Just a question, why did you want a budget X5 when you have a lovely X6?

Just go to a disgnostic company and get the Adblue deleted

If its the oem BMW ones you can ring your local dealer parts dept and supply VIN etc and they can get you a new one, did it a few years ago, it only took two days for a new one to arrive.

Thats very strange my 6 series is a 2013 and Ive been through all of the above mentioned from BMW's website and there's no service history in my idrive :tumbleweed:

Update: service history in idrive on the 6 series didnt come in til 2016... :roll:

So looks like some models had it earlier and some ...

The foam in the seat is a molded one piece foam as in the link below,I suppose you could undo the leather and fill it a bit....

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How old is the battery?.....when you say increased please elaborate..

Ouch! I hope everyone got out OK. Battery is in the transmission tunnel on the i8. I went to a launch day for them a few years back and getting in and out was hilarious if you’re 6ft plus like me. Guests were all laughing at ourselves as we struggled to exit somewhat ungracefully. Very high sills ...

8 series???

Merry Christmas everyone...keep warm

StuBeeDoo wrote: Sat Dec 14, 2024 8:19 am

henrym3 wrote: Fri Dec 13, 2024 8:42 pm Or am I missing something.

Certainly missing something.......... The original post is over 10 years old!

I must be missing something , to me it reads it was posted Tue Dec 10, 2024 3:10 pm ???

If I were you, I'd just whip the manifold off and get rid of the flaps, you will need to purchase the delete kit, plenty on flea Bay :) , its not a bad job takes about 1hr ....one thing the nuts on one side of the manifold are easily dropped so undo them to nearly the top the use a magnet to unscrew ...

If its anything like the e38 V8....a short move will flood it....so what you do is....(battery fully charged)..put throttle flat to the floor, turn key to crank and dont let it go!...dont pump the pedal!...flat to floor...keep the key at crank position...dont stop....eventually it will start to fire ...

X5Sport wrote: Wed Oct 16, 2024 5:48 pm Someone had exactly the same issue a few weeks ago. Water ingress was the problem with corrosion and short circuits as a result. Error codes exactly match what you are seeing.

Spot on X5sport....its those inferior plastic scuttle panels

Had this happen got the T shirt it will be an injector, they are fired by piezo.....it seems like #4 as youve an error 'Activation'

47C7 injector cylinder 6 control
47b7 injector cylinder 5 control
47A7 injector cylinder 4 activation
4797 injector cilinder 3 control
4787 injector cylinder 2 control ...

You say you bought and fitted a new one...new what?.. Manifold? as these on some models are made of stainless and are prone to cracking...mine had 7 cracks in it, so changed it for a cast one....have you run diagnostics?....could be the map sensor playing up which is if I recall correctley is fitted ...