'07 E90 330d. Things to look out for?
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sday12 said:
DPFs fail, £1K job.
Headlamp washer covers eject themselves.
Im aware of the covers, both are still attached. I assume there's no way of knowing if the DPF will die, i suppose this is the same with most items, but im putting some faith in it being a single owner (not fleet either, it was private) and it being fairly low mileage.Headlamp washer covers eject themselves.
Wafflesmk2 said:
Im aware of the covers, both are still attached. I assume there's no way of knowing if the DPF will die, i suppose this is the same with most items, but im putting some faith in it being a single owner (not fleet either, it was private) and it being fairly low mileage.
Look at the idrive it will tell you how longitude has left before it requires replacement. Generally lots of Mway miles will ensure that the DPF cycles complete it's normally up at 2k revs for a few minutes so if you drive at 80mph that is 2k revs in 6th gear.
If you do town only or previous owner did that those cycles will not have completed properly. So there you go
Wafflesmk2 said:
sday12 said:
DPFs fail, £1K job.
Headlamp washer covers eject themselves.
Im aware of the covers, both are still attached. I assume there's no way of knowing if the DPF will die, i suppose this is the same with most items, but im putting some faith in it being a single owner (not fleet either, it was private) and it being fairly low mileage.Headlamp washer covers eject themselves.
Mine is checked for this every service now for build up as it died at 28K miles!
Check the health of the turbos, pricey if they go bang.
cerb4.5lee said:
Ours is a 2006 auto that we have had since it was 3 months old & its now done 140k miles & zero issues, just routine service & plenty of tyres.
A great all rounder imho all the car you will ever need (apart from the 330i petrol model)
Highly recommended.
On your I drive service schedule what milage does it say is to go until the DPF is due a service? Or are you still on the originalA great all rounder imho all the car you will ever need (apart from the 330i petrol model)
Highly recommended.
Welshbeef said:
cerb4.5lee said:
Ours is a 2006 auto that we have had since it was 3 months old & its now done 140k miles & zero issues, just routine service & plenty of tyres.
A great all rounder imho all the car you will ever need (apart from the 330i petrol model)
Highly recommended.
On your I drive service schedule what milage does it say is to go until the DPF is due a service? Or are you still on the originalA great all rounder imho all the car you will ever need (apart from the 330i petrol model)
Highly recommended.
cerb4.5lee said:
Still on the original, but its now due for a service so will go in over the next couple of weeks.
That's pretty comforting. I'm on 92k miles now and on the idrive its just dropped from 60k to 50k miles to go. It always drops in blocks of ten k after ive actually done ten k.
A great car very quick only downside would love v8 noise
. That's all....Welshbeef said:
cerb4.5lee said:
Still on the original, but its now due for a service so will go in over the next couple of weeks.
That's pretty comforting. I'm on 92k miles now and on the idrive its just dropped from 60k to 50k miles to go. It always drops in blocks of ten k after ive actually done ten k.
A great car very quick only downside would love v8 noise
. That's all....The problem with V8s though as ive just sold my x5 4.8iS is that they drink fuel & cost a fortune to run but if money was no object then its V8s all the way!
I am a diesel convert now got two! but still hanging onto my TVR for thrills...just.
sday12 said:
The DPFs die if they get clogged up and don't 'regenerate'
Mine is checked for this every service now for build up as it died at 28K miles!
Check the health of the turbos, pricey if they go bang.
Cheers, all going well, i wont be doing little short drives in it. It'll 20 miles a day minimum commuting alone (which i know isnt a lot), and most of that is done on roads that will get engine temperature up, plus other mileage aswell.Mine is checked for this every service now for build up as it died at 28K miles!
Check the health of the turbos, pricey if they go bang.
I assume there's no way of checking the turbo, other than listening for any whine noises on startup and any smoke out of the back?
Wafflesmk2 said:
Cheers, all going well, i wont be doing little short drives in it. It'll 20 miles a day minimum commuting alone (which i know isnt a lot), and most of that is done on roads that will get engine temperature up, plus other mileage aswell.
I assume there's no way of checking the turbo, other than listening for any whine noises on startup and any smoke out of the back?
Make sure you always check the oil after every tank fill up or at the most every 1k miles. I assume there's no way of checking the turbo, other than listening for any whine noises on startup and any smoke out of the back?
Low oil kills turbos.
Secondly let the oil warm up before you give it the beans likewise don't cane it then turn the motor off as the oil will bake in the turbo not good instead last couple of miles ease off.
I've done this with every turbo car i have owned and to date had zero issues with turbos thankfully.
Anyway if a turbo did go they are exchange only and parts alone are £800 ish plus fitting. Clearly they can fail nut it is very rare - doing as I've highlighted above will help reduce any such problems and also do your engine no end of good too.
Welshbeef said:
Make sure you always check the oil after every tank fill up or at the most every 1k miles.
Low oil kills turbos.
Secondly let the oil warm up before you give it the beans likewise don't cane it then turn the motor off as the oil will bake in the turbo not good instead last couple of miles ease off.
I've done this with every turbo car i have owned and to date had zero issues with turbos thankfully.
Anyway if a turbo did go they are exchange only and parts alone are £800 ish plus fitting. Clearly they can fail nut it is very rare - doing as I've highlighted above will help reduce any such problems and also do your engine no end of good too.
I reckon even i can manage that. I've seen 3-series with 150k+ on without any major issues, so i'll just keep a close eye on it (assuming i view/buy the car).Low oil kills turbos.
Secondly let the oil warm up before you give it the beans likewise don't cane it then turn the motor off as the oil will bake in the turbo not good instead last couple of miles ease off.
I've done this with every turbo car i have owned and to date had zero issues with turbos thankfully.
Anyway if a turbo did go they are exchange only and parts alone are £800 ish plus fitting. Clearly they can fail nut it is very rare - doing as I've highlighted above will help reduce any such problems and also do your engine no end of good too.
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