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Fuel smell..

Discuss the problems with your X5 (E53).
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Fuel smell..

Post by Themoog2 » Wed Mar 11, 2020 4:48 pm

I've got a fuel smell inside the X5.. Before I take it to bits is there anything common that I should be looking for? Ta

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Re: Fuel smell..

Post by henrym3 » Wed Mar 11, 2020 9:40 pm

Had a fuel smell for years on my m3, changed everything except what was causing the smell. Then one day on start up it spewed petrol all over the engine. Injector "o" rings. May not be your problem but worth thinking about.

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Re: Fuel smell..

Post by Themoog2 » Wed Mar 11, 2020 11:13 pm

Hmm.. I'll have a butchers tomorrow or at least a sniff around. :?

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Re: Fuel smell..

Post by Themoog2 » Sun Mar 15, 2020 5:30 am

Can't find anything.. The past few days have been OK too.

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Post by Themoog2 » Wed Mar 18, 2020 9:00 pm

Talking of fuel... I happened to be reading the owners manual the other day and noticed that the 4.4 is supposed to be run on 98 octane. The last three or four fill ups have been with 98 and I now get a better average mpg. Up from 18.6 to 20 ish. How about that..

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Re: Fuel smell..

Post by henrym3 » Sun Mar 22, 2020 5:14 pm

When your down in that area doesn’t 20 look and feel soooooo much better

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Post by Themoog2 » Sun Mar 22, 2020 11:01 pm

It seems really economical compared to our Range Rover.. That averaged 16mpg on a 250mile run today.
I know my X5 can do up to 24mpg on a run.

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