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F15 X5 PHEV electric auxiliary heater
Ok here’s the first for me,,,check engine light on a 2016 F15 X5 PHEV,,,,the fault was electric auxiliary heater internal fault detected,,,performed the normal test operation. This is a pretty basic unit you have water in and water out,,,,you have a … Continue reading
X5 E70 SCR active tank
I know this is a crappy picture,,,,I don’t talk about BMW diesel enough,,,,so here we go,,,,this is a picture of a E70 left front lower bumper grill removed,,,,that is the SCR active tank,,,,customer came in with check engine light on,,,,fault … Continue reading
X5 diesel turbos damaged
This is the small turbo on a 2013 x5 diesel,,,the small turbo bolts onto the bigger turbo,,,,we had no boost on the high and low turbos,,,,we also had a lot of noise coming from the turbos. Look what we found,,,,,the intake … Continue reading
F15 X5 steering column squeeking
Ok I jumped the gun and already took off the steering wheel,airbag and turn signal clock spring assemble,,,,F15 steering column squeeking when adjusting up or down,,,,I first tried to lube the plastic guide rails but that didn’t work ,,,,so the … Continue reading
CON controller replacement
Time to replace the CON controller with touch pad,,,X5 this is not your typical just pry and lift out the wood panels. You have to take off both side panels to gain access to hidden screws which hold the wood grain … Continue reading
VTG motor rebuilt
Ok all you X drive owners,,,,you all probably know what this is,,,,it’s a VTG motor that bolts on to the 4×4 transfer case,,,,well BMW now have a rebuilt it only for some models,,,,early x3 and x5 models. Here all the parts … Continue reading
X5 front driveshaft recall
Just came into the shop just in time,,,,X5 front driveshaft recall replacement,,,the interesting thing there as no noise while driving . Here some more dirty pictures of my fingers,,,lol. Here you can see the side of the u-joint starting to exit out … Continue reading
X5 E70 blower motor
This was interesting,,,X5 E70,,,,,customer said the a/c blower was noisy ,,,,,sure enough it sounded like a thumping noise behind the dash,,,so I removed the blower which sit on the passenger’s side under the dash behind the glovebox area,,,,and look what … Continue reading
X5 comfort access inop
The car is aX5 F15 2015,,,,customer said his comfort access is inop,,,sure enough it didn’t work,,,,also he said his rear trunk lid lock button doesn’t lock the doors,,,so I scanned for fault,,,,found left rear antenna ariel is not connected,,,,check al … Continue reading
PHEV X5 battery cell bad
Here something for you tree hungers,,,lol,,,that mean me too since I drive a I3,,,,the new wave of battery’s,,,,this is a picture of PHEV X5 battery pack,,,,problem was one of the battery cells are inop,,,,there are 6 battery cell packs,,,you can … Continue reading
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