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12-11-2018, 09:01 AM | #23 | |
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I just would not feel comfortable driving the car past that mileage on the same WP. I'm currently at 127K and my car is in the shop for other crap. Yellow engine light and 'service engine soon" lights came on the other day. This car is becoming a maintenance nightmare. But I love my 135i, the thrill of punching it on the highway is intoxicating. |
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12-11-2018, 09:19 AM | #24 |
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Agree to disagree, I guess.
Now watch - my water pump will fail next week! |
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12-11-2018, 12:21 PM | #25 |
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Plus doing what you can for a planned repair job is always better than an unexpected one.
I can tell you I was holding my breath this past summer when I made an approximately 500 mile drive to the track. The roads I had to take weren't exactly through the most urban areas. Imagine breaking down in that situation. |
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12-28-2018, 07:25 AM | #26 |
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Most of this thread is sludge! If the engine get a synthetic oil change at least once a year, there won't be any sludge under the valve covers or any place else. We aren't living in the 1920s when that was a possibility.
As far as other stuff is concerned, you don't fix it until it breaks. The car will start giving you plenty of clues when the water pump is about to go. Worn shocks and struts give plenty of warning when they need replacing. Actually, the quality of these items are very good and can last a very long time even the life of the car. Checking the coolant can be done by eye or test strips. Modern coolants also last a long time. A pen light and poking your head under the fender will reveal how much brake pad is left. I have Hawk Ceramic pads which I'll get at least 70K. The pen light will also reveal if the OFHG is leaking. I'd say it's 100% for sure that'll leak at some point, but it isn't a big deal being a drip-drip kind of leak. There is one or two biggies to worry about. The first is a pan gasket leak. The subframe has to be removed to fix it. If you have the DCT, you might also have leaks, a very serious problem. The car needs to go up on a lift and the covers taken off to see what's going on. The serious problems with BMW will be of the esoteric kind and expensive to repair. They won't be easily detectable, but a scanner or a PPI would be a very good idea. In any case, these cars just aren't for people with short money or empty wallets. They'll put you in the poor house. |
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12-28-2018, 11:31 PM | #27 |
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If I were looking at buying a 1 series, maintenance records (even the owners hand written ones) would be hugely important (especially for 135's) Also, its easy to look at date code on tires and underneath the valve cover oil fill cap. I might ask to see the cabin filter. Air filter too difficult to check quickly. If I didn't know these cars, I would try and bring along someone who does. And, depending upon the answers I get from owner, I would want a PPI.
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01-09-2019, 04:08 PM | #28 |
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If you review the sticky on the coolant pump you will see that most of the failures and almost all the early, less than 100K miles, failures are 135s, not 128s. The OP comments in post #459 that the turbo motors seem to fail around 60K and the non-turbo over 100K miles.
So I would not, and have not, spent the money for a coolant pump replacement on my 128i. It just went over 80K. I might around 100K miles. But my other observation is that it seems to be highly variable. The president of your local BMWCCA chapter had to have his replaced but it happened when he had about 135K miles on the car. The rate in the sticky is never above 20% of the cars for any model year. The 2008 and 2009 models have to be well up into the supposed "danger range" by now. I may just run it until it breaks or shows obvious signs it is going to. I don't have multiple vehicles any more so it will be a hassle if I get stranded but I have AAA and can just rent a car while it is repaired if I have to. It would save some money to just buy the parts and replace it (probably at least $1000) but if the chance of having to spend the "big bucks" remains something like 1 in 5, it is probably better to take my chances.
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