After much searching and test driving I finally came upon an X5D that was right for me. Trucks been a blast so far, got close to 30mpg in the stock form on the highway back from PA with a Regen or two taking place.
Already a host of parts on the way for it, happened to throw a code for SCR and passive tank plausibility, not gonna bother with fixing any of that stuff and ripping the DPF/EGR out as soon as the pipes arrive.
Doesn't leak any oil BUT I have noticed an excessive amount of oil burning going on and it drank a quart of oil already. The CCV on these are notorious for failing (it has 110k on it) and a boroscope inspection down the intake tube reveals a lot of oil at the entrance of the turbo, coking and oil residue on the compressor blades, but no visible scraping of the housing. Going to order the hose/flapper bit first and have a Provent 200 on the way to install.
I started noticing too that the HP (small) turbo has a little bit of a howl to it puttering around the parking lot, how loud are these things in stock form? Can you hear anything with all the stock piping/insulation in place? Last time I had an N54 in the shop with this kinda noise, the front turbo was shot. Makes me wonder if the seals are kaput in the HP turbo as well.
Any opinions?
Already a host of parts on the way for it, happened to throw a code for SCR and passive tank plausibility, not gonna bother with fixing any of that stuff and ripping the DPF/EGR out as soon as the pipes arrive.
Doesn't leak any oil BUT I have noticed an excessive amount of oil burning going on and it drank a quart of oil already. The CCV on these are notorious for failing (it has 110k on it) and a boroscope inspection down the intake tube reveals a lot of oil at the entrance of the turbo, coking and oil residue on the compressor blades, but no visible scraping of the housing. Going to order the hose/flapper bit first and have a Provent 200 on the way to install.
I started noticing too that the HP (small) turbo has a little bit of a howl to it puttering around the parking lot, how loud are these things in stock form? Can you hear anything with all the stock piping/insulation in place? Last time I had an N54 in the shop with this kinda noise, the front turbo was shot. Makes me wonder if the seals are kaput in the HP turbo as well.
Any opinions?