gordyshreds

Hey, I know it is a ford forum but i dont belong to any BMW ones and I know there is lots of knowledge (and bollox!) on here!

I have been offered one for £500 with 8 months MOT and Tax until next May. Is a salloon, blue in colour. Has a couple of faults, slight leak in the rad, engine manag light on but that aside is fine and drives really tight. Car is on a Y reg. What are they like?? I am an engineer and used to work on cars when was younger so looking forward to bringing it up to scratch. I think the EML will point to a sensor, maybe a Lambda sensor. Rad can source one no worrys.

So what are they like? 1.9 petrol engine

cheers

Rst tyrone

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not bad engines bit under powered just watch out for headgasket problems/water pump problems as the earlier ones had plastic impellars on the pump which used to shear off and caus over heating issues etc

martysmartie

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Never owned one, but personally would not go for a 4 cylinder BMW, but for the price I suppose it's not bad! Yes EML is most likely to be a faulty sensor, getting the fault code(s) read will help you to isolate it to a specifc sensor.

Martin

RS Grant

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If this is to aid your training, then I think ploughing the money into diet, supplements and extra equipment would be more beneficial in the long run... although the instant feeling of euphoria you'll get driving a 318i might boost training for a short period.




Cheers,
Grant