My brave pill: E92 BMW 335i with the infamous N54 engine

[MDifficult]

Court_S said:

in my head I think I was done with and ultimately once I’ve decided to move something on, me it a mountain bike or a car, it’s a sitting duck

Absolutely LOVE this approach - we're all guilty of holding on to cars long after we've lost interest, but there's so many more out there to try. Glad you've ripped the plaster off... now I'm keen to see what comes next!

My money's on an RS4. Probably Estate, maybe saloon, but secretly I'm REALLY hoping you go for the unloved cab - I think they're ace!

[Court_S]

MDifficult said:

Absolutely LOVE this approach - we're all guilty of holding on to cars long after we've lost interest, but there's so many more out there to try. Glad you've ripped the plaster off... now I'm keen to see what comes next!

My money's on an RS4. Probably Estate, maybe saloon, but secretly I'm REALLY hoping you go for the unloved cab - I think they're ace!

The replacement is far less sensible than any of those….

[InitialDave]

Court_S said:

That’s good to know. Did it fit easily enough?

Yes, it was fine, little fiddly getting the charge pipe connection to seat properly, but it went home with some wriggling.

I also changed the standard self tapping screws that hold it in for a stud and nut, using hanger bolts meant for wood.

[Court_S]

I did exactly the same too with some Amazon specials.

[MDifficult]

Court_S said:

MDifficult said:

Absolutely LOVE this approach - we're all guilty of holding on to cars long after we've lost interest, but there's so many more out there to try. Glad you've ripped the plaster off... now I'm keen to see what comes next!

My money's on an RS4. Probably Estate, maybe saloon, but secretly I'm REALLY hoping you go for the unloved cab - I think they're ace!

The replacement is far less sensible than any of those….

Far less sensible than an RS4 Cabriolet? Oh I'm SO in for this one!

[Court_S]

MDifficult said:

Far less sensible than an RS4 Cabriolet? Oh I'm SO in for this one!

Yeah….new thread started.

[pmorg4]

Feels like the end of an era! Now that it's gone we can safely say that you've survived the experience of the N54 pretty much unscathed, aside from one injector replacement and BMW dealer incompetence suggesting it needed a top-end strip down when it needed nothing more than a few cheap and easily-accessible sensors

I know what you mean regarding ride height, my E91 is (to my knowledge) standard and even I find myself scraping the ground from time to time, to the extent where I'm seriously considering either fitting the BMW rough road package to get an extra 10mm or so of clearance, or just throwing in the towel and buying an SUV

I'm sure I'm not the only one who'll be sad to see the end of this thread and your attention to detail, but I'm looking forward to the next instalment

[roadie]

I see the new owner has posted on the 335i facebook group and is very happy with the car.

Definitely an end of an era with all the detail given and conversation generated in this thread!

[Court_S]

pmorg4 said:

Feels like the end of an era! Now that it's gone we can safely say that you've survived the experience of the N54 pretty much unscathed, aside from one injector replacement and BMW dealer incompetence suggesting it needed a top-end strip down when it needed nothing more than a few cheap and easily-accessible sensors

I know what you mean regarding ride height, my E91 is (to my knowledge) standard and even I find myself scraping the ground from time to time, to the extent where I'm seriously considering either fitting the BMW rough road package to get an extra 10mm or so of clearance, or just throwing in the towel and buying an SUV

I'm sure I'm not the only one who'll be sad to see the end of this thread and your attention to detail, but I'm looking forward to the next instalment

Yeah, it is a little bit.

It wasn’t the disaster that it could have been; not always plain sailing but generally it was smaller parts causing issue such as the boost solenoids and camshaft position sensors. The downside is a that there’s always that nagging feeling that it’s going to grenade itself purely because of the reputation.

In stock format it was fine, but the Eibachs and M3 arms made it pretty low…speed bumps were like kryptonite.

The next instalment has already started!

[Court_S]

roadie said:

I see the new owner has posted on the 335i facebook group and is very happy with the car.

Definitely an end of an era with all the detail given and conversation generated in this thread!

That’s good to hear; I saw his post on a generic E9x group. It’s a good car and probably one of the better ones out there but I may be biased! I think I bought a pretty good car to start with with low owners.

Edited by Court_S on Wednesday 10th April 12:34