Particle filter?
08-16-2008, 02:54 PM
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Does anyone know how often we should change the particle filter in the exhaust? IS this a critical part? I read somewhere that someone's mpg improved once he changed it.
Thanks,
Peter
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08-17-2008, 12:13 PM
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ON pre-lci, it was in the service menu, on the lci, it has been removed. BMW says it should last about 200,000 km but in reality it depends on you do your driving - a lot of city driving, and you need to have it changed more often. Mine was screwed after 30000km but then again, I did a lot of city driving.. Costs about 1500 eur to change..
08-17-2008, 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by rsyed' post='648710' date='Aug 17 2008, 04:13 PM
ON pre-lci, it was in the service menu, on the lci, it has been removed. BMW says it should last about 200,000 km but in reality it depends on you do your driving - a lot of city driving, and you need to have it changed more often. Mine was screwed after 30000km but then again, I did a lot of city driving.. Costs about 1500 eur to change..
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Thats kinda stupid. Please tell me that BMW is not charging 22hrs labour to change that filter. On my volvo V50, the filter was changed at 96,000km. The parts were ~$70, and the labour was 1.5hrs. $1,500 euros seems a hell of a lot for something like that.
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Originally Posted by andy535xi' post='649688' date='Aug 19 2008, 10:50 AM
Thats kinda stupid. Please tell me that BMW is not charging 22hrs labour to change that filter. On my volvo V50, the filter was changed at 96,000km. The parts were ~$70, and the labour was 1.5hrs. $1,500 euros seems a hell of a lot for something like that.
That is the downside of driving a bmw. Buying the car is one thing, but maintaining a bmw is one pain in the ar$e...
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