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Just had the same problem. Replaced the voltage regulator on the alternator. Good as new! There are brushes in the voltage regulator that wear down and cause loss of power from the alternator.
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2004 X5 3.0 6 Speed MT Build Date - 09/03 156K Alpine White / Black Premium & Cold Weather Packs, Nav, Tons of lighting mods, 4.8is Exhaust, Headers, Eibach Springs, OEM 87's, Custom DME Tune, OEM Hitch. 2005 X3 3.0i - 100K - Blue water Metallic / Black 2005 X5 3.0i - 140K - Alpine White / Hellbeige 2 ![]() |
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![]() ![]() In the aviation world this is what can happen when folks just change brushes in their motors ![]() Mike
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Looked like most of it was stuck in the voltage regulator housing which got replaced. Since the housing is at the back of the alternator, I'd assume some also just gets blown off.
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2004 X5 3.0 6 Speed MT Build Date - 09/03 156K Alpine White / Black Premium & Cold Weather Packs, Nav, Tons of lighting mods, 4.8is Exhaust, Headers, Eibach Springs, OEM 87's, Custom DME Tune, OEM Hitch. 2005 X3 3.0i - 100K - Blue water Metallic / Black 2005 X5 3.0i - 140K - Alpine White / Hellbeige 2 ![]() |
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Didn't work on the X5 but wrenched on the gf's e46 doing the M56 valve cover conversion. Went pretty smoothly so looking forward to doing it on the truck.
Taking out the old CCV was a pita considering it has nowhere near the room the X5 does.
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It's more than likely that the brushes are Just worn out. I just replaced my slip rings and brushes for $20 ![]() ![]() In response to the question of where all the carbon goes: the design is open frame and in my case most of the carbon apparently ended up in my fingerprints as I disassembled the thing. Noticing that only one side of the slip ring wears I'm thinking of reversing the polarity on the regulator brushes to flip the wear to the other side and add 50-100,000 miles to the lifespan of my wife's alternator. I believe I figured out a simple way to do the flip and of course will share if I can pull it off.
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got into a little accident a couple weeks ago. i was rear ended on the freeway, hit and run. Damage was not too bad to begin with so i decided to try to fix it myself. i have never done body work before but ive always wanted to learn the process.
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So sorry to hear about that, but your end result looks amazing. I see you got LEDs too, they look amazing.
About how long was the whole fix? Quote:
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Nice dude! I'm glad you were able to get it back together. It looks great!
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2005 X5 4.4i Build 04/05 Maintenance/Build Log Nav, Pano, Sport (Purchased 06/14 w/ 109,000 miles) (Sold 8/15 w/121,000 miles) 2006 X5 4.8is Build 11/05 Maintenance/Build Log Nav, DSP, Pano, Running Boards, OEM Tow Hitch, Cold Weather Pckg (Purchased 08/15 w/ 90,500 miles) 2010 X5 35d Build 02/10 Nav, HiFi, 6 DVD, Sports Pckg, Cold Weather Pckg, HUD, CAS, Running Boards, Leather Dash, PDC, Pano (Purchased 03/17 w/ 136,120 miles) |
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