2014 D3 - Bi Turbo #004 - The high mile one....
Re: 2014 D3 - Bi Turbo #004 - The high mile one....
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.
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....
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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Wow. Thank goodness for that warranty.
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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....
Any updates Waitey? Hopefully it's sorted and back with you.
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I can see the story has a follow up on another website
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Any links?
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Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order
B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!
Re: 2014 D3 - Bi Turbo #004 - The high mile one....
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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Wowsers, that's serious then. Good job your warranty was still running.
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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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Wow was it Marshall Scunny who strip down
Who was the engineering co
Can’t be all bad with a new engine
Who was the engineering co
Can’t be all bad with a new engine
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Re: 2014 D3 - Bi Turbo #004 - The high mile one....
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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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.
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