I own bmw x3 e83 2007 for more than year now. It has 2.0d 110kw or 150KM engine in it. I bought it second hand with full service history and 130 000 km on tacho. I like the car. It drives great, it has very good 4 wheel drive. It can go anywhere in snow […]
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BMW x3 e83 review
Posted: 28th March 2017 by viljem_r in BMW X3 e83, Cars,bikes, vehicles, Garage, StartTags: 2.0d, bmw, bmw not relable, bmw reliability, bmw sucks, cars, diesel, e83, garage, maintance, review, shop, x3
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BMW m47 2.0d thermostat replacement
Posted: 23rd November 2016 by viljem_r in BMW X3 e83, Cars,bikes, vehicles, Garage, StartTags: 2.0d, bmw, coolant, coolant temp bmw, diesel, DIY, dpf, dpf regeneration problem, e46, e83, garage, gates, m47, m47t2, main thermostat, replacement, temperature, thermostat
BMW m47 engine has 2 thermostats. One is main thermostat other is egr thermostat. Egr thermostat is easy to replace, main thermostat is a bit more work. If your temperature is not aprox 85-90 c in a few km then you have thermostat problem. Another indicator of bad thermostat is blocked dpf, high consumption, […]
Bmw water leaks
Posted: 27th September 2016 by viljem_r in BMW X3 e83, Cars,bikes, vehicles, Start, Technical stuffTags: bmw, bmw water leak, door, e46, e83, water, water leak
If you’re having water leaks in footwels, you must have damaged water barrier in your door. This is very common bmw fault. And after 15 years still present in some models. Remove door panel and you will see barrier, than check if it is somewhere peeled off. Here is picture of my. Looks […]
Ipad motorized mod for bmw x3 e83
Posted: 17th August 2016 by viljem_r in BMW X3 e83, Cars,bikes, vehicles, StartTags: bmw, bmw e83, bmw x3, DIY, e83, headunit, ipad, ipad mini
Check out this guys great ipad mod for bmw X3. http://bmwx3ipadmini.blogspot.si/
Installing backup camera in BMW x3 e83
Posted: 19th April 2016 by viljem_r in BMW X3 e83, Cars,bikes, vehicles, Garage, StartTags: 2 din bmw x3, bmw, bmw x3, camera, DIY, e83, garage, vrcustoms, x3, x3 backup camera
After I replaced headunit,speakers and installed amplifier it was time for backup camera. I bought wireless kit and camera, because my old was not suitable for mounting it anywhere on my x3. I must say that wireless kit works great. It should be easy install, as always things complicate. One of the biggest […]
Bmw X3 front door speaker replacement
Posted: 15th February 2016 by viljem_r in BMW X3 e83, Cars,bikes, vehicles, Garage, StartTags: bmw, bmw x3, door speakers, e83, headunit, renegade, renegade speakers, speakers, workshop, x3
I was so tired of stock audio system in Bmw. Bmw should have better speaker in his cars. I already replaced headunit with 2 din unit. Now it was time to upgrade door speakers. I bought cheap renegade rx 42 4 inch, 10 cm speakers.They costed me 20 eur. http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/assets/ImageGen/Medium/Renegade_RX42.jpg You can check more […]
Bmw preheating unit repair-glow plug relay
Posted: 1st December 2015 by viljem_r in BMW X3 e83, Cars,bikes, vehicles, Garage, StartTags: beru, bmw, car repair, diesel, DIY, e46, e60, e83, e90, e91, glow plug, glow plug relay, inpa, m47, preheating module, preheating unit, show, solder
There a lot of BMW diesel with that faulty preheating unit. Here is how you can repair your BERU preheating unit. It is called also glow plug relay, but it is not relay any more, because it is not using anymore relays. One indicator for this unit is if you connected to obd tester (inpa […]
BMW X3 E83 2 din Pioneer fascia part 2
Posted: 6th October 2015 by viljem_r in BMW X3 e83, Cars,bikes, vehicles, Garage, StartTags: 2 din, 2007 Bmw e83, bmw x3, bmw x3 2 din, caraudio, e83, fascia, fiberglass, garage, headunit, paint, primer, radio, shop, spray
Here second part of my build: I made mounts for radio from aluminiun: Then testing how fascia fits in with radio. And finally time for fiberglass, I wraped frame with thick shirt. Then put some fiberglass on with brush. After it dried I put another layer of fiberglass mat. Time for car body filler, […]
BMW X3 (e83) swirl flaps removal
Posted: 20th August 2015 by viljem_r in BMW X3 e83, Cars,bikes, vehicles, Garage, StartTags: 2.0d, 3.0d, bmw, carbon, diesel, DIY, e83, egr valve, garage, removal, swirl flaps, x3
I have Bmw X3 2007 with 131 000 km on tacho. I noticed that it is not runnig smoothlly on idle and I also read a lot of swirl flaps problems on web. So I decided to check egr valve and remove flaps at the same time. You need to remove engine both engine covers, disconnect […]