[boothunter11]

Originally Posted by mastarron

How old is old?

Im at 113k miles 2011 328xi and I never had the ticking noise

she drives like a dream! I need to put some money into her to give her a refresh looks wise.

I think its normally the disa valve rattle that can be heard as a ticking

[leif20]

Originally Posted by boothunter11

I think its normally the disa valve rattle that can be heard as a ticking

Not off to a good start.

The ticking is from the hydraulic lifters. This is why oil changes are mentioned.

[makeamericashiftagain]

I have a 2006 330i sport 6-speed manual I bought back in 2007. It has 275K miles. I have replaced the waterpump (225K), valve cover and oil filter housing gaskets (190K) and AC compressor (260K) because the pulley clutch locked up and required the whole unit to be replaced.

Other than that, I have changed the oil every 15K miles with bmw oil and filters, brakes and tires. Shocks and struts were replaced at 200K.

I have had nearly no issues with this car, get 28 mpg combined, mainly highway in the DC area where you are pretty much on the autobahn fighting for you life.

[talisman311]

Originally Posted by makeamericashiftagain

I have a 2006 330i sport 6-speed manual I bought back in 2007. It has 275K miles. I have replaced the waterpump (225K), valve cover and oil filter housing gaskets (190K) and AC compressor (260K) because the pulley clutch locked up and required the whole unit to be replaced.

Other than that, I have changed the oil every 15K miles with bmw oil and filters, brakes and tires. Shocks and struts were replaced at 200K.

I have had nearly no issues with this car, get 28 mpg combined, mainly highway in the DC area where you are pretty much on the autobahn fighting for you life.

What's been you favorite tire to use? I have 2 cars and find myself driving my 330i less because it chews through the rears (15-20k miles). I had the alignment shop set the camber as neutral as possible with the stock cams (-1.5) with very slight toe-in. I just threw on PS4S Michelin's, but have only put about ~1k on them so too early to tell how they wear.

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by makeamericashiftagain

I have a 2006 330i sport 6-speed manual I bought back in 2007. It has 275K miles. I have replaced the waterpump (225K), valve cover and oil filter housing gaskets (190K) and AC compressor (260K) because the pulley clutch locked up and required the whole unit to be replaced.

Other than that, I have changed the oil every 15K miles with bmw oil and filters, brakes and tires. Shocks and struts were replaced at 200K.

I have had nearly no issues with this car, get 28 mpg combined, mainly highway in the DC area where you are pretty much on the autobahn fighting for you life.

Nice!

[distortionist]

I have 518,000KM on my 2007 E90 328i! Dyno test at 500,000 shows 183hp at the wheel which is basically an oil change, air filter and new spark plugs away from factory spec!

[chris7520]

Thought I'd throw my hat in there but it seems there are a few with more miles than me lol as of yesterday My 330i sport is at 341,560 the oil is changed every 5K-6K with BMW oil, the consumption averages 6 ounces. the ZF transmission has never been serviced. I know scary but operates like new still, shifts great no issues at all with it no leaks, no slow or delayed shifts. I head up into the sierras a couple times month to push her hard always in manual. installed paddle shifter. at about 200K very nice to have. second water pump is at 200K now still doing its thing, spar sitting in the garage for when it does go, new coolant every 18months, a list of the parts that have been changed out. pan gasket at 287K, Rocker cover gasket at 140K, Filter housing gasket at 340K, Tension struts 310K, LH Rear wheel bearing 250K Differential seals at 287K, Starter at 285K, Valvetronic motor at 140K, engine mounts 320K, belt and tensioner every 100K or so. spark plugs every 60K, Brakes when needed, BMW replaced the Crankcase breather system under a recall at 310K Other than those things the car is running with all its factory installed parts.

[maf330xi]

Originally Posted by distortionist

I have 518,000KM on my 2007 E90 328i! Dyno test at 500,000 shows 183hp at the wheel which is basically an oil change, air filter and new spark plugs away from factory spec!

:O Impressive. Have you done any maint. on the transmission?

[leif20]

Do any of those with high mileage here use Techron every once in a while to clean the fuel system?

My car runs quite well aside from slight hesitation accelerating from idle when the engine is warming up. When I replaced my starter last year I cleaned the throttle body and this improved the issue for a few months, but it has come back since. I don't think a bottle of techron would hurt things, right?

I have a road trip coming up and would run it on the return leg of the trip, then change the oil as soon as practically possible after that.

[summersafe6168]

New to the BMW club but 2006 325i with 165,000 miles.

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by leif20

Do any of those with high mileage here use Techron every once in a while to clean the fuel system?

My car runs quite well aside from slight hesitation accelerating from idle when the engine is warming up. When I replaced my starter last year I cleaned the throttle body and this improved the issue for a few months, but it has come back since. I don't think a bottle of techron would hurt things, right?

I have a road trip coming up and would run it on the return leg of the trip, then change the oil as soon as practically possible after that.

I've never used any fuel additive. Fuel cleaner wouldn't clean the intake manifold because the N52 is port injected. My car has burned over 14,250 gallons of fuel so far.

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by quinz

New to the BMW club but 2006 325i with 165,000 miles.

She's just breaking in

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by chris7520

Thought I'd throw my hat in there but it seems there are a few with more miles than me lol as of yesterday My 330i sport is at 341,560 the oil is changed every 5K-6K with BMW oil, the consumption averages 6 ounces. the ZF transmission has never been serviced. I know scary but operates like new still, shifts great no issues at all with it no leaks, no slow or delayed shifts. I head up into the sierras a couple times month to push her hard always in manual. installed paddle shifter. at about 200K very nice to have. second water pump is at 200K now still doing its thing, spar sitting in the garage for when it does go, new coolant every 18months, a list of the parts that have been changed out. pan gasket at 287K, Rocker cover gasket at 140K, Filter housing gasket at 340K, Tension struts 310K, LH Rear wheel bearing 250K Differential seals at 287K, Starter at 285K, Valvetronic motor at 140K, engine mounts 320K, belt and tensioner every 100K or so. spark plugs every 60K, Brakes when needed, BMW replaced the Crankcase breather system under a recall at 310K Other than those things the car is running with all its factory installed parts.

Excellent. How long have you owned it?

[Clammy]

Just over 210,000 kms on my 2006 330i. Runs like new. Glad to know she has LOTS of life left in her!!

Cheers!

[ny325]

My E90 has 80,000 miles. After reading what others have, there’s a lot of life left in my E90. I take really good care of it. I stay on top of all maintenance required. I love my E90.

[yupetc]

Mine just hit 140k miles. With enough mods on the car, it drives pretty hard and still idles and accelerates smoothly. Looking at some of the miles reported here, I feel like it's still got a lot of life left to go.

I've been having this idea of designing a kit to fit through the spark plug hole so I can walnut blast the combustion chamber, trying to get carbonation cleaned up on the piston face and the valve dome. I'm thinking to do this because on a Mini Cooper S I worked on, I had to do a head gasket job and during which I cleaned up all the carbon filming on the piston and the valves, making that chamber squeaky clean. The car then drives like a new car again it's amazing. I'm thinking one of days the chamber will need some cleaning to get closer to a new engine status.

[POBEP]

Originally Posted by leif20

Do any of those with high mileage here use Techron every once in a while to clean the fuel system?

My car runs quite well aside from slight hesitation accelerating from idle when the engine is warming up. When I replaced my starter last year I cleaned the throttle body and this improved the issue for a few months, but it has come back since. I don't think a bottle of techron would hurt things, right?

I have a road trip coming up and would run it on the return leg of the trip, then change the oil as soon as practically possible after that.

I ran one Techron bottle with second fill-up before planned oil change. It does not hurt things, but likely does very little to help clean intake valves. The only reason I am still using it I because I bought a case at Costco few years back.

[2one3E90]

Originally Posted by boothunter11

I think its normally the disa valve rattle that can be heard as a ticking

Does it sound similar to valve tick?

[2one3E90]

Originally Posted by makeamericashiftagain

I have a 2006 330i sport 6-speed manual I bought back in 2007. It has 275K miles. I have replaced the waterpump (225K), valve cover and oil filter housing gaskets (190K) and AC compressor (260K) because the pulley clutch locked up and required the whole unit to be replaced.

Other than that, I have changed the oil every 15K miles with bmw oil and filters, brakes and tires. Shocks and struts were replaced at 200K.

I have had nearly no issues with this car, get 28 mpg combined, mainly highway in the DC area where you are pretty much on the autobahn fighting for you life.

How is it now?

[tomasis]

my 325i n52 - over 300 000km. I plan to drive her next 10 years

[l3ricktop]

2005 E90 330i
255 000 km, bought it 2016 with 189 000, during my ownership:

Right after buy:
- fuel tank ventilation hose

200k:
- new sparkplugs, ignition coils
- complete rebuild of chassis (Billies B6, stock sport springs, all mountings, screws...ALL)
- hardy couplings, Mfactory LSD to 3.64 diff from automat version (+rebuild)
- powersteering fluid flush
- trany oil change

230k:
- catless headers + custom exhaust with xpipe
- both primary O2 sensors replaced (BANK 2 died)

237k:
- idrive controller died, sourced used from ebay

245k:
- idrive unit died, repair

250k:
- Valve cover, oil filter housing seals
- Both DISA flaps in intake
- Some hoses in coolant system
- new oil separator

Apart from things above, new engine oil and all filters every 8 - 15 000 KM.
And tires of course. Only PilotSport 4. Bought just 1 set so far and i think they can hold until next year.

That number looks high but majority of that is highway driving... But once i leave highway and drive home, i beat the shit out of it.

If i will not get enough money to buy E90 M3, i will most probably drive this, until the day i die

[2one3E90]

Originally Posted by l3ricktop

2005 E90 330i
255 000 km, bought it 2016 with 189 000, during my ownership:

Right after buy:
- fuel tank ventilation hose

200k:
- new sparkplugs, ignition coils
- complete rebuild of chassis (Billies B6, stock sport springs, all mountings, screws...ALL)
- hardy couplings, Mfactory LSD to 3.64 diff from automat version (+rebuild)
- powersteering fluid flush
- trany oil change

230k:
- catless headers + custom exhaust with xpipe

237k:
- idrive controller died, sourced used from ebay

245k:
- idrive unit died, repair

250k:
- Valve cover, oil filter housing seals
- Both DISA flaps in intake
- Some hoses in coolant system
- new oil separator

Apart from things above, new engine oil and all filters every 8 - 15 000 KM.
And tires of course. Only PilotSport 4. Bought just 1 set so far and i think they can hold until next year.

That number looks high but majority of that is highway driving... But once i leave highway and drive home, i beat the shit out of it.

If i will not get enough money to buy E90 M3, i will most probably drive this, until the day i die

Anything drivetrain related? Any mounts? Is there a slop when u punch it at these mileages?