Just Bought an X5

[Bianca98]

Updates: Picking up my heated/sport/E46 seats this Sunday. Guy is giving me a decent deal. As long as they are in the condition he says they are, it should be a very clean install. If they aren't, the E46 ///M seats I had in my E36 are available and at a better price even! they came out of a wreck and are manual adjustment though. I would rather go leather and power for the X.

Just put in another order on Ebay! ABS Grills, hood props, E70 wiper (last guy cancelled my order because the last unit in stock was damaged), and the aFe intake filter cleaner. I also have my maintenance and upkeep order started. Fuel filter, plugs, cabin filter, oil kit. I also intend to do a full coolant flush, trans, and diffs.

Parts of the transmission/suspension feel a little sloppy. I need to have it diagnosed. Feels like the flex disc/guibo is shot. There is some pulsation when braking and at highway speeds. nothing major, but these things tend to implode quickly if left unattended.

The shift assembly is GARBAGE! neutral position is under 5th gear, it has nearly 2in of play while in gear. and it has lateral, horizontal, and vertical play. It has me considering a full shift bushing refresh with a SSK install but I am also considering cheaping out. I might look into a shorter throw OEM shift arm but often times these are spendy anyways.

MID display is nearly inop, heavily unreadable. Ribbon cables can be had for under 20 bucks so I am considering tackling this DIY. Anyone here tried fixing theirs?

In regards to my EML/throttle situation I think it is a fault in either the intake, IACV, or DISA. I'm not sure when I will have time to diagnose, but for the time being I am just driving very leisurely.

Anyone with input on any of the above feel free to chime in!

[Ricky Bobby]

Originally Posted by Bianca98

Updates: Picking up my heated/sport/E46 seats this Sunday. Guy is giving me a decent deal. As long as they are in the condition he says they are, it should be a very clean install. If they aren't, the E46 ///M seats I had in my E36 are available and at a better price even! they came out of a wreck and are manual adjustment though. I would rather go leather and power for the X. Awesome, how much you spend for the E46 sport seats?

Just put in another order on Ebay! ABS Grills, hood props, E70 wiper (last guy cancelled my order because the last unit in stock was damaged), and the aFe intake filter cleaner. I also have my maintenance and upkeep order started. Fuel filter, plugs, cabin filter, oil kit. I also intend to do a full coolant flush, trans, and diffs. I used Redline MTL in gearbox, D4 ATF in our transfer case, and 75W-90 gear oil in front and rear diffs. Spark plugs I used OEM NGK plugs, fuel filter I haven't done yet, but cabin filter I replaced 2 years ago with OEM activated charcoal unit. Looking forward to your E70 rear wiper install! What do you mean by "ABS grills" did you buy new black kidney grilles?

Parts of the transmission/suspension feel a little sloppy. I need to have it diagnosed. Feels like the flex disc/guibo is shot. There is some pulsation when braking and at highway speeds. nothing major, but these things tend to implode quickly if left unattended. Do you have shaking in the steering wheel on the highway at all with the slight pulsating? I sometimes think I might have a flex disc thats loose too, although my whole front suspension is brand new, the rear is all original save for the sway bar bushings and end links. I only have 71k though. Pulsating when braking would be most likely tied to the thrust arms in the front however.

The shift assembly is GARBAGE! neutral position is under 5th gear, it has nearly 2in of play while in gear. and it has lateral, horizontal, and vertical play. It has me considering a full shift bushing refresh with a SSK install but I am also considering cheaping out. I might look into a shorter throw OEM shift arm but often times these are spendy anyways. Even with the $320 UUC SSK, although the shift action is worlds better than stock, to get rid of a lot of the free play laterally and vertically when in gear, you need a DSSR and they do not sell one for our application and I have not had mine off to measure it. It's because of the selector rod design on BMW's. Just FYI if you do a UUC SSK it will replace 90% of the bushings that have play in the shift linkage, you would just have 2 oval bushings on the shift carrier and the rear shift carrier mount ($30 in parts), and then the rod joint that connects the selector rod to the trans ($15), and with that you would have replaced everything. I left my carrier bushings in place since I couldn't remove the carrier, and the rod joint because I didn't take the selector rod off, but I bought a new rear carrier mount for the shifter which I am installing this weekend.

MID display is nearly inop, heavily unreadable. Ribbon cables can be had for under 20 bucks so I am considering tackling this DIY. Anyone here tried fixing theirs? If you don't have shaking alcoholic like hands like I do then it is doable. I had pixels out on my cluster and paid $120 to have it repaired by a local guy who threw a free set of Titan silver gauge rings on my cluster at the same time, I'm happy with the work and its lifetime warrantied by him, was worth the extra cost to not mess it up IMO.

In regards to my EML/throttle situation I think it is a fault in either the intake, IACV, or DISA. I'm not sure when I will have time to diagnose, but for the time being I am just driving very leisurely. As long as you confirmed you don't have a leak at the lower elbow (check the little Y hose that goes to the ICV, it tends to rip in the folds), I'd pop the 2 T40 bolts off the DISA and if it pulls out easily from the manifold, you know the seal is toast, it should give some resistance when releasing if the seal is good, its molded in the housing and tends to flatten over time. I would imagine its due, you can get a new seal for $6 or a complete DISA rebuild kit for $85 from German Auto Solutions as preventative maintenance.

Anyone with input on any of the above feel free to chime in!

See my input above man!