530D engine noise.. wear related?

[Adam_W]

Looking at buying a E61 530D

Has 111k miles on it.

How noisy are these engines normally? I guess they will always sound like a diesel, is a tappety noise at idle common?

Its an auto, do these boxes have any common issues?

Edited by Adam_W on Sunday 18th March 19:51

[yajeed]

Adam_W said:

Looking at buying a E61 530D

Has 111k miles on it.

How noisy are these engines normally? I guess they will always sound like a diesel, is a tappety noise at idle common?

Its an auto, do these boxes have any common issues?

Edited by Adam_W on Sunday 18th March 19:51

Mine's lower mileage (48k) but doesn't sounds much like a diesel at all, apart from when it's very cold. Even then, it's not particularly tappety.

Have you heard it when it's warmed up?

[Adam_W]

only after a very short drive and it didn't seem much better.. didn't notice it really when driving just when idling with the bonnet up.

[Tea Pot One]

We have high mileage ones at work ... they can sound quite noisy but seem to go on and on. We have only had one go wrong ... out of about 25 but that did need a new engine !

[Adam_W]

Tea Pot One said:

We have high mileage ones at work ... they can sound quite noisy but seem to go on and on. We have only had one go wrong ... out of about 25 but that did need a new engine !

That wasn't due to ingestion of part of the intake assembly was it?