simon1977

Morning Dave Yes certainly sounds like you have few busy weekends, yes BMW would say you need to change the whole arm just for a Bush, Well yesterday I replaced 4 and 5 injectors and I noticed a broken pipe so I replaced that and now it runs smoother and there's no smoke thank goodness so you was correct. Now I have a suspension fault but I only noticed as someone turned it off in the lcm part of the program, bonnet needs respraying and this fan belt type of noise but as you said i'l wait till the better weather now, as my partner will kill me as I keep buying all these tools lol. Simon

Evening Dave Just a update on the x5 I took it to my local BMW only a small garage on Tuesday, and did a smooth running test and it was injectors 4 and 5 playing up so I've removed them today and I've ordered some reconditioned ones from Bosch which will be at a diesel specialist I know on Monday. So fingers crossed that's another job done then too the next one lol Simon

Afternoon Dave yes it’s heavy on a cold start but that’s down to a faulty glow plug which I’m going to do but it does smoke when idling seems to disappear when driving unless i flaw it then I see some black smoke which turns white then stops when I ease off the the throttle. But the rough idle has seemed to be cured after I put in in the injector additive but it still coming up with the 1613 smooth running controller which is the injectors apparently, just not sure if there’s a way of telling which injector is playing up, is there a way using the bmw 1.4.0 software that you know of? Simon

Afternoon Dave Sounds like you made some progress over the weekend as much as I got done was remove the pipes to the intercooler which were oil free so I'm back to scratching my head I'm just hoping it's not oil stem seals. I'm going to stick a camera on the back of the car to see if it smokes while driving or it's just at idle as the smell of the smoke don't smell oily or like diesel lol Simon

Morning dave hows the work gone on your x5 this weekend mines not looking so good, I’ve fitted the new crankcase filter freed off the the aircon tensioner fitted the new belt but nothing’s changed it’s still smoking and it sounds like a belt is still squeaking so after a couple of hours research it’s looking like possible turbo failure 😔. so my next job is to take off the intercooler pipe off the turbo to assess the situation if it is the turbo I’m in 2 minds to keep throwing money at it or get rid of her as if I keep her it’s recon turbo a new manifold as the it still has a stainless one on, glow plugs and possibly a injector. Simon

Hi Dave ive ordered another crankcase filter etc as the last one turned up damaged see if it does work if so bonus if not i think il do glow plugs and injectors in the summer. I noticed the ac belt was half the size it should of been so I thought no problem five minute job but no not with my luck, it turns out the tensioner has seized so il have to sort that when I do the crankcase filter. What annoys me is that the car has had a lot of money spent on it including a new gearbox, driveshafts and more but it seems it’s not been serviced adequately which would of saved them a fortune in the long run if they had. thanks again simon

Afternoon Dave I bought a code reader and the only faults that came up was egr valve which is blanked off glow plug and smooth running controller, the x5 is idling ok now after I put some injector cleaner in it but it just smokes when idling even when the car is warm. There's also smoke out of the oil filler cap when removed while running and it don't use any oil or water so I'm at a loss lol thank you again for your time and advise Simon

Hi Dave done the service and went to clean the egr valve and then realized it's been blanked off, so the lumpy idle must be something else, I'm thinking a injector might try some injector cleaner see if it helps thanks again the advise. Simon

Thanks Dave the newtis web site is brilliant and I think I will clean out the egr valve as it started ticking over lumpy this morning but drives fine, thanks again for your help simon

Hi Dave I received all my service parts now, how do I replace the diesel filter as mines in the engine bay. I've done alot in the past but as this is a bmw thought there might be a procedure priming ect. Simon

good evening if it is the battery in the key it does require the key being cut open and the battery being un-soldered and a new one re-soldered as I've done mine this afternoon, but my keyfob wasn't working at all. simon

I think I recall looking in the receipts the egr valve was replaced a couple of years ago but nothing about a fuel filter so I think il order one just to make sure, I may as well do a oil change at the same time. The problem with the running issue was it would run lovely but felt sluggish 50+mph and overtaking was poor, and if you pulled off from a junction foot to the floor it would accelerate great but when you stopped it would tick over lumpy that’s why I thought it was a boost leak, but i feels better just cleaning the air filter so il give it a service myself and let you know if it’s been cured. thanks again for the response as you’ve been a great help 😁

Thank you Dave that’s great information spent all morning taking off the top covers off the engine and the undercarriage couldn’t find anything wrong with them but realised that the air filter doesn’t look like it’s been replaced since the car left the showroom, unfortunately I couldn’t get a filter for a couple of days so while I wait I thought I would blow the old one off with the compressor omg I’ve seen less soot come out of chimney I couldn’t believe it, it was all jet black, the car seems to run slightly better now so il be glad to get the new one in it might resolve a running issue I have. Thanks again for your time and advise

Thank you Trevor, looks like a good forum for information and would happy to help if anyone needs any help in the future

hi all I'm simon I'm a newbie here, I've just bought a 2001 x5 3.0d but over the last couple of day there's a couple of thing that need doing. First thing i noticed is a low revs and you accelerate you hear the turbo whistle so what's the most common place were the pipes corrode and were about in the engine is it? secondly the wing mirrors just move about freely you can hear the motors whirring but you can shut the doors and the mirrors shut there that free, will this just be the gears in the motor? there is a couple other things that's need sorting but there a pretty simple fix any advice would be greatly appreciated thank you