2002 X5 3.0i Sport

[SAVant]

Hey Guys,

New guy here. My name is Kevin and I have an '02 3.0i that I picked up February of 2012. Been in BMWs for the last 10 years or so and love them, this is my third one and most likely not the last. I didn't put too many kilometers on it for the first year, but we just moved from Victoria, BC to Winnipeg, MB and we drove this one out and shipped our other car. It was a beautiful drive out in April, hardly any snow and lots of hours behind the wheel I didn't let my wife drive because I didn't want to miss out. The extra power of the V8s would have been nice, but the I6 performed flawlessly, so I can't complain.

So far it's been good to me, only a few things, mostly from not driving it for a year (I think I put 1000kms on it over 14 months). Before the drive out here I put a new battery in and replaced a seized driver's front caliper. The rear hatch is making some clunks (expecially with some of these terrible roads here in Winnipeg!) but I don't want to fork out the dough at the local dealership for new rubber stoppers. I'll probably end up getting them out the states for half the price...

I got it with about 128k kms on the clock, sits at about 132k now. I'm the third owner, the first one was the one that painted all the lower moldings and the second added the wheels and a hitch. I've got one picture that I took and the ones from the for-sale add. Also, I'll put one of my 330Ci in for fun too. Great car, just not good for a family!

Cheers,

Kevin

[SAVant]

Arrg, mods could you move this to the e53 forum?? Not sure how I did that!

[bcredliner]

Go to the E53 forum and open thread that says new member--it is all there

[SAVant]

hey hey alright, thanks to the mods for moving this!

[SAVant]

here's how the X is sitting as of this afternoon - totally filthy...We bought our place in a new development so there is dust and dirt and mud everywhere and then we just had our cement driveway poured last week. That meant it had to stay outside for last 8 days, poor thing. It's Ok though, it will get a nice bath tomorrow to celebrate the new driveway

[X5SND]

Welcome aboard!

Originally Posted by SAVant

...(expecially with some of these terrible roads here in Winnipeg!)...

Aren't they great?! Not to worry, our streets will have you doing full suspension rebuilds every 3 years in no time!!

[SAVant]

Well now I know who to go to for help chaising down weird clunks and rattles when they start showing up!

[X5SND]

Originally Posted by SAVant

Well now I know who to go to for help chaising down weird clunks and rattles when they start showing up!

My diagnostic fee is a flat rate of 1 double double from Tims!

As for the block heater....My X has the cold weather package, so it does have a block heater, and thus, no heating pad on the pan needed. I would assume there's a space for a block heater you could put in. It usually jsut requires removal of a plug on the side of the block and in goes the heater. A block heater is the sort of item you should bundle in with a cooling system flush/refresh as it's going to require at least some of the coolant be drained.

[JCL]

Originally Posted by X5SND

As for the block heater....My X has the cold weather package, so it does have a block heater, and thus, no heating pad on the pan needed. I would assume there's a space for a block heater you could put in. It usually jsut requires removal of a plug on the side of the block and in goes the heater. A block heater is the sort of item you should bundle in with a cooling system flush/refresh as it's going to require at least some of the coolant be drained.

Do you have a dealer-installed block heater? BMW doesn't recommend or offer them, and the cold weather package didn't include an immersion heater AFAIK. That is why some have gone to the stick-on silicon pad heaters. I have used them on larger engines, but never installed one on a BMW. All of my 3.0 engines were fine starting at -30C when I was travelling north of Vancouver, but I didn't have to do it day after day.

[X5SND]

Originally Posted by JCL

Do you have a dealer-installed block heater? BMW doesn't recommend or offer them, and the cold weather package didn't include an immersion heater AFAIK. That is why some have gone to the stick-on silicon pad heaters. I have used them on larger engines, but never installed one on a BMW. All of my 3.0 engines were fine starting at -30C when I was travelling north of Vancouver, but I didn't have to do it day after day.

Interesting! I didn't know that....Just always assumed it to be part of the Cold climate package! My truck was leased for a year by an elderly Chinese couple who had the dealer do everything on it before I got it. It may very well be an aftermarket/after sale item then....but will have been installed by the dealer.