X5 not sounding like it used to
 

When I got my X in 05' (4.4i), when I started it, I could hear the enginr growl. Now, when I start it, I don't get that growl... Is it just me or is something in need of some fixing? Btw, 9k miles on it...

Go and drive a Honda for a few days

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Yep it looks like yet another case of:

QUIETOEMMUFFLERSANDNEEDSTOGETANAFTERMARKETEXHAUSTS YNDROME

Fortunately this grim disease is curable. The prognosis is good but it aint cheap!!! Take two Eisenmann and call me in the morning!!! Like a modern day miracle you will be healed and able to hear again!!!!!


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Haha, I can hear it better now... the Honda starting up sounded like... well nothing compared to me starting m X...

hahaha that didn't take long. :thumbup:

Funny you should say that your '05 4.4 doesn't sound the same.... I just took mine in because the engine now has a little bit of a whine that follows RPM - similar to a supercharger sound or bad pulley.

When I had my dealer keep it for a day they said the usual: "Could not replicate in shop or on test drive." Baloney! I called the shop foreman out to the parking lot when I picked it up and asked him to listen. He right-away heard it and was completely perplexed. He said it sounded like a leak at an intake valve... Hmmmm.....

They kept is all day today and, with the help of the regional engineer who was visiting this shop, could not diagnose the problem. Meanwhile, I'm tooling around rather handily in a 545 loaner.

How the hell did you get a 545 loaner. Ive heard of 525 or 330 or x3 and x5 3.0. But my dealer wouldnt ever give anyone a 545 loaner. Where the hell did you get your X5 serviced

you should pull the race card... :rofl: don't f with no italian dude.. LOL

hell yeah - works for me ........;)