Hi many thanks for your reply and advice. OK I have just went out earlier and it fired up straight away I let it run for a minute or so then switched it off, left it for a minute or so and it fired up no problem again I let it run a bit longer maybe 2 min and then switch off again done this 1 more ...

Hi many thanks for your reply. Iam aware the crankshaft sensor has been solved & that there is no fault code showing for that now & for some reason I think the original problem remains unsolved as the symptoms are identical (I am good friends with previous owner) I think the camshaft fault coming up ...

Just bought X5 on 55 plate fires up & runs perfectly until I have stopped whether it be 5 min journey or half hr journey when trying to start there nothing at all no cranking however all the dash lights head lamps etc all work bought new battery & it did fire up 3 times in a short space of time and ...