530d mileage

[darren no 7]

thinking of buying one with 150000 miles on it 53 plate full bmw history all motorway mileage so he says.The only thing that has ever been replaced is the front cat,should i worry that other things are going to start to go wrong or do they go on for ever thanks for any info

[The Ben]

I hear the 3.0d has a crap turbo...

Other than that, think they are pretty solid!

[pgilc1]

The Ben said:

I hear the 3.0d has a crap turbo...

Other than that, think they are pretty solid!

Is it not the 2.0 TD that gave problems?

If you're right this would worry me as i've a 3.0d with 2 turbos....

Edited by pgilc1 on Sunday 3rd August 16:15

[uk_vette]

darren no 7 said:

thinking of buying one with 150000 miles on it 53 plate full bmw history all motorway mileage so he says.The only thing that has ever been replaced is the front cat,should i worry that other things are going to start to go wrong or do they go on for ever thanks for any info

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My 2005 has nearly 250,000, but then it's a Toyota.

[pgilc1]

uk_vette said:

darren no 7 said:

thinking of buying one with 150000 miles on it 53 plate full bmw history all motorway mileage so he says.The only thing that has ever been replaced is the front cat,should i worry that other things are going to start to go wrong or do they go on for ever thanks for any info

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My 2005 has nearly 250,000, but then it's a Toyota.

We wont hold it against you.

[uk_vette]

pgilc1 said:

uk_vette said:

darren no 7 said:

thinking of buying one with 150000 miles on it 53 plate full bmw history all motorway mileage so he says.The only thing that has ever been replaced is the front cat,should i worry that other things are going to start to go wrong or do they go on for ever thanks for any info

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My 2005 has nearly 250,000, but then it's a Toyota.

We wont hold it against you.

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Edited by uk_vette on Sunday 3rd August 18:14

[530dTPhil]

I had an 02 E39 530d from new up to 122000 miles in September last year. It was replaced with a 2000 mile E61 530dT Sport, now on 30000 miles.
The E39 needed a low pressure fuel pump under warranty at 58000, a rubber propshaft coupling at 70000, a replacement turbo (bearing failure) at 80000 and an auxiliary electric fan at 120000.
The turbo failure does seem to be a bit of a lottery despite dealer history and allowing the car to idle/cool down after a long motorway run.
Superb car though.

[grahamm]

I had an 02 530d which needed a new turbo last year at 56,000 miles.

Apart from that it was a lovely car