using so much fuel

[Gregory891]

Alexd1632. If you were running 19" wheels and recently changed to 22" (which are likely EVEN wider), that would have an immediate impact on your mileage as you now have more rolling resistance. Add this to the fact that you likely enjoy the car even more and may be putting your foot even more often on the right pedal. Conversely if you put 17" wheels on the car, your fuel consumption will decrease.

I had a similar experience with my former E34 touring (525i 24V engine). I converted it from automatic to 5 speed manual and gained nearly 2 MPG (US figures). When I would remove my winter 15" wheels (6.5 width) and install my 17" summer wheels (8" wide), my mileage would suffer (I'd lose 1 to 2 MPG).

As Terminator pointed out, put your car's details in your signature line (go to the ID & set-up part of the forum). Then learn the maintenance schedule for your car and see when YOUR car last had these done. If you don't know, do it.

You should change:

engine oil & filter
air filter
microfilter (also known as the pollen filter)
fuel filter
change oil in the transfer case, transmission, front & rear differentials
spark plugs (if you have a gasoline engine)
coolant (BMW genuine coolant only)
brake fluid (every 2 years, DOT4 suitable for an ABS equipped car)
look at updates to correct endemic design issues of the E53, some of which are dependent on the engine & transmission of your car.

Then you can see if you have any thrust rod bushing, rear suspension links or other normal and typical E53 wear items to attend to.

[Alexd1632]

I am posting of a iPhone sorry boys

And I am putting in a temp gauge on the dash as the one in there doesn't read right and I need the size of the pipe to get a adapter.

If any one nose were I can get this size from please let me no

And gregory891 thanks for that I am changing wheels back tomorrow and changing oil and filter

[TerminatorX5]

Alex, you should understand that many members of this board are not native English speakers, and while you yourself might not be a native speaker, it is worth to note that "nose" is not the same as "knows", and "no" is not the same as "know". If you are using them as a slang, many folks can't understand them... If your spell checker automatically corrects the words, you should recalibrate it.

Now, tell us more about that temperature gauge you are about to place on your dash... Also, give us a bit of a background on yourself - have you dealt with bimmers before? How much technical skill do you have? Do you know about i-Bus cars (bmw, rovers, range rovers, mini, rolls royce)? Do you know that you can bring engine core temperature, both oil and coolant, to the dash cluster without running any pipes?

[Alexd1632]

Hi thanks for that.
This is the first time on a bmw and I have many skills as I have done this many of time.

[Alexd1632]

Hi thanks for that.
This is the first time on a bmw and I have many skills as I have done this many of time.

[TerminatorX5]

Originally Posted by Alexd1632

Hi thanks for that.
This is the first time on a bmw and I have many skills as I have done this many of time.

Alex, the E53 allows you to pull the temperature onto the cluster - no need to run pipes from the engine bay to the interior of the car...


when you say "done many of times", could you specify how many years of automotive experience you have, so we do not patronize by an accident...