[Mowgli]

It'll end in tears........

[gkoukou]

Originally Posted by ShereKhan

I've done nearly 50k miles in mine now.

Aside of all the problems it is a good car.

I tend to get 31 mpg only if I drive at constant 70mph with cruise for a 200 mile trip. Overall I tend to get 27.7 mpg according to my calculations (brim to brim). If you are getting 17mpg you must be doing a lot stop start driving. Lowest I have had mine is 20mpg with only city driving.

Most of my driving is on Motorway.

Nic the nearest thrill (well what is allowed by my employer and insurance) is driving on the Autobahn. The engine just sounds great 110+ mph

Thanks a lot for your reply. I had another change to drive on Motorway last week for about 440 km and the reading is 22.69 mpg. I guess I must be doing something wrong. What I observed though when I had the chance to use cruise control at about 75 mph the reading was about 33 mpg.

[Nic320si]

And now to something completely different. Or maybe not as I was thinking that my low mpg figures was due to som kind of fault with the engine or something, I had my car dynoed yesterday and it produced 179 bhp and 210NM compared to its rated 173/200 so my engine must be pretty healthy

[ShereKhan]

Originally Posted by gkoukou

Thanks a lot for your reply. I had another change to drive on Motorway last week for about 440 km and the reading is 22.69 mpg. I guess I must be doing something wrong. What I observed though when I had the chance to use cruise control at about 75 mph the reading was about 33 mpg.

Are you using 95 RON or better fuel? Not sure what the standard is in Greece but that could affect the MPG. I'm running on 99RON but 95RON is the ideal fuel not any lower.

[ShereKhan]

Originally Posted by Nic320si

And now to something completely different. Or maybe not as I was thinking that my low mpg figures was due to som kind of fault with the engine or something, I had my car dynoed yesterday and it produced 179 bhp and 210NM compared to its rated 173/200 so my engine must be pretty healthy

Should the car not be facing away from brick wall? I hope it was held down well.

[Nic320si]

Originally Posted by ShereKhan

Should the car not be facing away from brick wall? I hope it was held down well.

Yeah it was on stops... The fan which is keeping the engine cool is up againts the wall so thats why

[gkoukou]

Originally Posted by ShereKhan

Are you using 95 RON or better fuel? Not sure what the standard is in Greece but that could affect the MPG. I'm running on 99RON but 95RON is the ideal fuel not any lower.

I am using only super unleded rated 100 RON here in Greece

[E90_320si]

Hey! Everyone has probably already sold their 320si? I have the same startup problems, and effect dip between 2000-2500rpm. Has anyone solved this yet? Mvh Fredrik

[ShereKhan]

Originally Posted by E90_320si

Hey! Everyone has probably already sold their 320si? I have the same startup problems, and effect dip between 2000-2500rpm. Has anyone solved this yet? Mvh Fredrik

I still have mine.

I think I might have worked out whats wrong. I read my supplement manual last week (I was bored).

It clearly states that the valve clearance must be done every oil service. Not every other service as per OBC informs stealer.

If you haven't had an oil service done recently or are due one get the clearance done too.

Mine seems to be ok now.

[ckh]

Just got mine a few weeks back in Alpine White....thinking should i get mine checked out...but everything seems fine atm....

[Nic320si]

Mine is at the dealer now.The warning symbol with a red car on a lift suddenly came on.

The engine is still running very rough when started from cold.

[ShereKhan]

Originally Posted by Nic320si

Mine is at the dealer now.The warning symbol with a red car on a lift suddenly came on.

The engine is still running very rough when started from cold.

The red car is an inspection service. I've had a few of those now.
Have you had any valve inspection (not to be confused with normal inspection). My stealer always takes a full day to do this. I think its so that the engine will be cool enough to work on.

[Nic320si]

Originally Posted by ShereKhan

The red car is an inspection service. I've had a few of those now.
Have you had any valve inspection (not to be confused with normal inspection). My stealer always takes a full day to do this. I think its so that the engine will be cool enough to work on.

It might be an electrical problem. I have big problems with blown light bulps. I have changed the rear ones 5 times this month.

I dont know if they have checked the valve clearence. It had a service 1000 kilometers ago. Its first service. The car has only covered 26.000 kilometers.

[ShereKhan]

Sounds like you have an earth fault in boot or rear light clusters are faulty.
I've not had any bulbs blow apart from front main beams which I changed to a brighter type - they only lasted a year (I keep lights on all the time).

[E90_320si]

Originally Posted by ShereKhan

Sounds like you have an earth fault in boot or rear light clusters are faulty.
I've not had any bulbs blow apart from front main beams which I changed to a brighter type - they only lasted a year (I keep lights on all the time).

Don´t you have xenon light as stock on the UK 320si´s?

[ShereKhan]

Nope we don't get that option - it was £615 option. Really wish I had it as the standard lights are rubbish.

I prefer to keep lights on as it helps me being seen by other when flying around roundabout too quickly.

[dbramley]

Mine is at the dealers now (3rd day now) for the exact same fault but they are unable to find anything.

I suspect because we've had a nice few days its been too warm for the fault to rear its head, as mentioned above seems to happen when cold or damp.

Mine is out of warranty on the 26th so really need to get this sorted!

How much is the valve clearance service?

Cheers
Dan

[Nic320si]

Mines been at the dealer for a week now. Still had not found the fault yesterday...

But this time I got a loaner (Toyota Avensis estate) and it start every time

[ShereKhan]

Originally Posted by dbramley

Mine is at the dealers now (3rd day now) for the exact same fault but they are unable to find anything.

I suspect because we've had a nice few days its been too warm for the fault to rear its head, as mentioned above seems to happen when cold or damp.

Mine is out of warranty on the 26th so really need to get this sorted!

How much is the valve clearance service?

Cheers
Dan

Dan,

My stealer told me its £300 on top of oil service. They charge £160 for oil service.

[ckh]

it was slightly conder this morning! my car too about 7-8 sec's until it will turnover......do i have the same problem?

[ShereKhan]

Maybe - mine started nine month into ownership just before 1st oil service.

[Nikos120i]

I recently purchased a used 320si with only 13.000 km on.

So far no problems...all is good!

I am worried however, because I have seen 2 cases of problematic engines (one had a "component failure" and the other a problematic piston rod) and heard of another one.

Now I read an "intermittent starting problem", but I don't have any issues thus far.

What should I do in order to avoid any types of these issues and be safe, regarding servicing?

I have read something about a "valve service". When should this be done (after how many kilometers) and how should I describe it to my dealer.

Should I worry that this will happed to me also?