E60 530d higher mileage

[GR4]

My 2007 LCI E61 530d has recently gone past 90k miles and still feels perfect. Rightly or wrongly I feel like 100k is a decision milestone - Either replace while it still has a reasonable value, or keep it for 2 or 3 more years and run it up to 160k 'ish miles.
Does anyone have experience of running these at higher mileages? How well do they cope mechanically, and are there any big ticket items that might be expected to wear out once I get into 6 figure territory? Turbo for example? I do about 30k per year of low mechanical stress motorway and A road commuting.

[StuB]

My 53 plate E60 530d SEA ran fine to well past 100k. Swirlflap failure blotted the copy book in a mojor way (c£5k) & got a very low trade a year later with c150k miles on it.

I'd say keep it & maintain it and you should see another 100k just fine. Basic engine is fine as are most mechanicals.

My 328 E36 saw over 210k miles and did nearly 150 leptons the day I sold it!

[bennyboydurham]

In a similar situation with my E65 730d. It's a 55 plate and is now on 80k miles but I can't think of a single reason to get rid of it. It drives and looks exactly the same as the day I drove it out of the BMW dealer, apart from the constant nagging worry that there's a ruinous bill just waiting over the horizon. I think I might as well just run it til it dies.

[PJ S]

Just make sure to use a low-mid SAPS oil (Google it to understand what it means), to prevent the crankcase breather filter from clogging up, which causes the turbo to be starved of oil!
If you don't or have been using high SAPS, then it'l new changed each oil drain rather than every third one.
A good garage should know this, and be checking it anyway, as a precautionary measure.

[gizlaroc]

I am in the same boat with my E320cdi estate, 56 plate and just about to hit 100k miles, I have been trying all sorts of new cars out and have decided that I am going to keep this. There are so many in breakers now that replacing anything now it is 5 years old won't be such a wallet opener, and there is nothing new out there that I really want. I will get £10k for this and it will cost me £45k to replace it with an E350cdi estate, which I don't actually like as much in many ways.

I have had this for 18 months and 45k miles now and decided it was cheaper to get a second car, so bought an X1, so now not racking the miles up anywhere near as much on this, 42k miles in the first 13 months and only 3k miles in the last 5 months.

[eastsider]

One bill that could be looming as you pass 100k miles is the Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) which I gather can be £1500 ish to replace. But as you are doing mostly long ish runs and not too much stop start town stuff you could easily get 150-200k miles on the original.

[GR4]

Thanks all for comments. Heart said keep it, and with a bit of luck that might also end up being the best financial proposition. Interesting point about the DPF though. At that price, how long before cars at the bottom end are being scrapped for want of one. Are there cheaper pattern alternatives?

[Neil.D]

If you have a LCI car then in theory the DPF will last the life of the car.

Change both thermostats to keep it running hot and it shouldn't need ever doing.

If it does, only use a genuine part. Patented parts can cause big headaches.