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Hi, guys im John from Middlesbrough. Not an E60 owner yet but a potential one.
Im sorry to keep harping on about it, but onan 05 525d how worried should I be about 'swirl flaps' and how many of you diesel owners have took them out. Ive already suffered from Nikasil problem on my E39 I dont want another engine being messed up. I want a BMW I can enjoy!
Im sorry to keep harping on about it, but onan 05 525d how worried should I be about 'swirl flaps' and how many of you diesel owners have took them out. Ive already suffered from Nikasil problem on my E39 I dont want another engine being messed up. I want a BMW I can enjoy!
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Originally Posted by JLinardi' post='800500' date='Feb 24 2009, 08:49 PM
Hi, guys im John from Middlesbrough. Not an E60 owner yet but a potential one.
Im sorry to keep harping on about it, but onan 05 525d how worried should I be about 'swirl flaps' and how many of you diesel owners have took them out. Ive already suffered from Nikasil problem on my E39 I dont want another engine being messed up. I want a BMW I can enjoy!
Im sorry to keep harping on about it, but onan 05 525d how worried should I be about 'swirl flaps' and how many of you diesel owners have took them out. Ive already suffered from Nikasil problem on my E39 I dont want another engine being messed up. I want a BMW I can enjoy!
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The updated 530d engines from mid 2005 seem so far to be ok from what I have seen on the forums, however I know Dave ? heard of an 05 plate 530d which self destructed with the revised SF's
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Not sure on the 525d's, not something I know much about.
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Originally Posted by DD_545i' post='800503' date='Feb 24 2009, 08:54 PM
Damn your car looks clean. I don't think mine's ever looked that clean.
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Im guessing either Saltburn or Whitby then??
Looking at the cliff id say Saltburn but i gotta admit looking at your location before you said anything I assumed it was somewhere in Germany
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Originally Posted by JLinardi' post='800755' date='Feb 25 2009, 03:45 AM
Looking at the cliff id say Saltburn but i gotta admit looking at your location before you said anything I assumed it was somewhere in Germany
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Originally Posted by DD_545i' post='800503' date='Feb 24 2009, 08:54 PM
Damn your car looks clean. I don't think mine's ever looked that clean.
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Originally Posted by DD_545i' post='800503' date='Feb 24 2009, 08:54 PM
Damn your car looks clean. I don't think mine's ever looked that clean.
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I agree with what you say, save for the 5530d or 535d. far better than the 525d. The 535d has same engine size but much less power. Price wise its not far off either (used).
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Taking my car in to do get the rear bootlid spoiler sorted on Thursday. I've decided to get them to do an oil service while its in. Car has done 6900 miles but why keep the oil till its a year old. I have always used Mobil1 for all my previous petrol cars and felt, I should continue to use my favourite oil for this diesel engine.
Will go for Mobil1 ESP (longlife 4). Halfords sell them in 1ltr bottles about ?15ea. Thats roughly ?60 for 4ltrs at Halfords.
Did some searching and calling and found a local wholesale dealer. Minimum sale is 4x4ltr which roughly works out to ?35 per 4ltr pack.
I figure this is a bargain cause car's blood transfusion is about 7.7ltrs
(so I am told), which means 2 x 4ltr packs used. And in another 6 months when the actual oil service comes about, I can use the remainder two packs.
Dealer is charging approx ?49(labour + filter + VAT all in). That works out to ?120 for an oil service. pretty good value seeing I used to pay close to ?200 for my previous car, a Volvo V50 T5. Talk about running cost nirvana. I am glad I junk'd the volvo back into BMWs.
BTW, anyone here have any shock-horror stories on using the Mobil1 ESP for my 535d instead of the Castrol the BMW dealers use?
Will go for Mobil1 ESP (longlife 4). Halfords sell them in 1ltr bottles about ?15ea. Thats roughly ?60 for 4ltrs at Halfords.
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Did some searching and calling and found a local wholesale dealer. Minimum sale is 4x4ltr which roughly works out to ?35 per 4ltr pack.
I figure this is a bargain cause car's blood transfusion is about 7.7ltrs
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Dealer is charging approx ?49(labour + filter + VAT all in). That works out to ?120 for an oil service. pretty good value seeing I used to pay close to ?200 for my previous car, a Volvo V50 T5. Talk about running cost nirvana. I am glad I junk'd the volvo back into BMWs.
BTW, anyone here have any shock-horror stories on using the Mobil1 ESP for my 535d instead of the Castrol the BMW dealers use?
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Originally Posted by Dr Dave' post='800195' date='Feb 24 2009, 02:24 PM
it does not have to be on the bumper, the law states it has to be on the nearest (near verticle) part of the car towards the front, so that (for 90% of cars) is the bumper.
my defender is legal and has the plate mounted on the air vent above the bonnet.
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it would depend on your bumper shape etc.
dont forget its NOT a legal requirement to have a front number plate...its a grey area because motorcycles dont have front number plates and a case was won in the courts siting discrimination (cars/bikes) and forward facing gatso cameras...
my defender is legal and has the plate mounted on the air vent above the bonnet.
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it would depend on your bumper shape etc.
dont forget its NOT a legal requirement to have a front number plate...its a grey area because motorcycles dont have front number plates and a case was won in the courts siting discrimination (cars/bikes) and forward facing gatso cameras...
This is a crappy picture of my toy. That passed the MOT just fine. In fact, the front plate is the only part of it that I sometimes keep clear of mud!
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