Well I've still not got it working but i'm nearer to knowing what's the problem All fuse checked and ok. Power at the relay at two pins, one the main and the other having pressed the button. This was confirmed against the wife's X5 as how it behaves. The relay is working as with the engine running a...

[quote="Steamyrotter"] Check voltages going directly to the element. Also check the element for continuity/resistance value. Some modules will not provide power if there is no circuit sensed for it to feed. It protects against shorts, over heating etc..  sometimes too clever for its own go...

Long story short I've broken the rear glass twice now......once when someone bricked it and the 2nd when I left the tailgate up at the tip :( Anyway, that's the background that may not be related Not long before the 2nd breakage I suspected the rear wasn't working but being warm it wasn't perhaps ob...

[quote="XDRIVER86"] Yes sure it was platinum coatings. The only thing was I asked them not to powder coat the mounting face but they didn't mask it out. That followed by 2 hours of me cleaning the faces up with Stanley blades. Sent from my D6503 using Tapatalk [/quote] Cheers for that...Tr...

I live in the Manchester area and that's a really good price...care to share the company or send me a message?

Mine are flaking and in need of a spruce up

Thanks....Mike

Well it's working now

NEW FAN......garage and dash out....£ alot....

Well..1 hour later with a new hedgehog and it still doesn't work :( Easy to get to...once the stuff is out of the way Centre console side panel off...1 screw Lower Under panel to steering...about three or 4 screws...and twist clips....and about 3 plugs Upper under panel to steering...about 5 or 6 sc...

[quote="fenj66"] Mike. You need to remove the console side panel to remove the hedgehog. The hole left where the hedgehog was is where you stick the screwdriver. The only fuses I found were in the fuse panel in glove box. I can't remember what numbers but there's an index on fuse panel. [/...

[quote="fenj66"] I think the fsr (hedgehog) cost about £85 from BMW. Cheaper ones on fleabay. Have a read of this topic if you've not seen it already. http://xdrivers.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,10899.0.html [/quote] This sounds very familiar. My problem is definitely NOT the control panel...

[quote="fenj66"] The hedgehog is on all e53 models. If you remove it it is possible to get a long screwdriver or similar into the fan blades to see if they move. [/quote] Really :o......where be this hedgehog then....any write ups? Sods law as I was meany to change the rear pads this weeke...

A few weeks ago the heater fan started making a knocking noise, then slowed, then stopped. Weirdly I thought it was snow (the grills were crammed with it near the wipers) so I left it. A couple of hours later I went out to the car and it worked again. Move on to today and sometime (I had the radio u...

[quote="Horizon"]
I had the cream leather in my 8 series refurbed , they First treat the seats with a cleaner to strip out all the dirt, then Rubin a leather dye to match the original colour of the interior ( because cows / leather don't come in 30 different colours

[quote="X5-D-Sport Salisbury"] Hi StorminMike... re bolt access for EGR removal.... obviously intake cover & engine cover to be removed 1st... the air pipe input into the EGR unclips & can be filded out of the way. THEN get a flannel or small rag & neetly fold & place under...

[quote="Horizon"] [quote="sutty"] by bypassing the egr did this generate a fault code? [/quote] No error codes, it's a simple vacuum operated valve no electro ice involved. Just remove it , clean it with carb cleaner. Refit it to the car and blank of the small vacuum pipe that op...

Not use them I run hankook ventus rh06 all round (different sizes obviously). The last quite a long time unlike the General Grabbers which were a tad nicer but not nearly the same mileage. It came with Yokohamas' which stuck like dried Weetabix but the tread disappeared like a school kid going mad w...