120d E82 LCI tune compromising reliability?

[DRCraig]

Good day fanatics

I own a 2011 BMW 120D Coupe' LCI Steptronic as my daily. The car is on 180 000km and in excellent condition. I do oil services every 9000km and drive long distances on the regular. So far, the car has been nothing but outstanding, averaging 5,3/100km on long journeys. The power is astonishing for a 2.0 turbodiesel and I find the car quicker than E90 325i's.
For me, reliability is a key factor and the 20d has been nothing short of that. I intent to keep the car for another 6 years or so.

My question is:
When the car reaches more or less 200 000km, I want to do a few performance upgrades such as downpipe, dpf removal, drop in air-filter and software. Will these mods compromise reliability and put more strain on for e.g. the turbo and gearbox; are they safe upgrades or should I only do software (STAGE 1) ? Also, does software need updates every odd thousand kilometers?

TIA

Regards

 

[tman]

Any additional power will place additional strain on car components, there is no denying that.

These 2.0d engines have proven to be reliable, when looked after (which you seem to be doing). The mods you want to do will have no effect on reliability

 

[Nikhil]

So over what was said above, I would go past Zf and get the box checked out before doing software, everything else can be done without concern. Besides servicing what other maintenance have you done on the vehicle?

 

[michael.joseph]

Check gearbox plus mountings, engine mountings, cooling system, boost pipe, regular injector cleaner... and u should b good from a reliability point of view.

 

[williambradleyn]

Hahaha I believe we have concluded this matter buddy

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