Millertime

Again, top man thank you I dont use the car much as I work from home, so I never spend much on them up front and I've had a varied mix of cars! Mg zts, a Ford capri, a discovery 2 snd the jag, so it would be one at about the £3k mark I spent a lot of time last night researching it and got the bejeezus scared out of me with some of the forum stories about these timing chains Excuse my ignorance, but the n and m47 engines with the chain at the back, that's the 2 and 3 litre diesels then? Part of me does wonder whether this though is just a classic example of "you only hear from the 0.1% of people with a problem, not the 99.9% who were delighted!) The only older 3 series cars then, diesel, with the chain at the front in my price range will be 2006 and before? Thanks again

Which year was it that the timing chain was moved to the back of the engine please? And is that relevant for the 2, 2.5 and 3l engines? Thank you

Dave, wow. Thanks for going to the effort of explaining all of that! The mileage of these on ebay for example is a little scary, I seen one at over 240k miles..! But as you say if they have been looked after, the engines can obviously handle that The big thing for me too was the road tax being 30 a year, I take it the 2.5 and 3.0 push the road tax up? Thanks again

Hi all, looking at a BMW to move from my 3 litre s type. I LOVE the jag, but the 55 a month road tax and 17 mpg is killing me! I think I have narrowed it down to a 320d with m sport styling Can anyone tell me if there's anything I should look for, ie, timing chains being done? From what I was looking at, 07/09 versions had issues? Am I right to be looking at the 3 series, or should it be the 5? Really appreciate any advice, thanks!