Philia_Bear So... Got car back Has now had a prompt oil change and have also replaced the front brake and bled through 750ml of fluid New brakes are DBA T2 slotted rotors and Bendix Euro+ pads Car brakes better than it ever has before Need to swap in a new fuel filter later this week (thinking Friday) before taking the car with box trailer to QLD on the weekend
Philia_Bear So today the crank pully failed Inside bit spins and the outside bit stays still Not all that fun to drive home through sydney traffic with no power steering
Philia_Bear Vee_Que;89894 wroteSo you got the car back? Awesome! except for the borked bit... $960aud for a crank pulley from BMW Australia... I'm fo sure going for non BMW branded or a second hand part on this occasion
Philia_Bear Non BMW option... http://www.ebay.com/itm/FOR-330D-325D-525D-530D-535D-635D-730D-X5-X6-CRANK-SHAFT-PULLEY-VIBRATION-DAMPER-/151498328201?hash=item2346010889:g:7ooAAOSwMgdX0S5s Sub $300aud landed
Philia_Bear $596 later have a stunningly nice febi unit and 2 new continental belts Took all of an hour to install
Philia_Bear As i have a laptop with the bmw programming software and a $10ebay aux in cable i decided i would give this a shot About 30min later and i have a working aux in port!
Philia_Bear sucksqueezebangblow;90620 wroteDo you have BMW diagnostic software? Diagnostic and programming
Philia_Bear sucksqueezebangblow;90641 wroteis that 1487km for the tank!? how big is the tank? 70l Dat fuel economy
Chris Yep, diesel party trick out of town. My diesel Skoda Octavia would top out at about 1,350, haven't had the V50 D5 far enough out of the city often enough to see how high it will go. I have seen over 1,000 come up on fairly short freeway/highway stints, which I would have expected
timmykroek Took the diesel grand Cherokee on a 2000 km round trip to deliver an 850r and pick up a 144. Came back at 11l per 100 k. Towing between 1800 and 2100 kg for most of the journey.
Philia_Bear timmykroek;90966 wroteTook the diesel grand Cherokee on a 2000 km round trip to deliver an 850r and pick up a 144. Came back at 11l per 100 k. Towing between 1800 and 2100 kg for most of the journey. Bmw does 9.8l/100km with 2300kg of trailer and xc70 behind it sitting on 110
