davebruce

hi all my x5 m sport 4.4 2001 has a bent dipstick which I think is leaking oil I have tried flexi sockets and spanners but am unable to get it off is there anybody who has and how please cheers Dave

hi greydog have swapped cam sensors still the same all this started after the o2 sensors were changed so it is going back to the dealer as I can see no future in this chasing myself around in circles thanks for all your help cheers dave

Hi all Thanks for response before i bought this car it had a oil leak and the garage removed the cam covers to stop the leak . When i travelled to birmingham and back it started missing and juddering but the engine was very quiet.bmw dealer changed both o2 sensors and the maf Unit also the cam sensor on the bank 2 side since i had it back it has not been out i am going to do an oil change with 5 /30 oil and new filter it runs very rough unless you rev it up i dont think the timing chain is loose i can see no damage to wiring still wondering if o2 sensor gone again or an air leak at intake i am at a loss of where to go from here cheers all

hi all have bought a bmw scanner now to get real words instead of codes now I have only two and the car sounds really bad the codes are 8c[140] activation map cooling 21[033] function, inlet-camshaft control bank 1 any help would be very welcome and urgently needed I thank you all in advance Dave

hi greydog thanks for helping me through this,i played about this morning with connectors but no joy I am not driving car around anyway but can you swap cam sensors over as in the service history the bank 2 one is fairly new still the only code I have today since playing with connectors is p0011 and noisy when we drove on Monday lovely and quiet asit has always been cheers dave

hi all my x5 is a 2001 4.4 m sport having been to see bmw again and having changed the cam sensor with no effect I came to the conclusion that they were just guessing even though they have all the gear there I still have the same codes as before only difference is I now have two new pre cat o2 sensors one new cam sensor a new maf and sounds like a bag of spanners. so thanks for greydogs advice I will get a scanner and do the job myself I am an engineer by trade any way so here we go cheers dave

cheers greydog have phoned bmw to book car in again have started car again it sounds like a diesel not nice,after starting and stopping it very quickly I checked codes again now I also have a code P0328 as well as the P0011 this new code is a knock sensor wiring fault I take it the other one might be as well any ideas would be gratefully received

Hi everyone thanks for all your help with these faults mr angry worked at bmw Code fixed all clear until tonite and while wife coming home this morning Car started making a lot of noise i checked it with scanner and it has a new one which is P0011 any ideas what to do with this code would be great very unhappy at moment with beemer

Hi guys since having my car back from bmw with a new maf and intake boot and two new precat sensors today while having a quick check the scanner picked up a pending and it is a p0150 any help would be greatly appreciated cheers dave

Hi all got car back about 9.30 this morn running lovely since maf change have let it cool have took it for a run and now it is cold i have had a misfire and a lot of hesitatiion once warm all ok again lpg was not on chhers any help would be grateful no codes up

hi thanks for reply just back from BMW they are going to replace the MAF sensor in morning as for the LPG I did not get a service schedule for LPG I will find the nearest LPG agent and get that serviced too cheers dave

HI all I have had my 2001 x5 for about a month it is a 4.4 M sport with lpg yesterday while driving home the engine light came on. this morning the light is still on and it seemed to be stuttering and misfiring until warm then goes ok again but engine light still on any ideas please the car is lovely