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Bent exhaust pipe on a 2007 BWM 318D

  • 11-08-2011 9:24am
    #1
    muntschkin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭


    Thinking of buying a second hand car and quite like this particular car. (=It has a nice sunroof.)

    The exhaust pipe looks strange (bent downwards). The bumper may have been changed as well. Could this be a problem? Does it have to be fixed?


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  • #2
    langdang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,857 ✭✭✭langdang


    Is it not just to prevent the (lovely clean, environmentally friendly and perfect for city use) diesel smuts from dirtying up the back of the car?


  • #3
    Anan1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    No, that particular one was reversed into a kerb or low wall.


  • #4
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 41,588 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    looks like a standard ES/SE bumper to me, although the exhaust tip looks a little flatened.
    And all E90 diesels from 2005 until the LCI in 08/09 had the downward exhaust.


  • #5
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 41,588 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    heres the normal version

    170167.bmp


  • #6
    muntschkin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭muntschkin


    Well, the pipe edge faces the ground for sure ...

    But these kind of bumps shouldn't mess up the car itself, right? I would hate to get myself in trouble buying it ...

    ... and the salesperson tried to explain how it may be a different type of an exhaust pipe which is also sold in the BMW store which is bent down to face the ground ...

    Could it be true?


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  • #7
    Anan1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    muntschkin wrote: »
    Well, the pipe edge faces the ground for sure ...

    But these kind of bumps shouldn't mess up the car itself, right? I would hate to get myself in trouble buying it ...

    ... and the salesperson tried to explain how it may be a different type of an exhaust pipe which is also sold in the BMW store which is bent down to face the ground ...

    Could it be true?
    No, that one has definitely either been hit or reversed into something. Is this a BMW dealer?


  • #8
    muntschkin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭muntschkin


    OP again ... So it is really facing down because it was produced like this???


  • #9
    Anan1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    muntschkin wrote: »
    OP again ... So it is really facing down because it was produced like this???
    It's facing down because it was made like that, but the upper tip is bent down from an impact.


  • #10
    muntschkin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭muntschkin


    ... So it is not normally facing down? Or by facing down, you mean that the top part of the end of the exhaust is a bit longer than the bottom part?

    ... Does this have to be fixed?


  • #11
    cadaliac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,905 ✭✭✭cadaliac


    Anan1 has told you twice already. Read the post.
    Yes, get it fixed.


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  • #12
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,481 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    kceire wrote: »
    looks like a standard ES/SE bumper to me, although the exhaust tip looks a little flatened.
    And all E90 diesels from 2005 until the LCI in 08/09 had the downward exhaust.

    Nope, when BMW introduced Efficency Dynamics in 2007 to the E90 the tail pipe was changed to an oval shape, the same as on the 520d. Mine is a pre LCI 08 model and has an oval shape tail pipe like this:

    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcReibd_X-5coxiNRyly1GyoxeCjCSiSoKmyJzf60GtyHFnNaBlt


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