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by selkent1
Sun Oct 09, 2022 1:08 pm
Forum: General X5 Forum (E53 1st-gen, 2000-2006)
Topic: New X5 owner and 1 year on getting desperate. Help Needed
Replies: 10
Views: 763

New X5 owner and 1 year on getting desperate. Help Needed

Well, the replacement ECU, EWS and all the bits has been installed, and i suspected that the MAF could have been damaged by all the backfiring that was going on previously, so i borrowed a known working VDO unit from a friend and low and behold.....the car runs perfectly. No wobbling, missfiring and...
by selkent1
Sun Sep 25, 2022 8:33 am
Forum: General X5 Forum (E53 1st-gen, 2000-2006)
Topic: New X5 owner and 1 year on getting desperate. Help Needed
Replies: 10
Views: 763

New X5 owner and 1 year on getting desperate. Help Needed

Hi all My reapcement ECU, EWS, Ignition barrel, key etc turned up so when working hours permit, it shall fit them. There is one characteristic that i forgot to mention in my earlier post and that concerns the MAF. When i initially got the car, and replacing the coils and plugs had no effect on the r...
by selkent1
Sun Sep 25, 2022 8:28 am
Forum: General X5 Forum (E53 1st-gen, 2000-2006)
Topic: New X5 owner and 1 year on getting desperate. Help Needed
Replies: 10
Views: 763

New X5 owner and 1 year on getting desperate. Help Needed

Hello and :hi: Initial thought is - have you run a pressure test on all 6? Hard to tell from the pictures, but were all the valves the same across all 6? What I mean is, colour of each valve common? It looks as if three sets are darker in colour. Might just be the lighting though :) Before fitting ...
by selkent1
Tue Sep 20, 2022 1:17 pm
Forum: General X5 Forum (E53 1st-gen, 2000-2006)
Topic: New X5 owner and 1 year on getting desperate. Help Needed
Replies: 10
Views: 763

New X5 owner and 1 year on getting desperate. Help Needed

Hi all Just found this forum courtesy of a member from another forum. If anyone has any answers to my problems, it will be found here. Are you all sitting comfortably/, I shall begin. As the title suggests, i need some expertese regarding some problems ive been having. I posted this in the bimmerfor...