BMW E70 X5 4.8 charging system gremlins finally vanquished after over 3 years of being possessed
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- After over 3 years of crazy behavior and a car full of ghosts and gremlins, my E70 X5 V8 is apparently cured. IBS cable and some patience. Its been a couple of weeks of using it as my daily driver for both long and short trips. She's cured! Oh, and I clean the horrid headlights and repaint the tube bumpers.
Thank you very much Sir, the IBS cable seems to be the culprit. I disconnected and reconnected the IBS, re-registered the battery, so far for 2 days the alternator charges normally. I was going to get a new cable but it seems to be ok for now.
Hopefully it solved it. If it relapses, let me know. Mine has been good as a daily for over 3 weeks now. I still check the voltage after every start up though. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@OGGarrettsGarage so the new ebay ibs has solved your issue I presume?
@godyboy252 it's been behaving normally for about a month. Yesterday, after stopping for fuel, it didn't charge for about 5 miles. I pulled over and shut it off and then immediately restarted and it began charging normally again. So, it's still not quite right, but better than it was! Up next, installing a new alternator. Cheers!
Congratulations on your achievement. 👋
Let's hope it's true, and it doesn't relapse! Thanks for commenting!
Isn't the cracking on the headlights from using the wrong kind of clear coat? I had a pair that turned out like that and ended up throwing them away since they were removable lenses. Great job on bringing it back.
It was a self-inflicted injury. Several years ago , I attempted restoration and mistakenly applied a flat clear to the headlights. Once they started to dry and I realized my mistake , I tried top coating them with gloss clear creating a too thick clear coat that cracked upon drying. Can't blame BMW for that. Maybe next time I'll sand farther, start with some 80 grit and get past the cracked clear. Maybe. Cheers!
@@OGGarrettsGarage yeah that is probably what I did to mine. The more ya know. 😃