natch97

I've looked into it. It's worth it if you are going to keep your car for 3 yrs+ and/or do a lot of miles. Make sure you get a good system though. You get what you pay for and the cheap ones are crap

Are the gearboxes the same on these two engines.

Hi there guys. I have a 2002 316ti with the 1.8 n42 engine. Does anyone know if the 2.0 engine will swap straight in without much messing. I did hear that they are the same engine but with different bore size. Any help would be great as my engine is about to give up and if I need a new engine then thois seems to be the way to go.

Ok so up date. Getting to the point where I will try to sale this car soon. I took it to my usual mechanic. He could find no fault codes. He took it for a test drive and said he thought it could be throttle body. so he took it apart and cleaned the throttle body. It was the end of the day and i needed the car for work. He told me to see how it is and if not better to bring it back. It is no better. I am loath to take it back as I think he is clutching at straws and guess work. I've got a friend to look at it. The engine is getting louder as time goes on. Like the tappets, ticking noise. He is going to do a compression test on the cylinders tonight just to rule that out. He thought maybe it is running on three cylinders and the sound is a bit like the old twingos. I'm not sure but we will see. The bit that i don't get is that all the problems people have suggested to me would be like that from cold. Why would it matter when it gets hot. also things like MAF and sensor faults would A. usually throw a code and B. don't explain the ticking noise. Lastly When I took it to the mechanic he said they did a "valve test" and the noise whent away and when they finished the test it came back. Does anyone know what he was talking about and could this lead to an answer. Please Please help me with any ideas as I love this car but cannont afford to drive it 80 miles a day as it is costing me the best part of £20 at the moment on the motorway. :(

Cheers guys. I will suggest this to the mechanic on tuesday and see what he says.

With a tail wind and a skinny driver :lol:

1995 318ti 8.9 secs. More like 10.9

Yeah! Well you live and learn

Unfortunately he did state the price of the diagnoatic before I booked it in so I didn't have a chose. I thought of just getting the spare key and driving off but I did a case study in law where a guy took his car from a mechanic without paying and got done for theft.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I took my bimmer to a " specialist". He hooked it up to the diagnostics, found no fault codes. Took it round the block, bunged in some injector cleaner, shrugged his shoulders and said it was ok. 60 quid... Cu$£. On the up side I went straight to the guy who does my MOT usually. He said bring it in next week and he will find the problem if it kills him and will only charge me a maximum £35 for 1 hr to find the fault and then what ever to fix it. He is a good guy but not a specialist. Langdon Motors Totterdown Bristol.

Will do

Got it booked in at a local bmw specialist. I've done all the simple stuff that i can e.g. checked coils, changed spark plug, oil, fuel filter and cleaned the MAF sensor. Just fingers crossed it's something cheap.

What is wrong with that guy. Is he scared to redline it .

I have driven a mk2 golf gti with a vr6 engine in it and about 10k spent on the suspension. That was fun

I don't think you can really beat a bmw for fun and pleasure with a front wheel drive car.