X3 3ltr M sport diesel 2006

Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:16 pm

Hi, just got a x3 2 weeks ago and its not running right!
pulls ok up to 3000rpm then it starts to struggle up to full reves.
no fault lights on the dash
any ideas whats rong?
thanks for any help

Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:21 pm

you got a x3 and not an x5 thats whats wrong

Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:28 pm

Could be dozens of things - my Diesel daily wouldnt rev towards the top of the range - no lights on the dash saying anything was wrong and drove fine at lower rpm - turned out to be a fuel filter that was well overdue for renewal.

You could try this as if it works it will be a cheap fix, but if not I would expect you need to get it "plugged in" to tell you any more. Be prepared to lube-up and bend over

Sat Sep 17, 2011 3:09 pm

It was the wife that wanted the X3! thinks the X5 is to big.....
have to get it plugged in on monday then

my wife cant tell anything is rong with it haha

Sat Sep 17, 2011 9:55 pm

Good luck with the diagnostic readout!!!

Mon Sep 19, 2011 11:24 am

Had the car diagnostic done this morning
came up with the particlate filter!!
we cleared it and went for a run, the fault did not come back on but still not runnin right.....
i was told that you can regenarate the filter some how, any idea how to do this?
got to try and fix this here. its going to cost £300+just to get it to Aberdeen

goin to phone tow and county to see if they will help, only had it for 2 weeks..

Mon Sep 19, 2011 11:56 am

ah the joys of owning a new(ish) car!! this is why i refuse to drive anything thats not at least 10-15 years old.

Put simply new cars cost more to buy and to maintain unless your one of these people that gets a new car as soon as the warranty has ran out

Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:11 pm

Phoned town and county, they are going to pay for my trip down on the boat (£389) and get it fixed at john clark

I'm happy

Wed Sep 21, 2011 12:28 pm

good result.. I'm with you pacman - years of on-comparison trouble-free motoring with the e30 - very cheap upkeep costs & no nonsense engineering!!!

I'm currently looking down the e91 320d route

Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:45 pm

The wife wont drive the E30 haha
on the boat thursday night and get to Aberdeen friday morning
i will let you no how we get on

Sun Sep 25, 2011 3:29 pm

Got to Aberdeen friday morning and left the car with the garage.
we went down to Stirling to do some shopping, got back to Aberdeen about 3pm and the car is still not fixed.....
Town and County gave us a car to take back to Shetland until my car is fixed.
its cost them £389 for the first trip

only bad thing is i got a Honda Jazz 1.2cc haha