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I had a 740il and 750il and God I miss them. Hands down, the 750il required far less maintenance than my 740il did. The M73 V12 is such a solid engine. It never failed to amaze me. Great video and detailed overview, well done!
One additional comment- in my 740il, I had both the pixel information display in the dash and the radio pixel display in the center lose pixels and couldn’t display information properly. BMW realized this was a problem and had a courtesy goodwill repair program at no cost to the owner. The owner just needed to ask for this goodwill repair. I don’t know how BMW is today, but back then BMW Customer Service was top of the line.
I did my MID myself. 99% of the time the problem is caused by the "ribbon" between the display and the circuit board. You can buy aftermarket ribbons. These ribbons are basically thin plastic strips with conductive ink tracers squeezed under what looks like a rubber band that's been cut and laid flat and held in place by a long clip. This looks like the making of a sandwich pressing the conductive ink tracers on the plastic ribbon onto the contacts either on the board or the display. There is no solder involved whatsoever. However, over time, these contacts corrode and pixels either usually disappear or join the ones next to them and displays become unreadable or confusing. If you clean the contacts on the board and very lightly trim back the plastic ribbon evenly over all the contacts to expose new uncorroded conductive ink tracer material use a large desktop size magnifying lens for the next step. Properly align board contacts and overlay the freshly trimmed plastic ribbon, lay the rubber band over that area and clip things back with that rubber in place (I don't know what else to call it, but you'll understand when you see it) The rubber band squeezes the contacts in place and is crucial to ensuring there is contact made. You should be back to 100% displays for years (8 years troublefree so far for me). I did this on my 740IL and my 540IT. As always, take pictures of everything before you take it apart. I used electrical contact cleaner to lightly clean the contacts. Be gentle trimming the plastic ribbon because conductive ink tracers are weakly bonded to the plastic. And don't bend that ribbon, you could break the contacts at the bend and there are many, many of them very close together.
My trilogy would rather be e30 - e34 - e32 😊 I really wonder if it is a question of taste or a question of (our) generation. I was born in 1966. What is your generation ??? 😊 KR
I had all of them over the time - and I can confirm your statement. I wonder where are these motors today that do 250000 / 300.000 km without complaining. Sigh.
In the lower-end 730d is by far the best pick. Plenty of torque at low revs, high mpg,and a fantastically reiable enngine (the M57). The 728i also owns a silky and extremely resistant engine, but has to be revved above 4000 U/min in order to deliver - and mpg is siignificantly lower
One thing that may happen on the M73 is the head bolts snapping. You will chase a coolant leak message and will see no leaks anywhere. Then you think you have a crack somewhere until you find a head bolt snapped... Being there and saw it many times. The block on these are damn solid but if you ever have a coolant hose go and the engine runs warmer for a bit, almost certain a head bolt will go.
Looks like all 202 built got Alpina’s (new at the time) switchtonic auto that put buttons on the back of the steering wheel to shift the auto yourself but no manual cars (9 of the 202 are RHD) 👍
These are hands down one of the best cars BMW has produced. My 4.0m60 still runs great, no its not perfect, but show me a car from 1994 what is immaculate after 30 years and almost 400k kms on the clock...
I have a 1995 120000 , have you ever had timing chain issues, they're double row chains, and chain cock instead of plastic . Just curious , love the car it's the best
Also they run the v12 autos , stronger box. I'd have the m60 anyday, don't have vanos issues either..mines a Japanese import , and has all the v12 extras , premium sound full blind package folding mirrors , sedc, heated seats TV has been converted to digital. , love the beast cheers
Hi, thanks for the feedback but could you tell me why and what you think I’m missing? From all I requests I get people ask for info on the car, common faults, and engine details, all of that plus more is in the guide
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👕 -- Merch Shop - themilesdriven.myspreadshop.com/
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🟡 -- (USA 🇺🇸) Casio Mudmaster G-Shock watch -amzn.to/47tuCAl
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📖 -- First book - amzn.to/3W8owip
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Im a proud 20yo for owning one of the most legendary and most beautifull 7 series of all time.
I had a 740il and 750il and God I miss them. Hands down, the 750il required far less maintenance than my 740il did. The M73 V12 is such a solid engine. It never failed to amaze me. Great video and detailed overview, well done!
Was the 740iL not reliable?
One additional comment- in my 740il, I had both the pixel information display in the dash and the radio pixel display in the center lose pixels and couldn’t display information properly. BMW realized this was a problem and had a courtesy goodwill repair program at no cost to the owner. The owner just needed to ask for this goodwill repair. I don’t know how BMW is today, but back then BMW Customer Service was top of the line.
This can be easily fixed. Shipped my cluster to a guy in the US and got it back like new.
I did my MID myself. 99% of the time the problem is caused by the "ribbon" between the display and the circuit board. You can buy aftermarket ribbons. These ribbons are basically thin plastic strips with conductive ink tracers squeezed under what looks like a rubber band that's been cut and laid flat and held in place by a long clip. This looks like the making of a sandwich pressing the conductive ink tracers on the plastic ribbon onto the contacts either on the board or the display. There is no solder involved whatsoever. However, over time, these contacts corrode and pixels either usually disappear or join the ones next to them and displays become unreadable or confusing. If you clean the contacts on the board and very lightly trim back the plastic ribbon evenly over all the contacts to expose new uncorroded conductive ink tracer material use a large desktop size magnifying lens for the next step. Properly align board contacts and overlay the freshly trimmed plastic ribbon, lay the rubber band over that area and clip things back with that rubber in place (I don't know what else to call it, but you'll understand when you see it) The rubber band squeezes the contacts in place and is crucial to ensuring there is contact made. You should be back to 100% displays for years (8 years troublefree so far for me). I did this on my 740IL and my 540IT. As always, take pictures of everything before you take it apart. I used electrical contact cleaner to lightly clean the contacts. Be gentle trimming the plastic ribbon because conductive ink tracers are weakly bonded to the plastic. And don't bend that ribbon, you could break the contacts at the bend and there are many, many of them very close together.
The Best Trilogy cars of all time from BMW
7er E38, 5er E39, 3er E46
My trilogy would rather be e30 - e34 - e32 😊
I really wonder if it is a question of taste or a question of (our) generation. I was born in 1966. What is your generation ??? 😊 KR
I had all of them over the time - and I can confirm your statement. I wonder where are these motors today that do 250000 / 300.000 km without complaining. Sigh.
In the lower-end 730d is by far the best pick. Plenty of torque at low revs, high mpg,and a fantastically reiable enngine (the M57). The 728i also owns a silky and extremely resistant engine, but has to be revved above 4000 U/min in order to deliver - and mpg is siignificantly lower
V8 all the way
Thanks for the thorough video mate! Much appreciated!
No worries, hope it was helpful 👍
Air bag light is aways under passenger seat put a plug in it ,
One thing that may happen on the M73 is the head bolts snapping. You will chase a coolant leak message and will see no leaks anywhere. Then you think you have a crack somewhere until you find a head bolt snapped... Being there and saw it many times. The block on these are damn solid but if you ever have a coolant hose go and the engine runs warmer for a bit, almost certain a head bolt will go.
was ever BMW e-38 ALPINA B12 6.0 made in manual transmission?
like BMW 850CSi
Looks like all 202 built got Alpina’s (new at the time) switchtonic auto that put buttons on the back of the steering wheel to shift the auto yourself but no manual cars (9 of the 202 are RHD) 👍
BMW 7-Series E38 in the Movies 007 "Tomorrow Never Dies" & "The Transporter". (smile)
Don’t about the timing chain guides breaking off getting sucked up into the oil sump starving engine of oil
that and skipping time and detonating if that way
The v8
Owned 1 before briefly now I want one again now that I can afford it lol
These are hands down one of the best cars BMW has produced. My 4.0m60 still runs great, no its not perfect, but show me a car from 1994 what is immaculate after 30 years and almost 400k kms on the clock...
I have a 1995 120000 , have you ever had timing chain issues, they're double row chains, and chain cock instead of plastic .
Just curious , love the car it's the best
@@stuartrose9456 nope, the chain is still without any problems, and completely silent. I bet the M62 owners are all pretty jealous 😀
Also they run the v12 autos , stronger box. I'd have the m60 anyday, don't have vanos issues either..mines a Japanese import , and has all the v12 extras , premium sound full blind package folding mirrors , sedc, heated seats TV has been converted to digital. , love the beast cheers
@@stuartrose9456 yes, pre-facelifts are much better in a lot of things, that is also why i chose mine when i got it! Cheers 🥂
I'm 25 years old currently, Own a E32 750iL and E66 750Li here in Australia, Looking at a E38 735iL in a couple days
I'm proud it a beautiful car I have one
I'll own this car someday, beautiful car mate actual dream
I found this video useless for actually buying a BMW 7 series.
Hi, thanks for the feedback but could you tell me why and what you think I’m missing? From all I requests I get people ask for info on the car, common faults, and engine details, all of that plus more is in the guide