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Trust worthy garage for x5 in south/south east london?

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Trust worthy garage for x5 in south/south east london?

Post by chinamanuk » Fri Sep 16, 2016 9:44 am

Hi,

I had my first x5 for a few months now and loving it so far. It is a 2002 4.4L sport with LPG installed. I have done 600 miles on it so far and it runs perfect.

For some reason the temperature gauge is not always in the middle but I am sure it is not overheating as even when the car is stone cold upon starting it will be straight to Red and after 5 mins driving then bang in the middle. Sometime when I parked up after a long drive and start up again it will be in red again for a while then back to the middle on its own term. Never anywhere else, just blue cold, Red hot or bang in the middle !!

Time to get a garage to give it a once over to put my mind to rest  8)

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Re: Trust worthy garage for x5 in south/south east london?

Post by X5Sport » Fri Sep 16, 2016 5:30 pm

Could be a sticking thermostat from that description.  Staying closed for too long before opening to give you the right temp.
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Re: Trust worthy garage for x5 in south/south east london?

Post by ChrisLux » Wed Sep 21, 2016 12:45 pm

Not sure how close it is to you, but there's a BMW Indy in Maidstone I've heard good reports about.
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Post by Denis O » Wed Sep 21, 2016 4:05 pm

The one Chris is talking about is http://www.handcmotors.co.uk/ I suspect.

Very good and good pricing.
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Re: Trust worthy garage for x5 in south/south east london?

Post by ChrisLux » Thu Sep 22, 2016 11:44 am

[quote="Denis O"]
The one Chris is talking about is http://www.handcmotors.co.uk/ I suspect.

Very good and good pricing.
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That's the one, thxvm Denis  :ok:
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‘97 E36 B8 4.6 Touring (19/27) , Individual Tannen Grun

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