FIRZ67;772906 said:
Jasjay,
Leaking issues on N46 engine for year 2005 car is common. Based on the aging factor and mileage run, those should be considered as wear and tear. To resolve a leak issues, I think you are quite aware on the cost. Roughly it should be in the region of 1-2k. Let say parts change/ repair involved is valve cover, vacuum pump is the most expensive but it's repairable, oil sump etc. other than that should be consider minor. Thing that you should pay attention is the valve seal. If you start the car and let it idle for 10-20 minutes and there is a white smoke from exhaust, then the valve seal need repair. The cost will be around 2-3k and as extensive as top overhaul.
sometime is really scary when see those nice car with all the engine leak problem.
actually i think of change brand to benz c230k, with the same year made, 2005 c230k-RM109k, 2005 e90 320i (not M sport)-RM89k~95k...
from what my mech told me, benz is much more stable than bmw (wear and tear part).
and from my wife concept, an 7 years old car (e90) selling at RM89k~95k still need to pay a lot to repair, seen like weird...
i still love the e90 outlook and the style, still the 1st choose for me to consider....
and the used car dealer promise to repair if i found out that the engine leak or vacuum pump problem.....
there should be quite lot of brothers here driving an e90 320i right???
dunno can have their feelback about this ultimate machine??
will they repair the engine leak, vacuum pump, will the problem come back within the same year or few months later??
ofcos nobody can guaranty the engine parts live spend...
i still study about this e90, so many thread (from chinese thread or others bmw forum) mention they had repair the engine leak and others problem but seen like these problem will appear on and off, like never ending story. some even mention spend over RM20k (chinese forum) within the same year and they decided to sell their car.
this kind of story really worry me.
i dun have any friend that drive an e90 but one of my close friend drive an e46 325i b4 (one year in hand) , he trade in his 325i for an new honda city, reason was he spend over 20k to repair e46 gear problem within a year....now he like free man. when he found out that i wanna change to e90 320i, u can imagine that people start telling u story....
so my heart up and down....stuck in the middle...wanna change car?? or keep my car (toyota altis 2002), or change to benz......
this question really bother me few months....still cannot get the answer....
car outlook, look smart....CBU model....
seen like oil leak, but in dry condition, from what the dealer said, this oil leak problem aldy solved...and they repair it few months back.....
water hose oil leak?????
o-ring leaking????
dry oil leak condition....is it worth to buy or pay some cash send it to bmw workshop for a fully check up???its a 2005 CBU model, tyre change to non-RFT...80% left.....interior seen so clean and nice.....just the driver leather seat abit creak (leather)....others than this problem, car is in perfect condition.....what do u think, bro and sis???
