3.0 Manual X5 First Post/Question

[DSNoad]

Hello All,

First post here on this forum, but I have been lurking for the past few weeks since purchasing my '02 manual X5. I have regularly hung out on bimmerforums since I got my '93 325is as my first car 9 years ago. Got hooked on the BMW culture, and picked this guy up as my second.

After searching for the following problem, I decided it might be best for me to describe the oddity in hopes that fellow manual X5 owners would have some insight:

Here's what happens...Every gear shift (although more evident when going 1st to 2nd, or 2nd to 3rd), it seems the rpms "drift" upward after I depress the clutch, even when I fully release the throttle. For example: "cruising" in 1st with rpm's increasing, release gas and rpm's still increase a bit, depress clutch, and shift. The shorter the time gap between letting off the gas and depressing the clutch, the farther the rpm's drift upwards....weird. It almost seems like the car doesn't react to me letting off the throttle fast enough, but then again it's not like my speed is still increasing when I let off. Only the rpm's.

Any advice, or input on this? I hope some of you may have had this experience before. I also recently (as in today) noticed a sudden decrease in acceleration, almost like I am in too low of a gear when I want to be zippy, even if I am already at 2.5k rpm. I assume this is unrelated since I saw the aforementioned rpm issue before this, but even so I thought it was worth noting.

Anyway, I thought I would just ask. Any and all help is appreciated!

Thanks,
Dillon