My (wife's) 2009 xdrive35d

[green]

I've enjoyed your posts. You lucked out with the air springs. I wish I would have found some for that low.



Any issues since your last post? Still running good?

[daytonatrbo]

Originally Posted by green

I've enjoyed your posts. You lucked out with the air springs. I wish I would have found some for that low.



Any issues since your last post? Still running good?

At almost 148k miles now. Had one little issue with an SES light, but my tuner confirmed it was just a little bug and sent me another update to fix it.

I’ve switched off of OE oil to Rotella now. About halfway through an oil change and the oil consumption seems to be a little less. And the engine is just a little quieter.

I think I need to do the mechatronic gaskets and sleeves in my transmission. I occasionally get a funky shift, but nothing really alarming so far.

[daytonatrbo]

Well over 150k miles now.

Had an issue with water intrusion frying my hatch module. Otherwise we are just soldiering on.

[gcking]

Originally Posted by daytonatrbo

So, this morning I started taking some of the plastic bits of the front of the engine in preparation to start in on the water pump/t-stat job later.

I noticed that the front of the engine is covered in what I can only describe as rusty water stains. I hope its just a sign that the water pump is past-due, but I was wondering if it is maybe a sign of EGR cooler failure??


Any comments there would be appreciated.





Then again, it might just be mouse piss:

I see the degraded foam on the engine in your picture. Did you replace it? Were you also able to replace the foam on the Engine Cover? I need to replace mine and need to find a way to replace it.

[daytonatrbo]

Originally Posted by gcking

I see the degraded foam on the engine in your picture. Did you replace it? Were you also able to replace the foam on the Engine Cover? I need to replace mine and need to find a way to replace it.

I’m still using the same foam. Many run without it.

[josiahg52]

The foam is a NVH abatement item, right?

[daytonatrbo]

Correct.

[daytonatrbo]

Our X5 now has 170k miles on it. Roughly 45k since deleted.

Replaced the motor mounts about a week ago. That helped NVH at idle quite a lot. They weren’t as bad as some I’ve seen, but definitely due. Still need to due the trans mount.

Made a trip to the beach and back this past weekend. 800+ miles round trip with no issues at all.

[daytonatrbo]

Originally Posted by daytonatrbo

Well over 150k miles now.

Had an issue with water intrusion frying my hatch module. Otherwise we are just soldiering on.

Bought a Chinese hatch module off eBay for $195 to fix this. It was plug and play with no issues or coding.

[robnitro]

Originally Posted by daytonatrbo

Our X5 now has 170k miles on it. Roughly 45k since deleted.

Replaced the motor mounts about a week ago. That helped NVH at idle quite a lot. They weren’t as bad as some I’ve seen, but definitely due. Still need to due the trans mount.

Made a trip to the beach and back this past weekend. 800+ miles round trip with no issues at all.

How difficult was the job? I saw in the directions for dpf removal, the bolts for the mount there is quite difficult to get to. Did you do it on stands or a lift?