High Mileage 320d's

[Hellas]

2003 320d
Bought with 96 000km
Currently at 212 000km

Turbo @ 150 000km @ R8k in total for recon turbo, additional service kit, cleaning of intercooler, intake and coolant change.

Waterpump @ 211 000km @ R1700 total for new bilstein pump and thermostat and coolant overhaul.

General BMW expenses:
Lower control arms @ 120 000km @ R900
Service myself at prescribed mileage with BMW agent filters and Castrol 5W40 Full Synthetic Oil.
Brake pads: ATE from Midas @ R1100 for all 4.

 

[Falcon]

Nice thread I'm also considering a 320d auto for my wife after i sell my manual e90 330i because she needs auto.

Any comments of auto box issues on the e90 320d's?

Or are there non?

 

[RAArmstrong]

Nice thread I'm also considering a 320d auto for my wife after i sell my manual e90 330i because she needs auto.

Any comments of auto box issues on the e90 320d's?

Or are there non?

As far as I've heard/read on here, they're pretty faultless

 

[gmmcdonald]

2002 320d E46. 242000 kms. Crank pulley the only failure so far. Average 5l/100kms and treating me well so far!

 

[ASH]

I owned a 2005 320d At MSport, was bought on 105 000km, traded in on 135 000kms, during the time I had it, we only did servicing and brakes, normal stuff. I was surprised at the reliability and the performance was great.

LOL, yep tyres aren't going to last, torque is torque...........:rollsmile:

 

[Tyx]

model: 2002 E46 320d
kilos: 352500km
only major breakdowns: oil heat exchanger that is currently being replaced( oil got into cooling system), EGR replaced when it burnt through, diesel return line leaking, turbo replacement at 60k( BMW recall)
vehicle get serviced with BMW parts and full synthetic oil.
Bought the vehicle as second owner from colleague on 180000km. use it daily and put on about 1000km/week.
Even though my car is at the mechie as I write this, still my most reliable car ever.

 

[netercol]

remember that the pre facelift e46 320d's were not common rail injection.. they use a vp44 injection distributer pump, which is around 15k to REPAIR , not even replace, last time i asked.. usually the lift pump in the tank fails, and vp44 seizes..

making them in my opinion more risky maintenance wise than the newer commonrail e46 320d's..

funny enough, i have not personally heard of a single high pressure pump (not vp44, the common rail pump) failure on a common rail bmw diesel.. (but thats just me)

 

[daxiet]

Don't see many if any of the N47 2.0L diesel engines featuring here, all seem to be M47 or older.

I have an Oct 2007 E90 320d Auto (with the much dreaded N47 engine - some say a ticking time bomb). I have 145000kms on the clock. No engine issues to date.

 

[racing snake]

Nice thread I'm also considering a 320d auto for my wife after i sell my manual e90 330i because she needs auto.

Any comments of auto box issues on the e90 320d's?

Or are there non?

i prefer the auto boxes on the 320d as the manual always seems to be outa boost when you go over a speed hump in 2nd... you gotta wait for around 1800rpm before they respond...

the auto doesnt have this problem

 

[Spy007]

Tbag

2003 E46 165 000km

Had it 4-5 months
Turbo R8500
Injectors R8000
got it back after 6 weeks
Clutch R6000
Got it back 2 days
Rear Diesel Pump R5000
Aircon R2500

2 months later
Brand new turbo from Garett on its way out.


Sold the piece of crap and put me off diesels Completely.

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Oh and before I get lambasted I am a medical rep and have done close on
750 000 km last 12 years.

Got my gets to 384 000 1 clutch 1 gearbox
Company Gets 150 000km
Gopher to 200 000 No issues
Tbag,I30 and X-gear around 100 000km

My wife drives a 1.5 diesel gets with 150 000km and thats JHB traffic every day 60km roundtrip.

So I look after my cars.

 

[DieselFan]

My old E90 320d '06 had only ever had major services up until she died at 145 000kms. :thumbs: New one seems strong at only 80 000. Also only major services. And rear tyres :fencelook::fencelook::fencelook:

 

[ernest maurice]

Hi
Got a 2002 E46 320d. Got the car for a year now, did the clutch and flywheel 184000km cost R10k after getting parts at Goldwagen, turbo packed up at 200500km , just 1000km after service, cost me R10k and car is still with the mech as it is giving boost issues after new turbo was fitted, only boosting in fourth and fifth gears only. The car is now breaking my heart, am starting to miss my old petrol straight six, only gave me one problem which was a water pump inherited from previous owner.

 

[tyronzn]

2006 320d 108000km.No issues with car even when it was in motorplan.Only thing i can suggest is do swirl flap removal with pre lci models as they use the infamous M47 engine as was used in the E46,just a precaution.Other than that solid car,very happy with mine.

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Hi
Got a 2002 E46 320d. Got the car for a year now, did the clutch and flywheel 184000km cost R10k after getting parts at Goldwagen, turbo packed up at 200500km , just 1000km after service, cost me R10k and car is still with the mech as it is giving boost issues after new turbo was fitted, only boosting in fourth and fifth gears only. The car is now breaking my heart, am starting to miss my old petrol straight six, only gave me one problem which was a water pump inherited from previous owner.

did you own the diesel from new?

 

[ngoako7]

2005 E90 320D

Bought in Aug 2012 with 165000 km and currently sitting on 193000 km.

Expenses so far:
-New Non-RFT Tyres all round when I bought it, and still has plenty of life.
-Normal Services (Filters, Oil, etc) - BMW prices
-Crank Pulley - R2800 fitted
-Alternator - R3000k fitted

Current issues:
-Occassional gearbox jolt - no fix yet
-BST Cable went bad - need to be replaced
-Front Brakes Discs+Pads - Due very soon

Town driving - 9.0l/100km
Highway driving - 5.5l/100km

 

[Sabretooth tiger]

ok so my tractor hit 62 000km, time to get the third set of rear tires. last set lasted 15 000km :rollsmile:

 

[S1NGH 001]

My LCI just hit 99000kms today, nothing major thus far, new radio was fitted a month back, a slight oil leak sorted and a new pulley :thumbs:

5 sets of tyres fitted :biglol:

 

[ngoako7]

Just a quick math reveals I've done 28000km on my tyres and dont need to replace them yet. I'm wondering if you guys drive with DSC off?

 

[DieselFan]

5 sets of tyres is crazy for only 100 000kms. 5 sets of rears is understandable. But i dont see how you can go through front tyres so fast.

 

[S1NGH 001]

Bad driving style and roads :roflol:

 

[RAArmstrong]

5 sets of tyres is crazy for only 100 000kms. 5 sets of rears is understandable. But i dont see how you can go through front tyres so fast.

That's hectic! My dad used to get 60000km out of a set of tires on his 540 :fencelook:

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