transmission failsafe progam

[CondorX5]

[quote="Horizon"]
[quote="violet"]
Just out of curiosity  the black dome that covers the battery has several cables running into it  anyone know what they are.  Sorry if a silly question  really should have read handbook.

Hurray to halfords poor lad can only have been 17 but ultra helpful a bit of learning curve meeting my X5 on his 2nd day.
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That's the air suspension compressor in the boot
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Part of the dreaded "self levelling suspension inactive" saga!  Hope that one gives you a miss, violet, you have had enough hassles with your 4.8!

I second Richard's and others advice about the CTEK charger conditioners, I use one all the time on the cars which languish unused on our driveway for lengthy periods - they are superb and save a lot of time and money on premature failures of batteries.  Lidl and Aldi do a version of the charger which is allegedly "the same" as the CTEK but I was not convinced - the outer casing appeared very similar but the weight difference between the two (CTEK and the Lidl version) made me think they were not the same - my CTEK is several years old now but works tirelessly.

You won't regret getting one.

[briankerrys47]

[quote="violet"]
Sounds like a good investment.  Just hope this is a battery problem.
[/quote]Violet just click on Richards link to Amazon and read the review by K.Burton whooooooo I think he broke the rules on the 20 word limit

[AW8]

Look at lidl supermarket for ultimate speed ulgd 3.8 a1

Info if you click here

Bought this to replace my dead ctek unit.

Was just £13.99 this January gone - I am pretty sure  it seems to be a ctek item or equivalent. The old lidl ones were rebranded ctek. It works fine and I have recently conditioned the battery on my V8 X5 with it.

Video (not by me) if you click here

No idea of stock current stock availability or pricing -sorry.

[X5Sport]

Sounds like a very good deal......

Whichever manufacturer you go for, ideally you need 5A (or higher) for the X5 in order to maintain the correct voltage & current rates for these batteries.  I know my older 3.6A CTEK is OK for a 'float' charge, but hasn't got the oomph to deal with the larger X5 or E46 diesel batteries - might be on the limit for the V8s if they are no more than around 85Ah.  The Mini was a 75Ah and it was fine although it took longer for a dead battery >12 hours.

Some manufacturers state their charger/conditioners are OK up to much higher capacity batteries but this is to float (maintain) rather than charge or recover a dead battery.  It's due to needing more current and higher voltages to 'break' any sulphation that might occur.

Just something to bear in mind if expecting it to bring a very dead battery back to life.

Richard

[Smeeagain]

[quote="kkx5"]
Just buy a good AGM battery... Bosh, Varta. E53 its old car, does not have so many electical gadgets like e70 etc.  Invest in good battery,  not expensive charger.
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So whatever happened to preventive maintenance? But leaving that aside, if the battery gets flattened whether it be due to lack of use ( even the bosch silver s5 or s6 suffers in this way if it's not being charged effectively), as a result of a battery drain, or due to human error like leaving the lights on, then you still need something to put charge back in - either via a charger/conditioner or even a set of jump leads. If the OP can afford then it makes sense to have some kit to hand particularly with winter approaching.

[briankerrys47]

[quote="Smeeagain"]
[quote="kkx5"]
Just buy a good AGM battery... Bosh, Varta. E53 its old car, does not have so many electical gadgets like e70 etc.  Invest in good battery,  not expensive charger.
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So whatever happened to preventive maintenance? But leaving that aside, if the battery gets flattened whether it be due to lack of use ( even the bosch silver s5 or s6 suffers in this way if it's not being charged effectively), as a result of a battery drain, or due to human error like leaving the lights on, then you still need something to put charge back in - either via a charger/conditioner or even a set of jump leads. If the OP can afford then it makes sense to have some kit to hand particularly with winter approaching.
[/quote]Just hopefully Newbies to Beamers beware sitting in traffic/snow etc with Blowers/Radio/Htd Seats/Headlights/Htd screens car likely to 'Die' in fact applies to all cars,years back I got home from work after 4hrs heavy snow just before all works traffic was leaving I was the first thru the estate no snow tracks etc to top of a hill,about hour later phone call from Director at work!

[X5Sport]

[quote="Smeeagain"]
So whatever happened to preventive maintenance?
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Don't be silly.......that costs garages money.  Can't have customers looking after their own cars now can we.....  O:-)

[Smeeagain]

[quote="X5Sport"]
[quote="Smeeagain"]
So whatever happened to preventive maintenance?
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Don't be silly.......that costs garages money.  Can't have customers looking after their own cars now can we.....  O:-)
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I was referring to the earlier comment that said just buy a battery and not a charger to go with it ......
Smee

[AW8]

The charger I have claims it's good for mainenance of batteries up to 120mah.

Granted it's not the quickest to recondition but it performed a cycle on my V8 in an afternoon recently.

If I could justify it I would buy a meatier ctek to a higher spec. Then again in an ideal world I would change my car for new every 3 years.

[Smeeagain]

me too, mine is CTEK MULTI XS 3600 - seems to do the job just fine

[Steamyrotter]

[quote="AW8"]
The charger I have claims it's good for mainenance of batteries up to 120mah.
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So a watch battery then???
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