BMW330d Touring or Car

[Chris Canning]

By any chance does anyone run one on here? and if you do how it's run.

[Nick Calne]

I have a BMW 335i which is similar. Tried the 330d / 330 / 325 before buying. 330d was epic. Just the 335 is absolutely sublime.

Been a good car to date. 20k miles, just tyres, 1/4 litre oil, service due in 4500 miles, so it says.

[Chris Canning]

I'd looked at the 330d because I wanted a manual box every thing was going along tickety boo until I stumbled across the timing chain glitch on the 08/011 cars that have the cam chain at the back of the engine instead of the front which leaves me in no mans land of either buying an all but a new one or pre 08.

[John Stenhouse]

Isn't it possible to do the old bike trick and wind the new chain on connected to the old one?

[Sin_Tiger]

Most of the car engine timing chains I've come across are one piece efforts 

[Bixxer Bob]

 

[Chris Canning]

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[threepot]

Most of the car engine timing chains I've come across are one piece efforts 

Think your right st. When I changed the head gskt on a 24v Vauxhall Senator a few years ago,it was just a case of wrapping the chain around the cam sprockets,and the slack was taken up by the tensioner.

[Nick Calne]

Chris are you gonna be towing anything? If not, do give the auto with the flappy paddles a look in. It is really, really nice and changed my view on the matter entirely.

[Chris Canning]

The answer is no,whats complicating things I've 3 years to retirement of sorts and we run an assortment of vehicles and it's complicated because I don't want to be without a van and if I can get what we have to last then I'll buy a VW Sportline but if our old estate goes belly up then I need to have a plan.