Morbius Posted October 23, 2006 Posted October 23, 2006 I thought diesels were supposed to run on anything? Chip fat, peanuts Sorry to hear it's going to cost 4.5 big ones, thats about half the value of my car (tin-top, not Westy).
rm163603 Posted October 23, 2006 Posted October 23, 2006 That's crap luck. Out of interest how much does a new engine run to? On the subject of the BMW warranties. They used to be a reasonable price but they seem to have shot up in recent years. When I looked it was well over 1K per year which I don't think is worth it. If my engine went pop it would be an M3 motor from here for me: http://www.fabdirect.com/index02.htm
rm163603 Posted October 23, 2006 Posted October 23, 2006 A mate of mine has just had the motor on his E39 Alpina B10 4.6 V8 go pop. Alpina quote 2.5K for a rebuild plus parts which they estimate will be between 9 and 11K euros !! Also the engine has to be removed, crated and sent back to Germany for any work to be carried out. No-one but Alpina can work on the engine and they won't supply parts so that you can do it yourself. Put me right off alpinas.
peterg Posted October 23, 2006 Author Posted October 23, 2006 New engine from BMW is around £5k plus VAT whereas a 2ndhand one is around half that....
rm163603 Posted October 23, 2006 Posted October 23, 2006 New engine from BMW is around £5k plus VAT whereas a 2ndhand one is around half that.... Looking at your sig you can't be far from that FAB BMW breakers. Their prices seem quite high though. They quoted my mate 5500 plus vat for the B10 V8 they have in and it has 103K miles.
peterg Posted October 23, 2006 Author Posted October 23, 2006 FAB are 6 miles away, they're acknowledged as the UK's biggest BMW breakers....their 03 engine is £2700, but my garage have found an 04 model engine for £2500 elsewhere
steve_m Posted October 23, 2006 Posted October 23, 2006 The BMW breaker I bought some parts from in Kent was selling 330 petrol engines for £1000 and his diesels weren't that mugh higher - straight from crashed cars but he gave a guarantee on each one. His biggest customers were BMW dealers
peterg Posted October 23, 2006 Author Posted October 23, 2006 QUOTE Inlet Butterfly... Diesel... Just quoting what he said, there's a mechanism in there that looks like a butterfly type thing but don't know what it does exactly....
Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted October 23, 2006 Posted October 23, 2006 Inlet Butterfly... Diesel... That puzzled me too....
rm163603 Posted October 23, 2006 Posted October 23, 2006 Inlet Butterfly... Diesel... Just quoting what he said, there's a mechanism in there that looks like a butterfly type thing but don't know what it does exactly.... variable inlet gubbins maybe?
peterg Posted October 23, 2006 Author Posted October 23, 2006 QUOTE variable inlet gubbins yeah quite probably, but that's about as technical as 'inlet butterfly'
a4drk Posted October 23, 2006 Posted October 23, 2006 Peter, i thought i was having bother with my 330d sport (2003 - 204bhp one) I bought the car from a 2nd hand garage in Stanningley - Leeds (Prestiege Diesel & 4x4 centre) On the 2nd week, the car wouldn't start when it was hot. (but 1st turn when it was cold) I complained to the garage & all they kept saying was "Did you take the extended "gold" warranty out at £500 for the year? "No" i replied, i just took the crappy Bronze one that was free,............... (pays out a max of £200, with a £25 excess) anyway, got the car diagnosed, It need a "fuel pressure regulator return valve" at only £150. So, bought this, saved 4 hours labour by fitting it myself(£392) & it still made no difference. Bit the bullet - put it into BMW. It needs 6 new injectors @ £265 each + £400 fitting.... ! So i took it away, went to another garage, they tested the 6 injectors, 3 were badly leaking & they are getting refurbed......... at only £195 each...! still not got my car back...... thats 2 weeks off the road... I thought i was having a bad time with mine until i read your post ! My advice - set it on fire ..... (On the Motorway Hard Shoulder - more authentic!) David
Bananaman Posted October 23, 2006 Posted October 23, 2006 Your worrying me now Peter............ Mines just turned 120K........... Wonder if it might not be a good idea to put a new inlet manifold on as a precaution???
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