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Welcome to the club Dan

Welcome to the club Jack. Where in Essex are you?

I have not seen any but am wondering how easy it would be to make one using some mesh.

Could you give us some more details, such as when it happens? Does it sound like it is coming from a corner of the car? Which corner?

Is it a constant noise or does it appear linked to speed or engine revs etc?

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Nice to see another Bruce on the forum. Mabe we could start our own club.

Welcome along Bruce from Bruce.

Welcome to the club Jonathan. That is well low.

Welcome Graham and nice buy

The missus wont allow it so I've not had a bike for over 20 years. Seems a waste of a full license to me. Last bike I had was a CBR 600 FK. Loved it.

Found out today from my local dealer that it's actually a grey import

Cant see that as being an issue although a main dealer may not be happy. Welcome to the club Mike

Welcome to the club Paul.

Does it really matter? Its quick.

The owners manual is useless. It doesn't state the grade and type just BMW Longlife - 01, BMW Longlife - 01 FE or BMW Longlife - 04.

Alternatively BMW Longlife - 98, or ACEA A3.

A quality 5/30 Fully Synthetic should be fine.

Welcome Danny. As already mentioned that is a cracking colour.

I have seen one with 50k miles up for £3,200 private and I have seen a later one up for £4,995 with a dealer. There was another dealer trying to sell a 1990 version for £20k with 15k miles on the clock but I think that was wishful thinking.

Realistically I think it should be worth £6k. Its in fabulous condition and very low miles and near on impossible to replace. Someone else may have a different figure in mind.

Welcome to the club Nick

I don't think your just having a grump. Arnold Clark have a poor reputation for things like this. Chances are you will never go to them again. Its an issue with a lot of dealers that turn over a vast amount of cars. They cannot maintain the quality.

Welcome David

Welcome to the club Paul and keep us up to date with how your repairs are going.

Well at least you know what it is. £1,100 is a bit of an ouch, but we will drive these cars.

Welcome to the club Tim

Welcome to the club and good luck with your search Rob.

Welcome Phil

This is a really difficult call. If it was me I would probably avoid the N47 engine and go for something else. However there are cars with this engine out there with 170k miles on the clock and I am sure they haven't paid the £1,600 to get the chain changed. Some have been fleet cars.

Auto's appear to have been less of a problem due to the smoother gear changes not putting as much stress on the timing chain.

I would like to know what the ratio of failures is to N47 cars on the road. I would have thought the failures probably only relate to a fraction of 1%.

If you really like the car but find any indication of rattling around the engine, walk away. There are a lot of 320d's on the road and the majority of which I am sure will be fine.

Welcome to the club Paul