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320d

  • 06-05-2014 6:28pm
    #1
    Holly62
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36 ✭


    Looking at a 05 model 320d and was wounding besides the common fault (clutch and flywheel) anything else to look out for... It's down from Northern Ireland and got push button to start.. Service history upto 70k miles and it has 120 on it nw..


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  • #2
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,360 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Clutch and flywheel are not faults but rather wear and tear items that need replacing eventually on all modern diesels when they come to the end of their natural life.

    Common problems on these cars are the metal swirl flaps breaking off and getting sucked into the engine killing it, if they are not already replaced with blanks then get them done. Turbo breather filter should be replaced with the newer vortex shaped filter and still replaced every 3rd oil service. ABS/DTC units on these cars can give trouble, can vary from an faulty wheel ABS sensor to the module itself.

    Any service history from when it was down here as 120k miles is low enough mileage for a 9 year old diesel car? Try and get it a quick inspection by a BMW dealer or a BMW specialist with good software as they can read the mileage from 3 locations in the car, the key, the odometer and the ECU.


  • #3
    Holly62
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36 ✭Holly62


    bazz26 wrote: »
    Clutch and flywheel are not faults but rather wear and tear items that need replacing eventually on all modern diesels when they come to the end of their natural life.

    Common problems on these cars are the metal swirl flaps breaking off and getting sucked into the engine killing it, if they are not already replaced with blanks then get them done. Turbo breather filter should be replaced with the newer vortex shaped filter and still replaced every 3rd oil service. ABS/DTC units on these cars can give trouble, can vary from an faulty wheel ABS sensor to the module itself.

    Any service history from when it was down here as 120k miles is low enough mileage for a 9 year old diesel car? Try and get it a quick inspection by a BMW dealer or a BMW specialist with good software as they can read the mileage from 3 locations in the car, the key, the odometer and the ECU.


    He has being going to his local garage man sence he got it at 70k miles.. It has120k miles on it nw..


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