BMW Diesel Engine Reliability
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- BMW Diesel Engine Reliability
Diesel engines have been getting a bad rap lately. Not only that, but plenty of diesel engines have been removed from the market. However, there are still some older #BMW #diesel engines that we can talk #reliability about.
We talk about a number of different sizes, generations, and technology within the diesel engines, such as:
- 3 cylinder b37
- 4 cylinders m41, m47, n47, b47
- 6 cylinders m21, m51, m57, n57, b57
- 8 cylinders m67 (a turbo diesel)
After giving you some of the details about these diesel engines, I then go on to give you some of the biggest problems with them, as well as the most reliable BMW diesel engines on the market today.
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3:55 - Considerations to make before buying a diesel engine
7:35 - N57
10:24 - N47
12:10 - B37/B47/B57
14:38 - Summary
I had a 535 D 2005 in Europe, first twin turbo. Made 647000 kms with it. Sold it. Still driving with 780000 kms. No major issues, no oil consumption. Gas Consumption : 6,5/7 L/ km . Best Diesel engine ever.
Did you change timing chains till 647000 kms ?
@@georgikaraboydev7966 no
647000 or 64700 ?
No way. NO NO WAY.
780.000 km for real ?????
BMW 3 liter diesel engines are bulletproof.They are very reliable and have great fuel economy.
The best engines world-wide. Period. Also to mention the stellar tunability and still the bulletproofness when tuned. 6/5. Specially the M57. Btw, the automatic used in these, is also bulletproof. Even when tuned up to 350hp/800Nm.
Yes I agree with you I have a 05 530d with 300000km on the clock and it still drives like a dream and it still pulls like bat out of hell
I agree you can’t beat 335d xdrive, I been driving them for 10 years now this car never let me down not even one,🙏💙💙💙
M57 might be reliable overall but a lot of shit needs taking care of... all of the 3 litres (both 30 and 35d) start having leaking manifolds, breaking swirl flaps which can lead to full destruction of engine etc..
Back in the days I had an E61 535d, it was a dream to drive with but around 100+k miles everyting started to break down on the car.. And the car was BMW only serviced.
I love BMW, and still drive them to date, but people please be honest saying they're the most reliable cars / engines.. lol it's simply not true.
@@zdx197 that's true I haven't removed my swearl flaps yet I think I I must do the because my E60 530d has 300000km on the clock
N47 96,000 Miles e92 320D M sport timing chain jumped - £6000 - engine out - rebuilt - because of a £30 pound part the oil tension bolt between the pulleys - had lost pressure keeping the chain in place. Brilliant Video and informative thank you!
Rip off tbh
I have a 2014 BMW 328d , at 40mpg and very reliable its been nothing but amazing ! EGR and EGR cooler were all replaced free through BMW recall .
How many kms? Anything break outside of standard maintenance? Do you get error codes from time to time?
Mine died at 101k 😭
The people in Europe putting about 500-800000km on diesel bmw’s with no major issues with regular maintenance. Specially the oldest models like E39 525tds. The new model engines are very innovative and complicated and they have much more problems. But anyway 99.9% of the Americans don’t know anything about diesel cars I’m not talking about bmw diesels only, they hate it but they even never driven diesel car. Diesel engines are much stronger than gasoline engines. The power and the fuel economy is totally different. I never experience issues with a Diesel engines and I’m driving diesels only in the past 15 years in Europe.
Us Americans were kinda left with a bad taste in our mouths because of the gm/oldsmobile 5.7l diesel that was horrendously underpowered while also being so unreliable that most people opted to swap the diesel out for a traditional gasoline engine. I would love it if we had diesel cars though, because the fuel economy is so much better than gasoline
I drive x5 e70 3.0d 2013 in Russia. Same n57. Here -20C in winter is quite normal. Now in the end of 2021 it has 135k km. Not a single engine issue so far. You’re right, I had to replace battery last year. I’m changing oil each 7-8k km, and it will last until 300k at least. As for the carbon filtering system it is now at it’s 40% resource as the computer says.
Hi , as an owner of a 2011 F10 520 N47T , i had no problem with the engine so far , even if it has almost 210k km .
When i bought the car , i went to change the timing chain and it was 700 euro in Europe , because there is an other way to change it , by removing the oil tank , that resulting into a timing chain change with the engine still on the car.
The 700 euro price included the timing chain kit , the new 5.2l of oil , the oil filter and the workmanship.
Can’t go wrong with that
I drive a 535d, m57 without egr. After 100 000 km, this engine are very clean.
Nice
I have a 330cd e46 here in the uk. Rare manual model too.
Running 350bhp and 459ftlbs
Hybrid turbo
Wagner intercooler with 3 inch pipes
3 inch down pipe
3inch straight pipe
Egr delete
Egr cooler delete
Inlet blanks
I have done 20,000 miles in the last year
Hard miles too
Never had a problem other than a 3 flywheels but that was because we were pushing the torque too much.
Other than that nothing has gone wrong.
I service it every 10k
Just bought a 330d touring e46 with 180000 km my third with that engine👍my old e46 and e39 had 400000 on the clock no issues with the engine
Same mate
Interesting. Everywhere I read..everyone is saying the M57 is the better engine overall. N57 has showed some timing chain issues like the N47, so people stayed away from those. But then again, people also noted that specifically for the E90, after the LCI the car is much better thought out. The i-Drive system is better, you can play music through the Bluetooth, which apparently is not possible on before LCI E90 and some other things. But engines seem worse on the LCI. So everyone is saying handsdown the M57 is clear winner.
agree £3k to repair my dads timing chain
I drove a V8 BMW up until 2017. Switched to a V6 Lexus. Now the word BMW scares me. I was the "BMW or bust" kind of person until I drove a Lexus. Literally never breaks. Will never buy another BMW again unless it's 15+ years old as a weekend cars and coffee type of car.
Here in Serbia to pull the engine (n47) and replace timing chain and all other components its about 700euros. If you go to the dealer its about 1000 to 1200 euros.
The chain can last up to 200 000km. Other problems here with that engine can be related to EGR and DPF, and fuel injectors can clog up. You dont have to buy whole new DPF if your can regenerate. There are service center just for cleaning them with special tools and chemicals. Glow plugs are about 10euros for 1, and labor is about 10-15euros (if they dont break in the engine)
Some great points, thanks.
Shanirani Kauboj for me personally I loved n47 good power and full economy, but I know about the horror storeys
@@redarmy1778 Well, if you planning to buy Bmw with that engine, you should plan swapping that chain. Its like M cars, you need to plan bearings swap.
Shanirani Kauboj never felt the need to m8, but I've moved on, n55 so I've got gaskets to worrie about now
Thats dirty cheap, you are lucky you have such cheap labor. In Sweden it costs between 2000 to 4000 euros which is unacceptable...
I had a 330D 2006 for 8 years, never had a engine problem or even a engine light at oil change every 20k, bomb proof engine. Now going for a BMW diesel again getting B47 and i hope my luck continues
I used to have 530d E60 m57 bullet proof engine.. removed the swirl flaps and changed oil breather to newer type and got 250k MILES trouble free.. sold it and Replaced with 530d F10 n57 engine. .. timing chain issue at 95k miles.. cost me almost £2000 to fix THEN gear box problems a month after.. another £1000 !! NOW hopefully it's bullet proof!!😂
I'm keeping it until it dies! Get my money's worth
BMW diesels were designed by STEYR and are just branded by BMW they do resemble truck engines by the design simple and durable .STEYR is a specalist in TRUCK and stationary engines. Its enouigh to look at the design of Timing chain in M57N two sprockets and a chain...
Steyr makes good guns too
The M57 won the title four times in a row in the 2.5 to 3.0 L category from 1999 to 2002 was the best as no DPF and cast iron block, and the dual turbo variant that was more powerful twice from 2005 to 2006. In total, thirteen power versions were made, and was fitted to the Range Rover TD6
The M57 is still considered one of the best and the most reliable Diesel in the business and still in production today, as long as you look after it it will go 500K miles without issues, you can by pass the emission ie Swirl Flaps, EGR, and DPF and you could also Remap the ECU to 400BHP 400 NM easily with decat, DPF EGR Delete and straight pipe on the M57N, in Europe these engine rules the Autobahns :-)
Definitely helps a lot in reliability just did it to my 335d this year. Great safe tune and small haze under heavy acceleration. I love the car soo much that i might get another one once this one dies.
My 328d died at 101k miles after all the love I gave it. I left it for dead and went for a Tacoma a couple days later. It’s nice not to worry about reliability anymore.
Yes it’s amazing how good some are and yet how others ca.man be so bad.
Did you service yours? Did you cheap out on parts?
@@thegamer4646 fully serviced at the same dealership I bought it at, each and every time. Not that uncommon of an issue, I’m told by the service techs.
Hi. What year was your 328d?
Have 2003 E39 530d Tourin Sport. It has been bulletproof ! As you say you do have to follow BMW`s handbook when it says do a 60mile plus journing at least once a moth to get the DPF to go throug its cycle to clean itself. I also once a year put JLM DFF regen plus in the tank to give it agood blow through, this cost about £21 in the UK as of now. I also use Wynn`s EGF cleaner to prevent part failure.
In the UK most Police cars are BMW`s because they are fast and reliable, good range if you take care.
I have had 3 bmw diesels the first one was a 530d gt 2011 with the n57 engine i owned for 5 years and 100.000 miles 0 issues sold it in 2016. then i bought a 2014 320d gt with n47 engine i had it for 4 years and it had 140.000 miles on it and also 0 issues sold it this year. then this year i bought a 530d 2017 g31 with the b57 engine and it has 35.000 miles on it now and still 0 issues . All my bmws have been super reliable highly recommend them
Found it very helpful, answered some very important questions I had as I am looking at a 320d at the moment. Thank you, appreciated.
You are very welcome
I absolutely love my 05 E60 530d it's an amazing car 300000km and still driving like a dream
Had any issues yet? With a pre-facelift E60, engine issues would be the least of my worries.
@@jgripen969 nothing im still enjoying my car all i needed to do was new cooling pipes because they became brittle other then that she still drives like dream and still has lots of power i did a decat on the car and did a swearl flap delete aswell
You NEVER have to replace the DPF if it cloggs on a BMW. You can clean it out and it will be fine for a fraction of the cost of a new one. Also BMW uses some tech in the newer engines to heat up the DPF a lot quicker. They also have manual regeneration if you do not do enough miles... But in this case a petrol would probably make more sense anyway. Intake manifold clogging would be more of a concern but again can be cleaned.. Service it every 8k miles(ignore bmw claims of extened service intervals), run it on the best oil, best diesel and dont lug it around and you wont have any issues unless you consistently run it for less than 20 mins.
I think if youre going to pull out your dpf to clean it might as well leave it out and get a straight pipe in there with a delete tune
Had a VW 2004 1.9 TDi for 10 odd years, not a single major issue just standard services and brake pads, tires etc. It's very model specific how reliable they are.
Cheers
VW were only starting to go shite at that point.
My 330d with the N57 engine up to now has been perfect - 7 years old, 66k miles. Famous last words but can't complain....
The N57 has timing chain issues too!
My F10 n57 engine timing chain fu**ed up. Cost me £2000 to fix. Then a month after gearbox probs!
Hadn't even reached 100k miles.
My old E60 m57 reached 250k miles trouble free !
@@biggur5 I changed on mine 730d timing chain for 760€ in 1 day, also I get replacing car, god I love Europe :D
Awesome video man, I own the exact same x5 as you, same color everything and I've has all the related issues as well but over all I love it... This X5 is a beast dressed in a real nice suit... Cheers...
We love ours too. They are amazing drivers.
M57 for me , did have one or two issues, dpf blocked up so had it removed for a clean by a pro company but same thing happened again after a few thousand miles so decided to look into why it wasn’t regenerating as normal, as it turned out my engine thermostat was bad also a couple of glow plugs were duff, after sorting those things out decided to clean the DPF myself just pumped it with EGR valve cleaner some maths then industrial detergent blasted it all out with a heat gun stuck it back in and it regenerated it after coughing a bit. never had an issue with it ever again, got over 270,000 miles out of it before someone wrote it off whilst it was parked🥺 couldn’t recommend it highly enough it was a great car E60 525d
really good car but the m57 on 25d 's are highly limited . it can gain over a 100hp just with a stage 1 and it consumes even less fuel after doing it
I just traded in my gas Volvo V40 for a new 420d xdrive, and my fuel bill dropped from $300/mo to $80, and I got a much more solid and cooler car. I live in the mountains of Japan but it's not as cold as Canada, so hoping for minimal problems post-extended-warranty.
I have never heard so much crap talked . BMW diesel are an amazing piece of engineering, superbly reliable . I own my second 430d coupe , this car does 0- 60 in 5.4 seconds and limited top speed of 150 mph returns 44 mpg UK gallon. Check out HOW LONG DO BMW DIESELS LAST on YOU TUBE. BMW are not phasing out diesels the 3 litre meets the same emission standards as petrol which here in the UK is EURO6 and don't forget diesels produce less co2.North America has never been keen on diesels, because your fuel is cheap and mpg is not as important, that is why diesels never really caught on.40 % of cars on UK roads are diesel.
VNL 730 what year?
F30 engine n47
F30 lci engine b47
Hope no one's been thrashing nuts off their motors doing 150mph over A30 Goss Moor or Temple-Carblake, me 'ansome!!
I think the solution in to buy something made prior to the mid nineties, simply go old school and rebuild the car from scratch and the thing will serve it's purpose ten times over... older model Mercedes I'm looking at you!! Also you mentioned that the diesels need to run a carbon cycle before turning off so that they don't stat messing up. How long does this take and how long should you leave the car on as a result before turning it off?
I have seen bmw e46 330d 184bhp manual with 750000 miles on clock
Reliable cars for sure
Show me
Most reliable is the M57 (without dpf and all the other emission gizmos) period.
Deaktivate the egr on that thing to keep the intake clean and change the oil every 10k km and there you have the 1 million km engine if you dont floor it every day when cold
Totally agree. Done the same. My 530d m57 got to 250k miles b4 I sold it. Trouble free.
@@biggur5 did you remove the egr and / or dpf, here in South Africa it is still legal to do.
I change my oil between 15 and 20k ... well, once a year. Still no issues. One time, i tried to wait until the car itself asked for a service. after 40k i still had one green LED to drive off... and i couldnt wait anymore got that junk out, filled it with new oil, let it idle for a couple minutes and drained the oil again. LOL. This engine is indestructable if you Show it some love.
I have 2014 328D which I understand has a N47t engine. Is this as bad as the N47? You did state in your video that the later engines were better.
My BMW straight six diesel has 650 000km on clock, no issues ever
Which bmw model?
In Sweden we have Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) which is kind of a synthetic diesel that can be made from oil from plants and even slaughter residues. and after a bit of googling I discovered that you apparently have it in the US too. Some advantages are that it is more environmentally friendly and it causes less soot in the engine
Availability of HVO in Los Angeles is exactly why I am looking at used diesel vehicles here!
Är det den vanliga Dieseln vid pumpen?
N57 also suffers from EGR issues. The B57 is way better.
Thanks
Egr delete it, Problem solved
The diesel engine quite frankly , is one of the greatest inventions ever made. If used to it it's potential, it can be a miracle to modern society... There in lies the problem. Long live DIESEL
Great vid very informative
Glad it was helpful!
i have a 2013 320 d find it a smooth engine and frugal on fuel, a little noisy on cold start up, but great when it gets going, the secret to all car engines, keep on top of servicing , do that and all should be well , companies don't want bad press over duff engines, they all work hard together to ensure we get a good solid and reliable engine, the problem is the rush for full electric cars
The M57 and B57 are great engines, however, the N57 was plagued with a few issues.
Had an old E39 525d that I drove to 400k km (250k miles). Unfortunately due to the harsh climate I live in the rust started to get out of hand and I had to get rid of it. Only issue with that car was its shit GM transmission that shat itself at 260k km.
Currently on an E60 525d LCI with the 3.0 M57 unit. Currently at 258k km. Keeping oil changes to 15k km (10k miles) with Castrol Edge (NOT crap Magnatec), that’s half the service interval of BMW says. Oil is simply not oil at 30k km.
Bought a E91 335D, 60k, removed DPF, EGR and swirl flaps, optimised it up to 325 HP, it gives a smile every day.
I’m thinking of buying a 2014 328d at 115k km and I’m afraid of maintenance expenses.. can i delete those ? What do you think ?
The issues aside BMW makes some of the best diesels here in Europe.
I live here and don't really know anything else that stands up to the beauty of their inline 6 diesels. BMW has "mild-hybrid" systems that eliminate a separate starter motor. Meaning, you get to enjoy absolutely seamless start-stop and the support of the electric motor at slow speeds when cruising around town or parking. Also when cruising downhill the main engine turns off completely even at highway speeds. And you feel absolutely nothing when it starts back up. In general, believe me or not, BMWs inline 6 diesels are basically vibration free and extremely quiet for being a diesel.
Everybody else sticks to underpowered 4 and 3 cylinder diesels with mostly no hybrid or "mild-hybrid" system and manual transmissions. Those are NOT fun to drive!
Im taking to YOU Volkwagen...
mercedes benz diesels are better than bmw diesels, more reliable and just better design
@@jaakko200987654321 the B57 is hard to beat.
Not owned/ driven any BMWs for 10 years, but I found that whatever straight-6 was in the 2008 525d M-Sport auto (the Bangle-bodied thing) was disappointingly unrefined. When starting the engine the cabin shook like some buses(!) and idling chatter could be heard too well. At the time I wished I'd kept my 2001 525d SE manual. The straight-6 in that was super-smooth, the car itself looked better and at times the engine note reminded me of the Triumph 2000/ Triumph Vitesse 6!
Wind forward to 2022, and my insurers supplied a 2021 (post-facelift) 520d auto as a courtesy car for a week or so. The 4-pot in that (B47?) is staggering. I believe that the B47 had major tech upgrades including reshaped pistons and chambers, as well as getting ADBlue and converted from chain to belt cam. Anyway, it drove like a dream, almost impossible for me to detect that it was a diesel - never mind a 4-pot diesel - under the bonnet. In fact, even standing next to the car on idle, I really had to listen hard for any diesel chatter. I reckon it's the first 4-pot diesel to sound as quiet as a 6-pot. At (I think) 190bhp tune in the current 520d, it certainly wasn't underpowered and the fuel economy was amazing.
@@ChangesOneTim 4pot diesels are amazing on fuel. my benz c220cdi consumes 3.6l/100 on the hwy
2013 x5 35d only at 145,117 miles Bone stock with shell Rotella. She’s been very reliable.
Great base engines in those machines
A diesel is in most cases bulletproof reliable when:
- you change the oil depending on the usage between 8-12k km and use proper fullsynthetic 0w40 or 5w40
- deactivate the egr valve to reduce clogged up intake manifold and injectors due to the dirtier colder burning process
- remove the dpf to reduce backpressure on the turbo
- dont request a lot of torque on low rpm and cold engine
- use on older diesels before 2006(without urea) 2 stroke oil in the diesel tank 1:200 (jaso fc specification and low ash for the dpf)
With Style I used to have the n47 2.0l 2008, was always getting DPF problems, then did as you wrote
DPF delete
EGR valve blocked off
and a remap, more power
after that work never had a problem for 20k miles 54 mpg
I would never delete the DPF to make my children and m6self smell toxic carbon shit.
My 2010 X5 3.5 had a catastrophic engine failure with 103,000 miles on it. I bought it new and bought the diesel so I could keep it forever!!! The engine seemed to alway have expensive issues. Very disappointing and BMW could have not cared less-- after all it did have a hundred thousand miles on it! Good luck to you fellow owners.
Delete the def system.
Robert - I've got the same car but 2012 model. Do you know what caused the engine to fail? Blocked EGR valve?
The early M57TUD30 were steel blocks and pre DPF, much more reliable.
Just passed 300k miles with an n47 2010, never changed the timing chain. Mostly of them are failing becouse guys remap those engine on the limits, they take off the dpf and the egr valve increasing their power with 12, 18% and after 2.3 yrs of abuse the timing chain fails (what a surprise). But if u use the car as she was taught by the manufacter to cover a lot of miles on the highway and mentain her properly is gonna last u for ever the engine, apart a couple of plastic senzors that needs some tlc. In the last 87k miles I'm avaraging 48.7mpg.
Thanks
there was a manufacturing error hence the recalls 12 to 18% increase breaks the chain damn thats fragile asf
Yo dude I have an f10 520d msport looks sexy with 180K miles on the clock never had timing chain changed and has been well maintained! I love this car so much I just have a question does this car seem reliable to your knowledge or not would hugely appreciate a response thanks 😊
@@TheWolfKinggg Im interested In an F10/11 as well! What year do you have? Although all the F10s are supposed to have less timing chain trouble than the horrendous E60 generation the ones from 2012 and onward have an updated chain that is said to be muuuch better. I also think the timing chain worries is over hyped on the internet, considering how many cars that has the n47 the precentage of people that is affected is prob pretty low.
@@NilsHedstrom buddy a lot has happened since then I still own my sexy F10 it’s 2012 but I have just put a 2015 engine with 70K on the clock genuine mileage put a new timing chain and put in a new turbocharger since I love this car so much and want to continue with it sold the old engine for a good price too so happy days 😃🕺🏽
Very informative I own a BMW thank you very much
You are very welcome
Generally bmw diesel engines are very reliable. Fewer components, Most robust construction, allows to lubricate parts to reduce or potentially reverse any corrosion, has a timing chain which is more reliable than a timing belt. But be aware of the diesel pump and turbo. Otherwise very reliable
M47 and the new B47 are proven to be very agile, powerfull and durable. I have driven the both and can say I was very happy. N47 has known problems with the chain but exept this one, there was not other problems with that one as well
Cheers
They revised the n47 and any engine after 2011 usually won't have a random chain failure. They revised the n47 again in 2013.
@@jtcrook32 i have a m47d20 in my 2003 e46 facelift and i havent had an engine problems so far for 3 years. bought the car at 303000 km and now it is at 353000km only issues i have are the rotating parts like bearings, driveshaft and had to send the altenator for a repair once.
The b47 engines are not reliable. It depends on what you consider by "engine" , but I had a problem with heat damage on the inlet manifold, which costed me 700 eur to replace (a peace of plastic basically). It happened on the highway at 130 km/h, engine just stopped dead, luckily I was able to pull over without incident. After that I had egr valve and egr cooler replaced as part of the bmw recall, thankfully charge free.
Now I have a turbo whistle and oil appearing in the intercooler which may indicate it should be replaced soon. Car has only gone 110k km and was regularly serviced.
@@jtcrook32 hello there, is this the type of N47 engine that has more reliability in the timing chains? thanks N47D20C
what about the older versions of BMWs for example e39, I believe they don't have a dpf, that means that they are more reliable if you drive short distances on a daily basis?
Long drives keeps dpf clean
120d M47 hatchback remapped to 220BHP at 42K miles currently at 153K miles changed turbo at 90K miles...Coded out EGR and removed swirl flaps have an uprated FMIC, stick to BP Ultimate or Shell V power (higher cetane rating). No DPF, no SCR (AdBlue)...Oh I use it on track days when it's summer time, M3 front and rear tension struts + LCAs, M240i chassis brace, subframe bush inserts, Bilstein B12 Pro kit, braided hoses, RSL29 pads, Motul, Goodyear F1 Super Sport tyres, Burger Motorsport paddle loom + M140 steering wheel, xHP ZF AT remap, Quaife torsen LSD and Milltek exhaust - it's a homage to the 4 pot E30 M3...
Mate you are good, love watching your videos
I am the happy owner of a 2007 X3 with 3 liters diesel engine: very powerful and very reliable engine and also with a fuel economy difficult to find elsewhere: 8 liters/100 km (don't ask me to convert it into MPG!). Acceleration is also impressive with power available to overhaul even at high speed. And I add that I like to take her on the highway for an at least 20 minutes ride at higher speed every now and then in order to bring the whole stuff to higher temperature, as recommended.
I have a 2014 328d touring with 100k miles nearly here. I have put on 60k. I live in Texas, but travel to New England and the west every summer. Excellent hot weather car. DEF warning is for a thousand miles. It takes two minutes, available everywhere. Cold weather doesn’t require glow plug delay here in Texas. Never a DPF issue, but the mechanics can clean, not replace. I get an honest 40mpg at 75 and 80. The torque is fantastic in mountainous states. No problems other than an egr valve replacement, and a rear differential leak/seep, both covered by my mechanical breakdown insurance (till 120k) I have added over 60k miles in four years. I’m getting a Mercedes wagon now. Wish you would do a video on the new e class engine. A bit scary. Should I go v6 or new inline? It won’t be as affordable.
Hey Mark Pat Fraser here, great video👍🏾, glad to have some local flavour rocking the reviews👍🏾, so when I left BMW back in 09 I purchased the 1st E70 we brought in still have the truck but it’s been sitting at Edmonton BMW for 8 months😡, everything you mentioned is spot on, and all the issues you have once a year all happened to mine in one. My wife used it as her daily driver and basically short tripped it as her work is only 4.8km from our home, and the only time the truck would stretch its legs is when I needed to take a couple w or more boys to hockey or family road trips. And basically as you mentioned and the dealer, the engine is basically bullet proof, but it’s all the emission crap around the engine that has failed, 😡, 7k into it and still not repaired😡, bought a hybrid, but still love my diesel was contemplating selling but still might bite the bullet pay for what they did and tow her out and get someone at Finning or Cummins to fix it hahaha👍🏾😂, keep up the good work👍🏾
What about the gunproof engine M47
yeah. I have one in my E46 320D Touring. 375000km's on clock. Still doesnt burn oil.
My 2 cents on DISEL, living with a diesel most of time, the pre dpf ones were bulletproof, for example Ford had 2.0 Tdci on mondeo, 130 hp the one with variable turbo until 2006 were made, only egr off and injectors remade at 200k, still going strong, injectors were low quality Delphi. DISEL are used here only because fuel prices and milage and the working class are buying them and lower mid class, now with increasing environmental problems, they Dont work anymore because it s expensive to fix them so people buy petrol with turbos direct injection and start stop/mild hybrid as they are more reliable, still fuel consumption is still higher. It works in smaller cars here, another problem is taxes yes we have a TAX social medical service care, but they tax you for example in Romania you can't buy engines over 2 liters as this mafia state impose anything over 2 liters 3x 4x the amount you pay for a 2 litre. Big love in USA from Romania 💕💐🏅🏅
DEF ....delete. If DPF plugs....delete. Now you have a super reliable engine. Definitely avoid the dealerships.
That’s the easy button for sure at least until local legislation pushes us to have our vehicles inspected
Wow, good lesson, I have learned a lot for a short time... thnx
Thanks for watching. Be sure to subscribe. Cheers
M47 / 57 best diesel engine from BMW ever. 370000km with dpf no single issues. long trips only
E46 for life
a very useful video, thanks
Glad it was helpful!
My experiance:
2005 320D 150HP (E46) touring 270000 miles.
Engine: oil change every 19000 miles. issue's 1x waterpump, 1x glow plug controller 1x cooling visco coupling, No oil consumption, no smoking exhaust.
Car it self: replace brake lines, some rust coming from untherneath the paint,
I am happy with the car, but the age is showing, and it time for a other car, looking at a gasoline this time....maybe B58
Greets from Netherlands
I love my 520d./G30
Quiet.
Smooth.
Powerful.
Astounding fuel economy
12,000km range.
Short trips are less than optimal but active regeneration will kick in. That affects fuel consumption; it's not efficient but the DPF won't just plug off.
I have a opel omega Bmw engine 2.5tds
In Romania,my home country there is a fenomena where people buy used BMW from Germany that have up to 400-500k km on them and turn back their clocks to 200k-250k km.This is a scam indeed,but it is a miracle that these engines run for that long (especialy the 2.0d and 3.0d) are stupid relliable and have great fuel economy,thats why everybody wants them here.
Wow, that is interesting indeed
2015 328d with n47 engine currently it has 78,000 miles. Change oil every 6000 miles and use a product called TVT in the oil and transmission to reduce friction and increase engine longevity. The car has not given me an issue yet, Although every now and then when driving it feels as if its missing but its just a light loss of power for a split second, barely noticeable and took me a while to realize it was the actual car and not just a dip or bump in the road. happened to actually catch the rpm needle jump down in rpm for a split second at the same time i felt the tiny jolt. I allow the car to run EVERYTIME i start it for at least a solid minute and i also allow the car to idle for a minute whenever i get where im going before i shut it off. I do not use the auto start stop feature and i run a little diesel kleen through it before doing an oil change everytime. I run a 5w 30 oil. wanted to switch to something thicker but with the tight tolerances i decided against it, as i was scared the thick oil may not get into the tiny tolerances on certain parts. But this is just one example of a non problematic n47.
Got a revisioned n47. With a remap In 12 years did not have a single issue. Simply do filters and oil change every 10k km. Remember. Its a modern turbo engine, that runs hot and with pressure.
Just remove the enviroment bullshit, such as egr and catalizator and enjoy
Although I'm a fan of petrol engine, bmw diesel pull like crazy, it's like a slingshot with that amazing low rpm torque
@9:24 It takes 10-20 minutes to replace a battery!
I hawe bmw e46 320d with m47 and bmw e91 320d n47 dpf egr off chiped. Verry fuel economy and go the same like e46 330i :)
Rihards Lagzdins would you recommend the e90 320d as a first car ?
Nice video mate
Thanks a bunch. Cheers
Inoes are putting B57s into their new Grenadier.
I am genuinely concerned about the EGR/DPF issues in terms of the reliability for this vehicle and am seriously considering the B58 petrol over the diesel.
For offroad use and remote touring (this is a big consideration).
Thoughts?
My BMW 320d has 101,950km and has no DPF, EGR valve/cooler, AdBlue/DEF issues.
B47 twin-turbo
Avoid new Mercedes V6 engines. They are a piece of crap. Audi V6s as well. I've had Mercedes V6 engine and had problems A to Zs. Ended up looking at videos like these.
Bmw diesel are expensive to maintain even after deleting but they do have great power and fuel economy unfortunately the money saved go into maintenance.
Is a 2001 BMW X5 3.0 diesel a reliable engine than the 4.4 petrol? Your recommendation is very much appreciated. Thanks.
B47 engine...have the same problems like the N47' , the chain distribution is basically the same, you must change this chain at every 200.000 km (but only if you change the oil at every 10.000 km ) ...
I have an Bmw F31 320d and i change preventive the chain at 215.000 km and the chain had no problem... The local dealer provide me the guaranty that actual chain will last at least 200.000 if i will change the oil at every 10.000 km .
If you changed the chain preventive at 215k km and it had no problem, why do you still state that "the chain distribution is basically the same, you must change this chain at every 200.000 km" ? It does not make sense..
As far as I know if needs to be changed, the engine would sound bad, it does not break from one day to another without any sign.. Until then, I won't bother to change it..
Thoughts on 2015 BMW X5 xDrive35d AWD with 109k miles?
In this days...actually BMW provide the most reliable diesel engines...Mercedes diesels have many problems... the same thing is with Audi...
I’ve a 2017 x5 with about 73k miles. Is there any issues I’ve to worry about ?
I also live in Chicago, but thankfully it doesn’t get below 0 degrees Fahrenheit
Hi, can you advise bmw 530d F10 Which engine it uses and how reliable is it
Nope, person from europe here.
Starting this year, 2019, they will put up restrictions for all diesel vehicles...
even in the eastern parts, which sucks.
So over all are the BMW X5 diesels reliable long term,?
Ours has been moderately reliable and have owned it for about 120000 kms and 6 years. I behave done suspension air bags, intake throttle valve, glow plugs, egr cooler, def tank, token vacuum line, and then just oil services, brakes, and tires.
ExoticCar PlayPlace so looking back at all you’ve e done, would you buy it again or look st something else ?
A good talk, Hope you had a great Christmas, Happy new year mate. William
I love my 3.0 turbo diesel
do you have the 2010 3.0?
Which code scanners would you recommend for the BMW diesel cars?
okay so i have been searching and i finally found a bmw 330xd diesel 2006 for just about my price.. so my question is how reliable are they and what maintenance should i do mainly and basically what to expect.
Only straight six engines are worth considering from BMW, no matter diesel or gasoline.
I know right, who in their right mind would by a 4 cylinder BMW.
@@lomparti your mom
@@lomparti not everybody is a wannabe street racer and fast cars in speed limit zones are useless and you can lose your license
Hey there I live in north America and I'm lookin at buying a 2014 385d x drive from what I'm getting it's a great car but any advice or opinions on it would be amazing to hear! Please if you got time send me a quick response on your opinion! Thank you very much great video!
BMWs are just the kind of car you love to hate, when error messages appear, though I’ve found it more prominent in poorly maintained vehicles, but’ you just can’t help to upgrading to a newer model, once you’ve owned one, and understand its requirements, so we’ve gone for a e70 2012 X 3.0d M from the 07 e70 4.8i M. So this has been helpful in knowing what to get the mechanic to go over, diesel wise, But I must say, for every euro car I search for the days, I now insist, the owner show a current computer printout from the OBE port, or I’ve even paid for it, saves losing tens of thousands, just to show that “all” services have been meet, and kilometers have not been tampered with, these days a great euro mechanic can go past history error messages and find amazing A holes that try to scam an interested first time euro owner.
Some great points, thanks for sharing. This is another way to mitigate poor maintenance.
The bit about OBE port printout sounds really good advice, thanks! Applies to buying any recent car of course. I take it they can be understood by laymen, albeit cross-referring to the fault code list definitions...?
can someone answer what’s a better purchase fully loaded e70 or f15 x5
great bid of info but was the n47 engine brought out in late 2007 not 2006
7000 dollars for DPF replacement?!!
Here we pay in UK we pay less then 500 dollars to delete DPF and EGR on top of that we get the car remapped as an added bonus!!🤣🤣😂
I have to do the same. Cheers.
ExoticCar PlayPlace good luck 😉 but I’m sure you won’t need luck!
DPF filters carry a lifetime warranty though. Well in Canada at least. Don't know about the US. Dealer is obligated to replace it for free should it get clogged up. You could I guess remove it altogether as well. I've heard of people doing that.
8:06 Did you mean M57? That's what is in E70 X5's in North America. I deleted all the crap recently, runs great, way more power with the tune, but I would recommend a DOC (like a catalytic converter) if you don't like the exhaust smell.
So you would do it again ? Also, have you been following my vlog as right now I am discussing the latest X5 fiasco. This Wednesday will reveal more on this topic
@@ECPP I haven't seen your vlog, I'll check it out. I absolutely would do the delete again. I know everyone says that when they do something that costs a lot of money, so they can justify their decision. But really, the truck changed personality in a good way. It's a bit louder than I might prefer, just because I hate to be 'that guy' in the neighborhood with loud exhausts, but compared to lifted Dodge diesels, it's not even on the radar as far as volume. Like I said, the only thing I would probably do differently (and might still do) is get the DOC installed because the smell can be obvious at times. I did the swirl flap blanks, both EGR's removed, DPF removed, and DEF system removed. The necessary tune really changed the driving experience (it's a lot faster). You can also get tunes for the transmission that 'wake up' the 6 speed transmission. I changed all my fluids in the transmission, differentials and transfer case beforehand, as well as replaced the transfer case gear that wears out commonly. Removing the EGR's will also prevent carbon buildup in your intake manifold/valves.
So there was no reliability issues or concerns after the delete? Most of the issues I seem to find relate to emissions equipment and nothing really motor wise
The N series engines (if you can them that) have no business being mentioned in the same breath as the legendary M57.
True they missed the boat in that grneration