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Bmw 316I petrol 2008,135km,advice.

  • 15-10-2016 7:11pm
    #1
    pkvader
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 329 ✭✭


    Hi guys,just looking for a bit of advice about these cars,are they reliable?.I'm looking to swap my 2010 Peugeot 3008 diesel,173k, for a petrol car.My reason is I only do small miles and want to go back to a petrol,My dpf filter is blocking up because im not doing the miles,my Peugeot got a complete engine rebuild and is like new,a guy with the above BMW is interested in a swap.I know nothing about these BMWs so any advice would be appreciated,thanks.


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  • #2
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,364 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    They can suffer from timing chain stretching. If is an efficiency dynamics version with stop/start then they can suffer from injector problems too and eat ignition coil packs. 1.6 litre petrol engine is dog slow too especially coming from a turbo diesel.


  • #3
    pkvader
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 329 ✭✭pkvader


    bazz26 wrote: »
    They can suffer from timing chain stretching. If is an efficiency dynamics version with stop/start then they can suffer from injector problems too and eat ignition coil packs. 1.6 litre petrol engine is dog slow too especially coming from a turbo diesel.

    I'm not overly bothered about the speed,like I said I only do small miles,there's a service history with the car so i'll be checking that before I do anything,cheers for your help


  • #4
    landmarkjohn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 705 ✭✭✭landmarkjohn


    As mentioned coil packs can fail, they seem to be considered a consumable item on a lot of modern cars..... so.... if I was buying another petrol BMW (we have 3 in the family fleet) I would change the plugs and coil packs straightaway and keep a spare coil pack in the boot. This will cost about €250 to do. Or at very least buy on spare coil pack and have it in the boot (about €30)

    Our 2006 318i (N46 engine 150K KM) has had each of the 4 coil packs fail at different times (they can and do fail without warning) and it is a pain as with only 4 cylinders you cannot really drive the car when it is only running on 3 (with a six cylinder you can get by on five a bit better).

    But don't be put off, our 2008 318i (N43 engine) has 160K KM and is running well (we only have it 6 months). Then again if you are looking for uber reliability in a car petrol BMW is probably not the route.

    It doesn't seem like a bad swap although a 316i can be down on spec as it is entry level car.


  • #5
    Special Circumstances
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,569 ✭✭✭Special Circumstances


    I think you'd be mad to swap.
    Get the dpf "deleted" if it does not suit your usage.
    Nobody really cares, or they are 20 years behind caring about it - insurers only care about Japanese petrol turbo mods, and if its done right the NCT can't tell.


  • #6
    pkvader
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 329 ✭✭pkvader


    Special Circumstances wrote: »
    I think you'd be mad to swap.
    Get the dpf "deleted" if it does not suit your usage.
    Nobody really cares, or they are 20 years behind caring about it - insurers only care about Japanese petrol turbo mods, and if its done right the NCT can't tell.

    How easy/hard a job is it to do?,

    Thanks for the replys folks.


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  • #7
    ironclaw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,004 ✭✭✭ironclaw


    Special Circumstances wrote: »
    if its done right the NCT can't tell.

    If you go down this road OP be sure you know what you are getting into in terms of when it does come to NCT time e.g. Clean the fuel system, clean diesel, dash of dipetane and bring the car in 'hot'.

    I also wouldn't be surprised if the NCT start cracking down on this a little more and flagging cars with it done. Going to take years to have any effect but its something to consider if you go down this route.


  • #8
    Special Circumstances
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,569 ✭✭✭Special Circumstances


    ironclaw wrote: »
    If you go down this road OP be sure you know what you are getting into in terms of when it does come to NCT time e.g. Clean the fuel system, clean diesel, dash of dipetane and bring the car in 'hot'.

    I also wouldn't be surprised if the NCT start cracking down on this a little more and flagging cars with it done. Going to take years to have any effect but its something to consider if you go down this route.

    Once it's not overfuelling it will be fine. Dipetane in a few tanks beforehand or as a general habit would be no harm.

    Unless you have information on a specific DPF test done anywhere that is anything more advanced than eyeballing it. "Yes, that looks like a DPF from here"

    The smoke test is a token test. A car with a deleted DPF will not fail it without other issues.


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