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

[TiAgX5]

Quote, "Maybe fellow Texans TiAgX5 and bcredliner have similar experience to yours?"

I change oil at 60% SII (about 8k miles), the oil level drops about 1/8" to 3/16" (Mobil-1 0w-40).

[Serb404]

Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby

^Serb do you have xenon or halogen? "Check side lights" is usually the angel eye bulbs on the facelift models

I believe you are correct sorry I was confusing myself lol, I was going from this old post in a thread, see below

"Xenon/Adaptive Bi-Xenon (2000-2003 3.0i/4.4i xenon; 2004-2006 3.0i adaptive bi-xenon; 2004 4.4i adaptive bi-xenon; 2005-2006 4.4i standard; 2002-2006 4.6is/4.8is standard xenon/adaptive bi-xenon, respectively)"

So mine would be the Adaptive Bi-Xenon and everything is stock I haven't modified any bulbs yet on my X

Should I just upgrade halo bulb to a brighter whitesh color now? I've always hated the yellow tint on the stock

[crystalworks]

Originally Posted by srmmmm

Interesting observation and exactly what we experience with my wife's e46 also. I wonder if there's that much difference between the 2.5L and 3.0L versions, although hers is a 2004 model and mine a 2002.

2002 X5 3.0 290,000 miles
2004 325i 123,000 miles

I had the same consumption in the 2.5 (1) and 3.0 (2) e46's. In fact I just did an oil change in the wife's 3.0 Mtech X3, 2006 last of the m54, and it was spot on after 7000 miles. Hadn't lost anything measurable on the dipstick.

I am preparing myself to do the CCV system on hers preventatively and so your situation piqued my curiosity.

[Ricky Bobby]

Originally Posted by Serb404

Should I just upgrade my angel eyes to a brighter white bulb?

Go for it if one of them is out, put your parking lights on and see if the angel eye is out to confirm however

[Serb404]

Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby

Go for it if one of them is out, put your parking lights on and see if the angel eye is out to confirm however

yeah I did, I have it set on "automatic" anyways so I checked this morning and looks like my passenger bulb for Halo is out, how easy is it replace this? And if I order them do I have to make sure they're error free so no codes show up after installation? Sorry I am new to this and a complete noob :/

was leaning on going towards these

http://www.amazon.com/Bimmian-LHUX5A...it+++LHUX5AW2Y

[srmmmm]

Originally Posted by TiAgX5

Quote, "Maybe fellow Texans TiAgX5 and bcredliner have similar experience to yours?"

I change oil at 60% SII (about 8k miles), the oil level drops about 1/8" to 3/16" (Mobil-1 0w-40).

You guys are making me feel bad now. I never see drips and I never see smoke - I must have really good catalytic converters. Maybe time for a compression check.

2002 X5 3.0 290,000 miles
2004 325i 123,000 miles

[swell64]

Replaced the 25watt 7000k led angel bulb with new 80watt 7000k led angel aye bulb and it does look WAY BETTER. Although on this picture it's looks way brighter then what they look in person Im happy with the $60.00 Ebay upgrade. The 5watt didn't really do much just changed the color from yellow to white but the Amber turn signal when it's on its just too bright and makes angel eye look yellowish even with the new led. I cancelled the corner Amber lights and looks soooooo much better. I still have to figure out how to make the turn signal turn on with out re coding it or something expensive I already have a good cheap idea I'll try it soon to see if it works

[swell64]

That the led I bought first and didn't reallg like it, here is the new one and end result

[swell64]

80watt 7000k led angel eyes bulb from ebay. Looks way better and they were cheap easy to replace

[Ricky Bobby]

Looks amazing lowered with the running boards