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Disconnecting air suspension pump

Discuss the problems with your X5 (E53).
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amacman
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Re: Disconnecting air suspension pump

Post by amacman » Wed Oct 30, 2013 11:49 pm

The air pump has an air filter for incoming air ,which could be blocked or the O-ring has not sealed as it is 11 years old and O- rings tend to not re-seal properly .
Some silcone gasket sealer might work if left to cure long enough .

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Re: Disconnecting air suspension pump

Post by james8whippy » Thu Oct 31, 2013 9:18 am

Oh really! I wish I had to time to fix it now but I need the car back on road so I've just bought a pump off eBay from a 2007 750i with 36k miles for £140 which I didn't was too bad especially as its low milage so hopefully wouldn't have had much use.

I will keep my old pump anyway as a spare and will take a look at the air filter and apply some gasket sealant to see if I can restore it to working order again when I'm bored on a rainy day. :)

Thanks Again!
James

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