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Originally Posted by pusb365
So my first BMW and i'm thinking of getting rid of it already...
At the end of April I bought a car from a dealer. It’s a E90 320i, has Full BMW service history and had around 65k on the clock. I thought it was a good price (£5k).
However I’ve had no end of problems with it:
Started off with a major oil leak just a couple of days after I had it. It was pissing oil everywhere and needed a valve cover gasket replacement.
Car would occasionally go into limp mode, would reset itself if left alone for a good few hours but needed sorting. Needed a new valvetronic motor.
Squeaky steering
Another oil leak
Now it has serious clutch judder when pulling away in first gear, not all the time but far too regular. Probably going to need a new clutch.
Some of the above I have paid for, some the dealer has paid for.
Now, should I get the clutch done and hope that’s it and that I’ve just been unlucky so far, or should I just cut my losses and sell it (almost certainly for less than I paid for it, plus obviously the money I have spent on repairing it)?
And yes, I'm aware it's an old-ish car and that there are bound to be problems with it now and then. I just did not expect this many problems in such a short space of time  |
I would be tempted to keep it now you seem to have done most of the regular stuff. It sounds like thecae had been serviced by someone who didn't really know what they where doing previously hence the leaks. The clutch could be the bearings which is a problem on many 3 series not just the 320, but a good indy should sort that out.