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Forum: X5 (E53) Forum 12-09-2017, 04:59 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 6,679
Posted By gaffinfool
I guess that's one way to solve it!!!

I guess that's one way to solve it!!!
Forum: X5 (E53) Forum 12-09-2017, 04:57 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 6,679
Posted By gaffinfool
Can I assume that if you are just changing the...

Can I assume that if you are just changing the Alternator you don't have to go through all that mess?[/QUOTE]

no... BUT... there have been rumors on these boards that just messing with the...
Forum: X5 (E53) Forum 12-07-2017, 06:20 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 55,908
Posted By gaffinfool
There's nothing worse than having to go back into...

There's nothing worse than having to go back into an area to fix something that you were already in while fixing something else.. feel for ya, bro
Forum: X5 (E53) Forum 12-07-2017, 06:15 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 6,679
Posted By gaffinfool
No, timing gasket work is from the top side,...

No, timing gasket work is from the top side, alternator bracket gasket work is through the wheel well. Totally different labor steps to get to each of these gaskets.

Like I kind of eluded to...
Forum: X5 (E53) Forum 12-06-2017, 09:08 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 6,679
Posted By gaffinfool
May the Lord have mercy on your soul!!

I should have done this as a preventative measure this past summer when I had to change out my steering rack and front suspension because I was RIGHT THERE at it, but I was frustrated with other...
Forum: X5 (E53) Forum 12-06-2017, 08:49 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 55,908
Posted By gaffinfool
Finally solved my issue with part of this repair

What a freaking year it's been!!!

I have researched and researched this issue, had to replace the steering rack (found a great video on YouTube that made that job not as hard as it probably could...
Forum: X5 (E53) Forum 12-06-2017, 08:32 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 8,991
Posted By gaffinfool
I'd like to think I'm pretty mechanically...

I'd like to think I'm pretty mechanically inclined. I'm 43 and I have been wrenching on cars my whole life. It took me 8 1/2 hrs total the first time I did it, with BASIC hand tools in my driveway....
Forum: X5 (E53) Forum 12-06-2017, 06:56 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 8,991
Posted By gaffinfool
Yes, the big soda can mounted to the valve cover....

Yes, the big soda can mounted to the valve cover.

No. If unwind it (dont forget to count the spins) when you uninstall it, you will wind it back in when you reinstall it. If you did like I did...
Forum: X5 (E53) Forum 12-06-2017, 06:15 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 8,991
Posted By gaffinfool
FIXED IT!!!!! -- N62 valvetronic servo question

What a freaking year it's been!!!

I have researched and researched this issue, had to replace the steering rack (found a great video on YouTube that made that job not as hard as it probably could...
Forum: X5 (E53) Forum 12-27-2016, 05:03 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 55,908
Posted By gaffinfool
I still have not fixed mine. Still having the...

I still have not fixed mine. Still having the same issue. Code thrown is camshaft circuit bank 2. I have replaced a fuel injector I thought I might have damaged, I have replaced the plugs, moved...
Forum: X5 (E53) Forum 10-08-2016, 09:20 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 8,991
Posted By gaffinfool
Unhappy It's somewhere else to look. I'm at a total...

It's somewhere else to look. I'm at a total loss.

I redid the valvetronic motor, verified my cps's weren't switched (I actually left the pigtail-less one in the VC when I did the gasket, so I...
Forum: X5 (E53) Forum 10-05-2016, 04:50 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 8,991
Posted By gaffinfool
I did, but from the local O'Reilly's. I got the...

I did, but from the local O'Reilly's. I got the same P115A code that McDonaldD got in the referenced post. There's no DTC listed according to them. Hell, the all holy Google only brings back that...
Forum: X5 (E53) Forum 10-05-2016, 12:19 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 8,991
Posted By gaffinfool
N62 valvetronic servo question

I posted this last night in an old thread, because my issues are exactly as described here:
...
Forum: X5 (E53) Forum 10-05-2016, 01:03 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 55,908
Posted By gaffinfool
I have the EXACT same issue after VCG install!!

even down to the p115a code...

But, after checking, rechecking, and re-rechecking all of the sensors I touched, they are all plugged in, so I'm still searching...

05 X5 4.4


I made the...
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