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by shaneg7ewl
Fri Jan 25, 2019 11:44 am
Forum: General X5 Forum (E53 1st-gen, 2000-2006)
Topic: Help with INPA codes
Replies: 0
Views: 697

Help with INPA codes

OK so I have finally got INPA working albeit some stuff in German but I can live with that. The issue I have now is uderstanding the hex codes collection it has produced. I am sure it has been covered before but a few searches didnt really throw up what I needed to know. So below is how it's display...
by shaneg7ewl
Wed Jan 23, 2019 11:55 am
Forum: Problems (E53 1st-gen, 2000-2006)
Topic: Diesel runaway, turbo replaced.
Replies: 9
Views: 2721

Re: Diesel runaway, turbo replaced.

Great info, thanks Leslie :thumbsup:
by shaneg7ewl
Wed Jan 23, 2019 11:13 am
Forum: Problems (E53 1st-gen, 2000-2006)
Topic: Diesel runaway, turbo replaced.
Replies: 9
Views: 2721

Re: Diesel runaway, turbo replaced.

Just an update to this. I managed to get a bit of oil out of the intercooler without doing a full remove and flush just by disconnecting the outlet and letting the turbo at quite high revs push the bulk of it out. It has responded well and I now dont have the runaway, so thanks for the pointers guys...
by shaneg7ewl
Sun Jan 13, 2019 8:30 am
Forum: Problems (E53 1st-gen, 2000-2006)
Topic: Diesel runaway, turbo replaced.
Replies: 9
Views: 2721

Re: Diesel runaway, turbo replaced.

Hi, no I mean "diesel runaway", it's a term for when engine oil get into the intake of a diesel motor for whatever reason and its this oil that gets combusted,normally ending in catastrophic failure, bent rods, holes in blocks etc.Once it starts unless you can stall it or quickly block the...
by shaneg7ewl
Sat Jan 12, 2019 8:09 pm
Forum: Problems (E53 1st-gen, 2000-2006)
Topic: Diesel runaway, turbo replaced.
Replies: 9
Views: 2721

Re: Diesel runaway, turbo replaced.

I didn't no, but I should have also added that I have used it daily since the first runaway, leaving it to get warm before driving anything other than very gentle of boost. Once warm I have been driving it normally and would have thought if the intercooler or pipework had too much residue in them I ...
by shaneg7ewl
Sat Jan 12, 2019 4:07 pm
Forum: Problems (E53 1st-gen, 2000-2006)
Topic: Diesel runaway, turbo replaced.
Replies: 9
Views: 2721

Diesel runaway, turbo replaced.

Hope someone familiar with the M57 engine can guide me please. I will try and keep this as short as poss,but its a long story. Last summer I bought a E53 manual with the M57, 2003. Soon after buying I noticed if I drove it anything other than gentle from cold it would push oil out from all over the ...