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Fingers crossed!

A BMW dealer. Be prepared for a very expensive day.

I have ALPINA for sale, brand new, but not sure if same size as yours. Check in parts for sale.

Ouch, is that ongoing? I'm due a first MOT in the spring on the D3BT. Oh and they didn't register the engines properly for emissions so you have to apply for each qualifying car to get them registered with TfL so they don't automatically get charged the new emission-based C-charge. No: sorted that ...

Couldn’t have put it better myself. They’re also muppets. Imagine forgetting to renew your type approval so that every car now has to go through SVA.... Imagine too that they had a discussion with VOSA about VIN numbers and didn't get the dual VIN situation past them? Guess which lucky muppet t...

I'm hoping there’s more to this story, because it sounds very wrong. Firstly did they tell you how the water got into the oil, I’m assuming they don’t submerge them en-route. And apart from that the engine is sealed so I really don’t get how it’s going to get water into it. Secondly the m...

CaesarBob wrote:I hadn’t realised from the previous ads, that it had been in “storage” since 2008 either

That's almost certainly some missed service dates, then

Slight rough idle on turning on for first 20 seconds before settles down. That's totally normal: it's the emissions pump on startup causes this: a fudge to get through its emissions when cold. I think these get mid 20's per gallon (we had the Roadster S which, being manual and lighter, returned 30-...

How would I know if the head gasket is failing and what are the signs :) They don't ALL fail, Adam, so don't sweat too much. Much is simply down to a bit of luck, and I've seen, know and have driven numerous S engines which are on higher mileages than yours, significantly higher in many cases, that...

Hi.. black leather interior, sat nav etc and usual b3 refinements with black walnut trim? Near Cannock staffs. 👍🏼 The walnut trim makes a huge difference. Too many have 'brushed aluminium', which rather ruins the ambience of the B3BT. Where near Cannock?? Hednesford, Pye Green, Chad...

It's really nice, but at that money I'd want an S.

Does it do it more whilst coasting down through the revs than accelerating quickly through the revs? It does it more as the revs coast down and then you accelerate. Is it apparent in same engine rev range in all gears? Yes 2-2.5k Is it always apparent at the same road speed irrespective of gear? Ye...

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showparts?id=WD72-EUR-08-2008-E92-BMW-335d&diagId=26_0233 Items 7,8,9 are my guess already. See if you can get that inspected. At least if that's good, we look elsewhere. The tests I outlined help identify this, too. I wouldn't expect much noise as it's low frequency....

Looks grand, Tim. What has it got as extras?

Where in Staffs are you? Born, bred, spat out, here

Many thanks .. it only does it on acceleration and you can drive out of it with a little more gas. It’s really annoying and lets the car down.. gears all smooth and only does it at low speeds .. See my little test routine above, added since you responded. Revs, gears and speeds are important dict...

Prop shaft is my guess. Does it do it more whilst coasting down through the revs than accelerating quickly through the revs? Is it apparent in same engine rev range in all gears? Is it always apparent at the same road speed irrespective of gear? If you sit at say 30mph and manually change gears up a...