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by davidws
Sat Jan 27, 2018 7:50 am
Forum: General X3 Forum (E83 - 1st gen : 2003+)
Topic: Just bought a 2.0d X3 - burns oil (?) when warm and idle
Replies: 5
Views: 2386

Re: Just bought a 2.0d X3 - burns oil (?) when warm and idle

So I took the car straight to BMW for a full inspection and, believe it or not, the smoke was caused by the dpf regen. That would be reassuring if it wasn’t that bmw also spotted an oil leak from the engine and one from the differential. The cherry on top is that the VTG motor connector was ...
by davidws
Thu Jan 18, 2018 8:11 pm
Forum: General X3 Forum (E83 - 1st gen : 2003+)
Topic: Just bought a 2.0d X3 - burns oil (?) when warm and idle
Replies: 5
Views: 2386

Re: Just bought a 2.0d X3 - burns oil (?) when warm and idle

Thanks for your reply.
What puzzles me is that it's not consistent.. just got back from a 20mins drive and under the same conditions saw zero smoke. It seems like the longer the drive the more the smoke when I stop, as if the oil (if that's what it is) pools up and then gets burnt. Better safe than ...
by davidws
Thu Jan 18, 2018 6:55 pm
Forum: General X3 Forum (E83 - 1st gen : 2003+)
Topic: Just bought a 2.0d X3 - burns oil (?) when warm and idle
Replies: 5
Views: 2386

Re: Just bought a 2.0d X3 - burns oil (?) when warm and idle

Btw, service history shows that the turbo was replaced/fixed about 10k miles ago.. so shouldn't be related.
by davidws
Thu Jan 18, 2018 6:49 pm
Forum: General X3 Forum (E83 - 1st gen : 2003+)
Topic: Just bought a 2.0d X3 - burns oil (?) when warm and idle
Replies: 5
Views: 2386

Just bought a 2.0d X3 - burns oil (?) when warm and idle

Apologies if I haven't introduced myself and my first post is a cry for help, hope I'm not breaking any rule :) I also couldn't find other threads with the exact same issue.

In short: car seems to be burning oil when warm (oil gauge in the middle) and idling, but idles fine, has no hiccups nor ...