Originally Posted by
LHD220Turbo
if its a 4 pot i personally i wouldnt bother, seen far too many valvetronic issues with them.
basically from 2001 onwards, BM introduced valetronic into their engines, ive seen numerous issues with these. pre 2004 motors also suffered from tensioner issues which caused the chain to jump and muller the motor
We had a 52 plate 318ti compact and the chain jumped, so sold the car for £500 and some one fixed it up but he said it was a right pain as you have to use special tools, he wont really talk about it so I think he lost out we he sold it on.
Dan