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05-13-2014, 04:43 AM | #356 |
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Well life is not always good. Just about to try and bleed the clutch (again) here at 5:45 IN THE MORNING!
Picked up a Motive Power bleeder yesterday (thanks God I have a local race shop near work). Hopefully it will do the trick. If you don't need to bleed the clutch DON'T! |
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05-13-2014, 04:50 AM | #357 | |
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Currently 189,000 miles (320D e91) on it's original clutch (although it's slipping) and have managed 135 miles so far on less than a 1/4 tank of fuel Work done on it so far: replacement hydro pump for pressure sensor fail. That's it….! The bonnet / hood looks like a sieve due to the stone chips, but still drives amazingly! |
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05-13-2014, 08:15 PM | #359 |
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OP, I have a 2006 325i with 178k on her. The oil pan seal is leaking and a shop quoted me $900. They said it was a 7 to 8 hour job. Does this seem like a fair price? Thanks for your advice!
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05-13-2014, 08:20 PM | #360 |
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The oil pan job is a real pain in the ass yes but you can probably get a better deal
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05-25-2014, 05:18 PM | #361 |
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221958 miles now!
Miles keep pouring on… 221958
Figured I would just hop on Efthreeoh original post rather than start another one. I am experiencing the - you can't reset the oil counter BMW program F-up as Efthreeoh described in another post, sucks for those experiencing it! Battery replaced once Starter once Both Vanos relays and cam sensors replaced awhile back. Water pump still original but just started getting stat codes, we all know what that means! ZF auto trans still original and flawless, fluid changed religiously every 50K.
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05-25-2014, 05:20 PM | #362 |
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Have you tried simply tightening each oil pan bolt with about a 1/4 to 1/2 turn (Inside to out)?
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05-25-2014, 05:30 PM | #363 | |
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Maybe BOTH of us should start bitching to BMW now |
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05-25-2014, 05:39 PM | #364 |
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Already started, hope you don't mind me using your past research as a starting point.
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05-25-2014, 05:44 PM | #365 | |
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05-25-2014, 05:52 PM | #366 |
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Thanks, I have already downloaded the PDF and yes the E-dip seems to only react to 1/2 qt. intervals in my case. I will start paying attention to the miles, I have found that after an oil change I will do a warm-up check to make sure it's in the safe zone then I will go for a drive and check it again, it's always a lower reading after about 50-75 miles.
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05-26-2014, 05:32 AM | #367 | |
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My engine leaks a bit now (rear main seal and slightly at the pan) and probably consumes some oil at a higher rate too, but the drastic change in e-dipstick behavior came after the CBS started ignoring the oil quality data. I can't get past any non-technical people at BMW to make this point to the engineering department under the PUMA case. Frustrating. |
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05-26-2014, 08:35 AM | #368 |
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Yes it is frustrating and many of these cars will easily reach in excess of the mileage we currently enjoy. The increasing public pounding BMW will receive from original and current owners should be substantial. You know, if they would have keep the dip stick this wouldn't be such an issue for me. As the more savvy coders start beating on this issue maybe a solution will be made.
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10-26-2015, 01:05 AM | #369 |
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Thans For The Share
Great story. I have a 2008 335i coupe that just rolled over 100,000. I plan to run mine until it won't run anymore. Love the thing to death. Thanks for sharing!
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10-26-2015, 04:55 AM | #370 |
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I few guys here have 200K 335i's, which proves that the E9X series is pretty robust. Good luck with it.
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10-26-2015, 07:09 AM | #371 |
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Efthreeoh - thanks for posting all this great info for those of us that want to keep our cars a long time. I have 118K miles on my 2008 328i with 6MT and it runs great. I've replaced the water pump/TS (preventative), harmonic balancer, drive shaft, brakes (once), battery, plugs, front control arms, tranny fluid and diff fluid.
What would stop us from going 300K miles or 400K miles? Does the engine wear out? If so, top end or bottom end? What puts a limit on how long we can keep our cars without repair/maintenance costs becoming much higher than they were for the first 200K miles? Thanks again. Last edited by driverman; 10-26-2015 at 02:45 PM.. |
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10-26-2015, 02:56 PM | #374 |
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Looks great!
Before I ordered my car, I test drove a 328i with 6MT, sports and premium back to back with a similarly equipped 335i. I loved them both. The 335i had lots more torque so I was tempted to buy that. But I wanted to keep the car a long time so I went with the NA 328i hoping that the car would be reliable. Had I leased the car I would have gone with the 335i. After spending a bunch of money the last year and a half, I considered selling it. But seeing so many of you take your cars past 200K, it makes me feel better about keeping it. Sure it's going to cost more to keep running than most cars, but it's worth it as long as repair and maintenance costs don't go through the roof. So thanks to everyone for sharing their stories about their high mileage cars. It's very helpful. Last edited by driverman; 10-26-2015 at 03:08 PM.. |
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