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Old 01-09-2014, 02:14 PM
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With the Polar Vortex releasing its frigid grip on us I decided to start the X. Lucky I decided earlier not to lock the x because the driver side door handle was frozen. Went in through the rear and I was able to release and push the driver side door open. Release the hood and connected my maintainer/charger to the jump post. The maintainer reported back that the battery was at 22% the lowest that I have ever seen. After about a hour the maintainer indicated that the battery was 100%. Disconnected the maintainer and started up the X. Started like a BMW. Remove as much of the snow from the X and proceeded on the expressway. At highway speed the snow pile that was on the roof was sent flying backward. There was a vibration in the front, but I attributed that to the snow pack and ice that I didn't clear off the wheels. After about a hour of driving the vibration went away.

Only casualty from the deep freeze is that I have an airbag light on. Will look into this when the weather is a little bit warmer.
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Old 01-09-2014, 02:24 PM
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Lucky dog! Damn Vortex has left my X sitting in the driveway since Monday... and I live in SC!
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Any update on your X?

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Lucky dog! Damn Vortex has left my X sitting in the driveway since Monday... and I live in SC!
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^He might still thinking about bringing it to the plant and let the engineering dept. figure it out
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^He might still thinking about bringing it to the plant and let the engineering dept. figure it out
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It's funny you'd mention that Tam... I actually went to engineering Tuesday to see if anyone even remembered E53... the puzzled looks I got were priceless!!!
Hard to believe it's been 7+ years since we stopped building them...


oops... sorry for the thread-jack... let's get back to talking about the cold...
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^On a serious note, did you try to figure thing out?
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I'm working on it... this time of year I don't get much time during the week to work on my baby, since I don't have a garage to work in. I've ordered parts that I think will help solve the problem, and hopefully tonight I'll get some codes out of her to help with my diagnosis. Thanks for asking!
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I wonder how many M62's timing chain guides have failed in these temperatures?
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^I thought they failed due to age and usage.
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They do but the cold weather makes them exceptionally brittle upon startup. Mine failed on my 02 4.6is at 106k
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