540i to buy or not to buy?

[zaleonardz]

+1 at the professional doing the vb.

 

[SonGoKu619]

o_0 thanks..err..to everyone that replied concerning my o2 sensors (zaleonardz, P1000, monag and Sankekur)...sheesh but you guys are hardc0re lol

Ta...

 

[SonGoKu619]

Okay so I got my o2 sensors replaced by the garage that I bought the car from (Free )

And it's gone from 18-24l/100km Down to 11l/100km (In town) What a reLIEF!

Now I can use the friggin kickdown

 

[P1000]

:thumbsup: Good news! Glad you got it sorted

 

[zaleonardz]

+10000 :clap:

 

[monag]

Okay so I got my o2 sensors replaced by the garage that I bought the car from (Free )

And it's gone from 18-24l/100km Down to 11l/100km (In town) What a reLIEF!

Now I can use the friggin kickdown

Thats a huge difference. Thanks for updating us on your experience.

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Just to add further closure to the reason I started this thread: My CEL was on and I was told its the cats. I changed the cats and the light was still on. I was getting a lean code on bank 1 and bank 2. I bought some adapters for the post cat O2 sensors, hoping they would kill the light, but they did not. Oh and i did notice that I was getting a hesitation at high rpm. When accelerating, the car felt like it changed into higher gear but it didn't, it was like a flat spot in the rev range at around the 5k rpm. So I had a spare maf sensor at home and decided to put that in. Well, the weather was rainy, to put it mildly so I was driving pretty sensibly since. The good news is that the CEL went off and stayed off.

BUT Yesterday the road was dry.......

Now I know what a 540i feels like! The power was on another level! That flat spot is gone. It accelerated smoothly and hellishly quickly to the end of the rev range and WOW! Before I knew it I was hitting over the 200km/h mark with a gear to spare on a steptronic and the sound when it upshifts is thrilling (on the racetrack in my backyard btw :thumb.

I did clean my maf once before but that didn't really make any difference, it may have been too far gone by then.

 

[Solo Man]

P1000, if the balls in the valve body have deteriorated, why is the gearbox changing down smoothly under similar circumstances when the aircon is on?

 

[P1000]

P1000, if the balls in the valve body have deteriorated, why is the gearbox changing down smoothly under similar circumstances when the aircon is on?

Engine idle RPM is higher when the aircon is on, then the check valves still seem to work even though they are deteriorated. I remember someone saying that a software update fixed this issue...

 

[nirvash]

what should an e39 540i 2000 and up model with -150 000kms go for?

thanks

 

[brimes]

depends on the condition - advise to take one with books or some receipt history - a good one these days is hard to find.

check the retail value to get an idea, then you can bargain.

good luck :thumbsup:

 

[P1000]

what should an e39 540i 2000 and up model with -150 000kms go for?

thanks

Well, here is a good indicator:

My 540i is available for R69 000.
2001 e39 (vanos)
Dark blue (same as Clutchplate) and tan/cream interior
car tv included
174 000km (engin replaced at 80 000km by bmw waterfront due to overheat)
body 90% --- mechanically 110%
inbox me if interested

I'm just quoting polisiehond, please don't PM me about this car.