Peugeot/citreon alloys wanted,

[grasmere59]

I paid £260 fully comp this year but dread to think what it will be next year with all the insurance hikes,i know a little bit about them so if i can help let me know.

[lozz]

cheers mate,

only thing im worried about is timing chain
last Bmw ihad sounded like timing chain was in glovebox

ended up sending it through auction and loosing alot of money,
whats the recomended life span of the chain on these ?

[grasmere59]

I sold my old 528i to a mate of mine and he took it to well over 100k miles and it sounded as sweet as a nut when he sold it,i really don't think it is an issue with the big 6 cyl engines,the vanos(variable valve timing) units can get noisy so i have been told sometimes.

[waue1978]

The facelift model like mine (with the angel eye headlights and led tailights) came in in early 2001(Yreg),the sport model(with the M5 bumpers came in at V-W reg, only in 528i form,which are really cheap nowadays.The facelift came in 525i,530i,540i and 530 diesel

Facelift was actually late 2000. If you're crafty you can get hold of an X plate & avoid the more expensive emmissions based tax rates. The revised engines also included the 170bhp 2.2 in the 520i. I can testify that the performance is adequate & the economy can be "lived with".

When I drove Dad's 523i (2.5 170bhp 6 cylinder) from Bagshot to Andover we took the non-motorway route through Hook & Basingstoke & I had the computer showing 36mpg when we got home. The bad news is that round town, 20mpg is the best you can hope for without driving like a doddery old git.

[grasmere59]

Your right about the X reg's,the first facelifts have the early style steering wheel which i think changed from 51 onwards,i forgot about the 2.2's,you don't see many of them.Mine will do 30-32 on a run and about 22-25 round town and 18-20 towing the caravan hence the need of the 406!.The strangest thing with my bm is the faster you go the better it is on fuel,i get the best economy cruising 90-95 mph,i suppose the engine is just on song then,if i could tow the caravan at 70-75mph i would get more to the gallon than at 55mph. I think this is turning into a BMW forum!!bmwland is a good forum to do research into e39's.

[lozz]

looking for opinions on this,

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2002-BMW-318I ... 27c12f1aee

What do you rekon,?
take a Gamble or leave it?

theres nowt on it,
and mention of oil pick up pipe blocked, why wouid that be blocked on a vehicle this age
or is there the posibility of it not being blocked and its just knockin its nads off

[lozz]

spotted this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1983-BMW-e21- ... 4ab1a19fd0

and thought hell yeah, this is identical to one ihad years ago not many about now,

the photo of the steering wheel , gear stick, and the exhaust bodge put me right off

check the cable out on one of the carbs, couid just imagine what wouid happen if that got stuck open

[grasmere59]

looking for opinions on this,

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2002-BMW-318I ... 27c12f1aee

What do you rekon,?
take a Gamble or leave it?

theres nowt on it,
and mention of oil pick up pipe blocked, why wouid that be blocked on a vehicle this age
or is there the posibility of it not being blocked and its just knockin its nads off

Would'nt touch it with a barge pole unless you've a spare engine in your shed,the only reason your gonna get a blocked up pickup pipe is from a car that has'nt had regular oil changes,if a biggish bore pipe like that has blocked just imagine what the rest of the small oil ways/galleries are like.

[lozz]

looking for opinions on this,

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2002-BMW-318I ... 27c12f1aee

What do you rekon,?
take a Gamble or leave it?

theres nowt on it,
and mention of oil pick up pipe blocked, why wouid that be blocked on a vehicle this age
or is there the posibility of it not being blocked and its just knockin its nads off

Would'nt touch it with a barge pole unless you've a spare engine in your shed,the only reason your gonna get a blocked up pickup pipe is from a car that has'nt had regular oil changes,if a biggish bore pipe like that has blocked just imagine what the rest of the small oil ways/galleries are like.

cheers,
thats what iwas thinking but ithought id ask for a 2nd opinion,
shame tho eh, nice shell

[grasmere59]

I'd be asking myself,why has it been stood for 14 months and if it is such a simple job why don't they do it and ask top book for it,i'm stoll kicking myself as a couple of months back i was offered a 2004 04 320d se estate with 145k on the clock for £2200,i did'nt buy it and the chap put it on ebay and got £3650 for it,doh!

[lozz]

I'd be asking myself,why has it been stood for 14 months and if it is such a simple job why don't they do it and ask top book for it,i'm stoll kicking myself as a couple of months back i was offered a 2004 04 320d se estate with 145k on the clock for £2200,i did'nt buy it and the chap put it on ebay and got £3650 for it,doh!

bargain that, you shouid of bit his hand off,
ah well maybe it was an omen ive had a few cars where ithought its been a bargain and its ended up in the breakers yard

[waue1978]

looking for opinions on this,

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2002-BMW-318I ... 27c12f1aee

What do you rekon,?
take a Gamble or leave it?

theres nowt on it,
and mention of oil pick up pipe blocked, why wouid that be blocked on a vehicle this age
or is there the posibility of it not being blocked and its just knockin its nads off

Would'nt touch it with a barge pole unless you've a spare engine in your shed,the only reason your gonna get a blocked up pickup pipe is from a car that has'nt had regular oil changes,if a biggish bore pipe like that has blocked just imagine what the rest of the small oil ways/galleries are like.

I'd be inclined to agree. A trader will only get rid of a car dirt cheap like that if he knows he can't get it fixed cheap enough to sell on. Bearing in mind that traders would get discount rates at most garages & that the forecourt price of that would be £2500 minimum, you're looking at well over a grand to fix.

spotted this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1983-BMW-e21- ... 4ab1a19fd0

and thought hell yeah, this is identical to one ihad years ago not many about now,

the photo of the steering wheel , gear stick, and the exhaust bodge put me right off

check the cable out on one of the carbs, couid just imagine what wouid happen if that got stuck open

Now you're talking proper old school. My 2nd car was a 323i Auto one of these. W plate in blue & it had a 2.0 in it. My Dad was working in a garage with a BMW specialist & they had an old E21 320 with a rough chassis & body & they got the 323i auto with a knackered engine. Transplanted the 2.0 into the 323 & I ended up with a proper one-off - an E21 320i. Had the old 14ins BBS x-spokes & was great fun.

[Gary406]

u still after a set of alloys lozz ???

if i get my new motor in the morning i may have a set for sale .. im undecided yet which to keep. the rapier ones or my vulcans

although ive just had 4 brand new tyres on my vulcans 4 weeks ago cost £250 so i doubt i will get anywere near that for them so might keep those..

[lozz]

u still after a set of alloys lozz ???

if i get my new motor in the morning i may have a set for sale .. im undecided yet which to keep. the rapier ones or my vulcans

although ive just had 4 brand new tyres on my vulcans 4 weeks ago cost £250 so i doubt i will get anywere near that for them so might keep those..

no mate thanks for the offer tho,
going to throw the car in for part exchange so ive giveup on the idea of putting alloys on it
it wouid just be for someone elses benefit if i did,

thanks

[lozz]

Upto now
this is what we are going for,
its only a 1.9 petrol but its good enough for what we need,

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-318-1-9i- ... 23170b93c7

going having alook at it tomorow morning ,