Forum: X5 (E53) Forum
01-21-2025, 12:01 AM
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Forum: BMW SAV Items Wanted to Buy
02-12-2024, 05:58 PM
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LPG
Howdy
Is there a business name or website? Also would you have a rough idea of what they are charging?
Thanks in advance
Ken
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Forum: X5 (E53) Forum
09-25-2023, 09:37 PM
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Replies: 17,647
Views: 3,769,546
Wonky headlight fix
Banging down rough roads was not good for the HID mechanism on my '03 4.4.
Since it is a plastic ball-in-socket, I could have just popped it back in place and hoped for the best, but has my...
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Forum: X5 (E53) Forum
09-20-2023, 12:23 AM
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Replies: 1,128
Views: 248,528
Highest mileage one I've seen (not mine)
craigslist Vancouver, BC
2001 X5 3.0 claimed 560,000km Approx 350,000miles. That is WAAAAY better than any of the four Lexus's we've owned (they all lost transmissions at 300,00km plus or minus...
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Forum: X5 (E53) Forum
09-12-2023, 12:01 AM
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Replies: 17,647
Views: 3,769,546
Howdy
Fan is 2400cfm
Shroud missing...
Howdy
Fan is 2400cfm
Shroud missing when I purchased the X5
Driving on steep hills in 40C+ weather with thermo-fan without the shroud was fine. With the electric fan snug against radiator...
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Forum: X5 (E53) Forum
09-11-2023, 09:03 PM
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Replies: 17,647
Views: 3,769,546
Electric fan conversion
Thermostatic fan was not freewheeling cold, warm or hot.
Decided to go with conversion, but wanted automatic activation rather than manual switch.
Amazon sourced 16" fan plus adjustable...
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Forum: X5 (E53) Forum
07-26-2023, 05:12 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,434
fill port
Mine is the ZP 5HP24; that has a fill port in the case at back, above the pan.
HTH
K
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Forum: X5 (E53) Forum
07-22-2023, 04:22 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,434
Volumes
As I recall, I drained roughly 4 litres ran for a bit to cycle through all the nooks & crannies. Did the same a second time, then on third drain & fill added the magic potions plus about 3 litres,...
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Forum: X5 (E53) Forum
07-09-2023, 07:31 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,434
Lifetime
It IS lifetime...it will last the lifetime of the transmission...;)
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Forum: X5 (E53) Forum
07-09-2023, 05:18 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,434
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Forum: X5 (E53) Forum
07-09-2023, 02:41 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,434
Snake oil success!
Hello all, especially those with tranny issues (The automotive kind only please;))
TL;DR - magic witches potion fixes transmission
Essay version:
A few months back I bought a second x5,...
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Forum: X5 (E53) Forum
07-03-2023, 10:28 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,560
Lexan Yes, Ply no
Hi again,
Digging through the cob-webbed corners of my memory here, but I seem to recall that Poly wasn't very good for impacts. Won't shatter, but will crack and/or break.
I know that...
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Forum: X5 (E53) Forum
07-02-2023, 11:34 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,560
Hello
Not a ballistics expert by any...
Hello
Not a ballistics expert by any stretch, but have you considered replacing some/most/all of the glass with Lexan? There is a coated version called Mar-Gard that has outer layers almost as...
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Forum: BMW SAV Items Wanted to Buy
06-29-2023, 08:13 PM
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Replies: 9
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WTB - LPG components
Hello.
Seeking an used LPG kit for a 2001 3.0 and/or 2003 4.4.
Due to shipping expenses, I am just seeking the complete kit minus supply lines & tanks.
I live in Canada, and can get the...
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Forum: X5 (E53) Forum
02-13-2023, 09:12 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,497
Long List of error codes, mostly power related?
Hello all.
Couldn't resist the urge to buy another X5, despite real life experience insisting otherwise;)
Been driving about a month, and ignoring the panel messages as best I could. After a...
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Forum: X5 (E53) Forum
07-10-2022, 03:38 PM
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Replies: 17,647
Views: 3,769,546
Lift envy
.:jealous: of folks with a lift. Getting too old to fix things with just a jack & stands and sliding around in gravel.
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Forum: X5 (E53) Forum
07-10-2022, 03:21 PM
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Replies: 17,647
Views: 3,769,546
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Forum: X5 (E53) Forum
07-09-2022, 09:39 PM
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Replies: 17,647
Views: 3,769,546
Jerry-rig to get home
Out at work site a person noted my exhaust was hanging a bit low on right side. I also notices extra clunking on the AM drive.
So I grab some wire to tie up the pipe ( Yep, you can take the boy...
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Forum: X5 (E53) Forum
07-08-2022, 06:02 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 514
RX300
As a follow-on, I did try to get a low...
RX300
As a follow-on, I did try to get a low mileage used transmission from wreckers, but there wasn't any to be had anywhere in western Canada at the time. One I talked to even called direct to...
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Forum: X5 (E53) Forum
07-08-2022, 05:58 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 514
XMas tree
My dashboard more often resembles Houston mission control in 'Apollo 13', :rofl: but I know how to listen and smell and feel if something serious is going on. Learned to drive decades before OBD, and...
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Forum: X5 (E53) Forum
07-07-2022, 08:58 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 514
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Forum: X5 (E53) Forum
04-09-2022, 07:40 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 815
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Forum: X5 (E53) Forum
04-08-2022, 09:40 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 815
Searching for source of odd bolts
Hello all
Well my X5 managed to shake loose a few bolts (didn't use loctite like I should have)
I am in need of 2 bolts to for the rear caliper mount, bracket to hub, and 2 bolts for...
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Forum: X5 (E53) Forum
05-03-2021, 04:32 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,838
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Forum: X5 (E53) Forum
05-03-2021, 04:06 PM
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