[mikem5]

Drove home fine...now all 4 corners are sagging. Really starting to lose patience with air suspension.