Hi Folks. 2 new problems appeared one yesterday and one today. First problem - Yesterday went to multi story car park and drivers window would not go down, it made the initial noise to go down then nothing, tried it up same again made motor noise. tried numerous times without success. Done the ...

Hi Folks, anyone got a link to a free download of the service manual for 2006 e53 3.0d


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Hi folks, removed the EGR valve yesterday and there was a bit of gunge but nothing excessive, cleaned up and replaced, going to run like this for a week then disconnect the vaccum pipe next week and see if that makes any difference to the mpg. Do I have to tape up the actual vaccum pipe as well as ...

hi folks, due to the relatively low cost involved would my changing the Crankcase breather and EGR valve improve the consumption ? wondered if the breather was blocked would the back pressure cause the engine engine to work harder and after reading other postings ref the egr valve others eeem to ...

Hi folks, thanks for the replies, some very intereting reading here. Going to check a few things out hopefully this weekend and see if I can find any obvious problems. Penny I will let you know how I get on and if I find a reason for the poor consumption. My M8 who lives less than 5 miles from me ...

Would the webasto heater use much fuel to run considering the extremely cold weather we have had up here recently. I do not run this remotely, it only runs when the engine is started and running.

Hi folks, thanks for the prompt replies. The car was due a service when I bought it and I used a well known BMW specialist at an indy garage, Kevin Arthur @ AW autotech in Aberdeen. I requested that as well as the usual inspection that the air and fuel filters were changed along with the pollen ...

Hi Folks, hoping some of you gurus might be able to adviseor give me some pointers. Recently bought a 56 plate 3.0 sport, 79k, fsh and I had it serviced ( inspection 2 ) a month agoincluding all filters changed. Car has FDSH The car drives superbly but I am concerned about the fuel consumption, I am ...

Hi folks, new member here needing some help was about to put up a new post including a pic only to find I cannot paste the pic on the message, How do I get a pic on the message, cheers
Rob