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How good IS BMW's 6 cylinder engine?
I'm thinking of buying a 2006 or 2007 3 series. I was wondering what
the consensus is around here about BMW's engines. I had a bad experience with my current car, an Audi 1.8 turbo, and don't want to go through that again. I've heard good things about BMW's 6 cylinder motors. How do you folks feel? Thanks for your input. |
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On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:48:22 GMT, > wrote:
>I'm thinking of buying a 2006 or 2007 3 series. I was wondering what >the consensus is around here about BMW's engines. I had a bad >experience with my current car, an Audi 1.8 turbo, and don't want to go >through that again. I've heard good things about BMW's 6 cylinder >motors. How do you folks feel? Thanks for your input. They are great but.............. watch out for the vanos units they can present problems and are expensive to replace. Otherwise - no cam belts all chains and a sweet revving motor. The shorter the stroke the sweeter - 2.0 6 nice as is the 2.3, 2.8, 3.0 and the 3.3 & 3.5 but the last two are old units now. Almost bullet proof -------------------- but change the oil regularly. One thing - from past experience they can drop valve seats if overheated and the plastic impeller water pumps can break and try to replace with the iron impeller type. Hugh Sir Hugh of Bognor -- I used to be an Egotistical Meglomaniac - but now I'm just perfect! Hugh Gundersen Bognor Regis, W.Sussex, England, UK |
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On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:04:33 GMT, dizzy > wrote:
wrote: > >>They are great but.............. watch out for the vanos units they can present >>problems and are expensive to replace. > >Hasn't anything made in the last 10+ years been "vanos"? Of course but if buying and the vanos packs up it still expensive to replace that's all I was saying NOT don't buy a vanos. -- Sir Hugh of Bognor The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys. Intelligence is not knowing the answer but knowing where and how to find it! Hugh Gundersen Bognor Regis, W.Sussex, England, UK |
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How good IS BMW's 6 cylinder engine?
> wrote in message .. . > I'm thinking of buying a 2006 or 2007 3 series. I was wondering what > the consensus is around here about BMW's engines. I had a bad > experience with my current car, an Audi 1.8 turbo, and don't want to go > through that again. I've heard good things about BMW's 6 cylinder > motors. How do you folks feel? Thanks for your input. The small straight sixes are sweet, and probably the best you will find. The old large straight sizes were not quite so nice, but extremely robust. |
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How good IS BMW's 6 cylinder engine?
> wrote > I'm thinking of buying a 2006 or 2007 3 series. I was wondering what > the consensus is around here about BMW's engines. I had a bad > experience with my current car, an Audi 1.8 turbo, and don't want to go > through that again. I've heard good things about BMW's 6 cylinder > motors. How do you folks feel? Thanks for your input. They're very good engines. Much more bullet-proof than the 1.8T, although with a chip that was a fun engine, too. It just required more meticulous maintenance, proper synthetic oil (somehow nobody bothered to tell the US dealers about this) and proper turbo warmup/cooldown procedures (which many people who never owned a turbo engine did not adhere to). Every car has its problems though. Like the previous poster mentioned - sudden overheating issues due to a cooling system failure were common on the previous e46 and e39 (and probably a few others). Not sure if BMW finally took care of it with the latest 3 series. It's probably too early to tell. Pete |
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How good IS BMW's 6 cylinder engine?
I normally drive another well-known German marque that is not what you have,
that has a range of very good engines but even I join the chorus of approval of the BMW 6-cyl motors. Widely recognised as being very good. DAS For direct replies replace nospam with schmetterling --- "Pete" > wrote in message ... > > > wrote >> I'm thinking of buying a 2006 or 2007 3 series. I was wondering what >> the consensus is around here about BMW's engines. I had a bad >> experience with my current car, an Audi 1.8 turbo, and don't want to go >> through that again. I've heard good things about BMW's 6 cylinder >> motors. How do you folks feel? Thanks for your input. > > They're very good engines. Much more bullet-proof than the 1.8T, although > with a chip that was a fun engine, too. It just required more meticulous > maintenance, proper synthetic oil (somehow nobody bothered to tell the US > dealers about this) and proper turbo warmup/cooldown procedures (which > many people who never owned a turbo engine did not adhere to). > > Every car has its problems though. Like the previous poster mentioned - > sudden overheating issues due to a cooling system failure were common on > the previous e46 and e39 (and probably a few others). Not sure if BMW > finally took care of it with the latest 3 series. It's probably too early > to tell. > > Pete > > |
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How good IS BMW's 6 cylinder engine?
I have a 2006 E90 (330xi), that's the new 6cyl 3.0 255 hp unit (not the dual
turbo). Very nice, very smooth, very pull-y. On occasion, when the engine is cold, at idle I do notice what sounds like a bit of a clicking, as in valve lifter ticking or light rattle. Once engine warms up with driving (5-10 min), all is quiet. Again, only happens occasionally. BMW dealer tech rep said this is normal, and is a result of some slight foaming of oil into the hydraulic lifters thus the audible sound, until the air bubbles clear and you get solid oil, and no sound. I checked the oil and it said "OK", but the orange line showed halfway between the lines. Wonder if this engine truly needs to be kept topped off with oil. The tech did not seem concerned. I did not notice this the first several months I had the car (got it Sept. 2006). Anyone else get this with the new E90? Mike > wrote in message .. . > I'm thinking of buying a 2006 or 2007 3 series. I was wondering what > the consensus is around here about BMW's engines. I had a bad > experience with my current car, an Audi 1.8 turbo, and don't want to go > through that again. I've heard good things about BMW's 6 cylinder > motors. How do you folks feel? Thanks for your input. |
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> wrote:
>I'm thinking of buying a 2006 or 2007 3 series. I was wondering what >the consensus is around here about BMW's engines. I had a bad >experience with my current car, an Audi 1.8 turbo, and don't want to go >through that again. I've heard good things about BMW's 6 cylinder >motors. How do you folks feel? Thanks for your input. The BMW I6 is a sweet motor, and one of the main reason to buy a BMW. |
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