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Wife’s F10 520d M Sport.



Alastair.

ClioSport Club Member
  986'S 172ph1+182FF
So, the Mrs did not like her RS220 Clio and wanted to go back to a german car again.

Criteria, German, White with black wheels, thats it 😂

Always fancied a 5 series again after i bought one years ago off @Daniel

Anyhow, stumbled across a lovely 520d with decent spec, wheels just powder coated, new MOT and a fully stamped and up to date service record. Annoyingly it was 170 miles away. Placed a deposit and headed over to collect.

On arrival the car was presented it absolutely immaculate condition and i had no hesitation bringing it back with me.

Ideally i wanted a 530d but to be honest i will rarely drive it so the 4 pot is fine for the wife.

Drives amazingly well, gearbox is an absolute dream.

Pics on collection day, Feb this year.

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Alastair.

ClioSport Club Member
  986'S 172ph1+182FF
Next day i gave it a quick wash to put my mark on it.

Shame about the dog s**t tyres, as new though and drive fine on them.
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Alastair.

ClioSport Club Member
  986'S 172ph1+182FF
Noticed a slight burning smell occasionally a few weeks into ownership, the common rocker cover was weeping and dripping onto the dpf.

Booked it in at a BMW specialist who also noticed the oil cooler and oil filter housing was weeping as well.

Luckily the garage i got it from were absolutely sound and paid for a new rocker cover gasket, oil cooler, oil filter housing and all gaskets.

Get a call half way through when they had the rocker cover off and i knew what was coming, Mr Bailey, your timing chain is loose af 😂 they wanted £2,000 to do the job. Not a chance i was paying that!

I said do the oil leaks and i will get the chains done elsewhere.

 

Bluebeard

ClioSport Moderator
  Whichever has fuel
Big big fan of these in PFL. I hate black wheels but other than that, Sterling chariot. 👌🏽

(Good luck with the chain! 😂)
 

Alastair.

ClioSport Club Member
  986'S 172ph1+182FF
Spoke to the garage again i got it from, again, absolutely sound and contributed to most of the cost involved in getting the timing chains done.

After some research i booked in with BMMINI TECH in Colchester!

200 miles each way, i arrived there at 7:45am. The car went in at 8am and by 8:40 the engine was out, never seen anything like it!



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Matt Cup

ClioSport Club Member
  Leon Cupra
The difference before and after is staggering. Can’t believe how sloppy that chain was without it actually failing.
 

Alastair.

ClioSport Club Member
  986'S 172ph1+182FF
All this done and i was back on the road before 12:30, absolutely staggering!

Nearly 400 miles, left on a full tank, just over half left.

Drives absolutely mint, no issues with any of the work they have done and i am one fussy b*****d.

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Bluebeard

ClioSport Moderator
  Whichever has fuel
That’s mental, fair play to them. They’re obviously very good at what they do.
 

Bluebeard

ClioSport Moderator
  Whichever has fuel
They do around 7/10 chains a week, thats why they’re so bloody quick.
It’s good to see - what was the bill going to be if you had to pay it?
It’s making me want to buy a 320d for my wife. I want a 330d but I can’t afford it and there are loads of cheap 100k mile 320’s around. But the chains put me off. This could be the best solution!
 

MLB

ClioSport Club Member
That looks great in white, even with the black wheels. All the big jobs sorted straight away as well👌
 

Alastair.

ClioSport Club Member
  986'S 172ph1+182FF
It’s good to see - what was the bill going to be if you had to pay it?
It’s making me want to buy a 320d for my wife. I want a 330d but I can’t afford it and there are loads of cheap 100k mile 320’s around. But the chains put me off. This could be the best solution!

N47 timing chain, all genuine parts, new oil, oil filter and air con regas is £1,099 inc vat

Gearbox service was £449

Whilst you wait service as well 😂

The 3.0 diesels also suffer as well, they do loads, look them up on facebook.
 

Alastair.

ClioSport Club Member
  986'S 172ph1+182FF
One chap
Including vat??? f**k Me. No wonder they do so many.

Sorry to keep asking questions, but this is blowing my mind. How many of them worked on it

One chap on his own did the whole thing, drove it in at 8am, into the waiting area, 8:30 thought id go get some fresh air and the engine crane was attached, walked back in 10 mins later and it was out.
Bloody magicians

All come from a BMW dealer background, guy who owns the place was a master tech at BMW for many years.
 

Alastair.

ClioSport Club Member
  986'S 172ph1+182FF
Was the chain rattling?

I do like an F10

Nope, no rattles, engine was silent. They said some rattle real bad and some are really quiet like mine. Some snap on 50k some 150k, just never know when they're gunna go they said.
 

Yarp

ClioSport Club Member
  Clio 182, E46 M3
All this done and i was back on the road before 12:30, absolutely staggering!

Nearly 400 miles, left on a full tank, just over half left.

Drives absolutely mint, no issues with any of the work they have done and i am one fussy b*****d.

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I can vouch that the engines on these come out a piece of piss. Only 2 mounts on the engine, drop the box support so the whole lot can swing, disconnect the coolant and fuel lines and yark the c**t out. Only about 8 bolts to undo in total.

There’s plenty of space in the bay with the 3.0 in there so there’ll be s**t loads with the 2.0. Still a very impressive effort.
 

Rich-D

ClioSport Club Member
  E90 LCI 330d
I was about to say timing chain, then read further down LOL :ROFLMAO:

Good old N47, amazing it hadn't snapped yet being so loose, but a great result with garage contributing to having it replaced, massive win! (y)
 

leeds2592

ClioSport Club Member
  Bean 182 + E70 X5
Nope, no rattles, engine was silent. They said some rattle real bad and some are really quiet like mine. Some snap on 50k some 150k, just never know when they're gunna go they said.
Very surprised that wasn't rattling it's tits off but at least you've sorted it for many more trouble free miles.

Very envious of the mpg, I can only dream of that in my X5!
 

Gally

Formerly Mashed up egg in a cup
ClioSport Club Member
Nice buy, also dislike black wheels but lovely bus! Great news on the peace of mind work carried out!
 


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