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Hi all, At our work absolutely stumped with an E70 X5 parking brake fault. Have replaced the entire park brake assembly as one cable end was buggered. New unit from a euro parts shop not genuine but supposedly good aftermarket. That unit worked, until it started making a screeching noise as the gears inside would try activate after setting it to on. It got more consistent and then started disengaging the brake randomly. I have since had it warrantied. Fitted the new unit, worked straight away, however unable to program in or out of workshop mode/initial operation - get error saying faulty module or supply voltage. Can only run bedding in mode. No actual fault codes, voltage at connector seemed fine a few weeks back. Replacement unit has since started making noise again, and picking and choosing when to engage but definitely engages when it tries. Adjusted shoes several times. Clamping force in live data shows -35N approx, this to me tells me it's not reading engagement correctly and retrying? Still no fault codes. I can't help but thinking it's a programming fault but I can't complete it with either ISTA or my Launch. Anyone had anything remotely similar?
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So I recently bought a 2009 E70 X5 3.0SD privately from trademe. It came with a list and receipts of all the good stuff being done (swirl flap delete, new glow plugs, new injectors etc etc). I paid the guy online after a very positive phone conversation and my parents drove from Invercargill to Dunedin to pick it up and bring it back for me as I was away camping for the weekend with the wife and kids. I got back to find out this thing has a knock... I've had it on the hoist and it's definitely coming from the bottom end and I'm pretty sure it's a rod bearing. I contacted the seller immediately and he is claiming he thought it was just diesel knock and didn't know there was anything wrong with it etc etc. The short version is, unless I take him to the disputes tribunal and win a case I'm not getting my money back. My own stupid fault for just taking the guys word for it and for not going to personally check it out. Don't worry I'm already beating myself up for not doing so, and for taking the word of some lying asshat, as after this last conversation with him I'm 100% convinced he knew it was buggered. Anyway... I'm not opposed to fixing it up as I really love everything else about it, and have the tools/workshop to do it, but I would need to preferably find a short or long block that isn't already knocking to start with. I'm hoping someone here might know where I could find such a thing that isn't going to run me broke as I've already forked out enough to buy the car. If I can find either a long or short block I'll strip it down and do rod bearings and timing chains etc before I put it back in the car and then I know what I've got. This is the later twin turbo engine M57N2 alloy block, not the cast iron one. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
