E91 Straight Six Bearding

I'm hoping to join the club on Wednesday when I'll be collecting this -

BMW 335i M Sport E91
2009
78,750 miles

£9,000

It popped up on my eBay Saved Searches so I rushed over and bought it for the full asking. I think its a billy bargain. I've been watching prices for over a year. This is the last one I saw on eBay -

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/132228302979

Nice.

What's a valve cover?

Did the valve cover on mine (it was leaking a bit), changed the eccentric shaft sensor whilst I was at it. Turns out the reason it was leaking is actually coz a couple of the studs were already sheared - and they're one time use alu things. Strangely the car came with a set of new alu bolts for the valve cover included, but no new gasket - guess that explained why!

It's a fairly time consuming valve cover gasket to change - there's a lot of things to get out of the way, an even then it's a bit Houdini like! Also changed the valvetronic gasket and the oil filler one and the eccentric shaft gasket whilst I was there.


065 (16-03-2017) by Chris Reeves, on Flickr

Common leak point apparently!


I think a 335i e90 is more welcome than a 330d e91

As is Life.

Yeah they aren't the most reliable however they are a peach of an engine when they run right.
Plus get one with sub 100k mileage and just cough up monthly for a warranty. That way everything is covered.

Mine had both turbos and the waterpump done under warranty. Final bill for BMW was £4k, for me it was £100

High powered autobahn cruiser but will be used mostly in the city ?

Unusual, maybe even novel or courageous.

Each to their own, but rather suspect you are going to be best mates
with all your local petrol stations by running a three litre car mostly in
the city.

In terms of reliability (and this is just from reading on the internet....)

for an x35i N55>N54

for an x30i/x25i N52>N53

I was specifically after an N52 after reading that it's the engine to get and many around the world have clocked up big miles. I bought mine on 181k miles and it's now on 191k miles (I have no idea how - considering I don't commute in it and it's been off the road for about 1.5 months over my time whilst I've been sorting suspension and DISA valves!) and in fairness, whilst I've had a fair few problems and replaced lots of bits - the engine itself has been alright.

The other engines I hear all sorts of things about high pressure fuel pumps, injectors, and clogging inlet ports coz they're direct injection (rather than the port injection on the n52). Let alone the whole replacing turbo's thing.

I was about to list the bits and pieces I've replaced/fixed in the last 11months, but it's quite long, so I'll post that all up with photos sometime in the future! Let's just say I'm very glad I have built up a reasonable tool collection otherwise I couldn't afford to run this car.

I've owned mine since February 2009, it's a late 2005 325i SE auto touring, ex demo with leather, Xenons, Bluetooth and staggered 17" double spoke wheels.

It's done 144,000 miles now, last year was a big year, I replaced all the coil packs, suspension and steering bushes and steering rack. Still drives really well, the Bluetooth has packed in and the front bumper has a few battle scars but Mrs Gunk still seems to like it, although I feel the time has come to change it, so I'm considering swapping it for a new 320d Luxury touring.

Honestly, it'll do 7 miles a day, barely get warm etc. Couldn't care less. We had an E39 528i doing exactly the same thing and 18mpg is perfectly reasonable for 2500 miles per year!

We really just want something to complement our large X5 diesel 7 seater, and the other brands just don't offer as much for your money. Audi is underwhelming, Mercedes is too bland.

We may even consider an E46 M3!