2014 D3 - Bi Turbo #004 - The high mile one....

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Re: 2014 D3 - Bi Turbo #004 - The high mile one....

Post by Rav » Fri Apr 24, 2020 10:30 am

I bet that you are glad for the warranty. You are a brave man to buy a car with that mileage. I thought about it and the miles did put me off.
I am sure that it will all be ok..... Hang in there.
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Re: 2014 D3 - Bi Turbo #004 - The high mile one....

Post by MattOz » Sat Apr 25, 2020 10:31 pm

Hope this is sorted satisfactorily Waitey. Bit of a nightmare situation, but thank goodness for the warranty. Fingers crossed it's resolved soon.
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Post by Stuck_mojo » Sun Apr 26, 2020 11:18 am

Wow. Thank goodness for that warranty.
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Re: 2014 D3 - Bi Turbo #004 - The high mile one....

Post by Stuck_mojo » Mon May 18, 2020 10:11 am

Has the car been fixed? Interesting thread. I'm still wondering whether it was a mad thing to buy or the smartest thing to do. I would have bought it myself a couple of weeks later. ;)
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Re: 2014 D3 - Bi Turbo #004 - The high mile one....

Post by MattOz » Fri May 22, 2020 9:54 pm

Any updates Waitey? Hopefully it's sorted and back with you. :)
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Re: 2014 D3 - Bi Turbo #004 - The high mile one....

Post by Stuck_mojo » Thu Jun 04, 2020 10:35 am

I can see the story has a follow up on another website
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Re: 2014 D3 - Bi Turbo #004 - The high mile one....

Post by Charles » Thu Jun 04, 2020 4:35 pm

Stuck_mojo wrote:
Thu Jun 04, 2020 10:35 am
I can see the story has a follow up on another website
Any links?
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Re: 2014 D3 - Bi Turbo #004 - The high mile one....

Post by Waitey » Thu Jun 25, 2020 4:16 pm

MattOz wrote:
Fri May 22, 2020 9:54 pm
Any updates Waitey? Hopefully it's sorted and back with you. :)
Sorry this site is terrible for not wanting to load for me....

Car had been with BMW for 79 days so far.

Its already had all new cams, lifter and rockers fitted, but still the rattle it gained remained.

Then the crank and chain were checked, all fine....

A full engine tear down then happened, with each part measured for wear by a local engineering company. Amazingly NO part was out of tolerance for a new engine, even after 222k miles.

So they couldn't find a thing wrong with it, so it's getting a new engine under warranty. Hopefully have it back in July.

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Re: 2014 D3 - Bi Turbo #004 - The high mile one....

Post by Bob » Thu Jun 25, 2020 5:40 pm

Wowsers, that's serious then. Good job your warranty was still running.
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Re: 2014 D3 - Bi Turbo #004 - The high mile one....

Post by Waitey » Thu Jun 25, 2020 5:51 pm

CaesarBob wrote:
Thu Jun 25, 2020 5:40 pm
Wowsers, that's serious then. Good job your warranty was still running.
To be honest a used 335d engine can be had for sub £1k now from larger engine dealers. Swap over the 330d and Alpina bits and I'd have been back on the road for under a grand.

This route will be costing BMW near £20k with labour.....!

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Re: 2014 D3 - Bi Turbo #004 - The high mile one....

Post by hap » Thu Jun 25, 2020 6:13 pm

Wow was it Marshall Scunny who strip down
Who was the engineering co
Can’t be all bad with a new engine :dance

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Re: 2014 D3 - Bi Turbo #004 - The high mile one....

Post by Waitey » Thu Jun 25, 2020 7:42 pm

hap wrote:
Thu Jun 25, 2020 6:13 pm
Wow was it Marshall Scunny who strip down
Who was the engineering co
Can’t be all bad with a new engine :dance
1) Yes it was.
2) No idea, sounds like dealer BS to me...

Hopefully it works when it comes back.

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Re: 2014 D3 - Bi Turbo #004 - The high mile one....

Post by Stuck_mojo » Fri Jun 26, 2020 9:53 am

Waitey wrote:
Thu Jun 25, 2020 5:51 pm
CaesarBob wrote:
Thu Jun 25, 2020 5:40 pm
Wowsers, that's serious then. Good job your warranty was still running.
To be honest a used 335d engine can be had for sub £1k now from larger engine dealers. Swap over the 330d and Alpina bits and I'd have been back on the road for under a grand.

This route will be costing BMW near £20k with labour.....!
It's a flawed system but in your case the intrinsic value of the car has risen significantly, as one can imagine it doing another 222k if kept in fine fettle. the ideal car for me. Hope you get it back soon and you can enjoy it properly
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Re: 2014 D3 - Bi Turbo #004 - The high mile one....

Post by MattOz » Fri Jun 26, 2020 4:51 pm

That's quite a result. Interesting that under warranty, BMW usually fix issues up to the value of the car. Great that there's no perceived wear on components, even at that mileage. It's when they re-assemble and find a stone rattling in a heat shield that they'll kick themselves. :shock: :lol:
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