Posted by Kelly Clarke on August 22, 2014, 5:09 pm
Year of Manufacture *: 2007 ( Optional ) Engine Code or CC: 1800 diesel
Just wondered if anyone has had any experience with one of these valves and pistons have met locking the engine. Is it worth removing the head or would i be better telling customer to just simply get another unit. As i do not know how much damage i am likely to find apparantly it went on a motorway my gut feeling is to save money and get a unit.
thanks in advance Kelly
Re: BMW 118
Posted by Tony Bickers on August 22, 2014, 5:21 pm, in reply to "BMW 118" Anthony Bickers
Without doubt go the second hand/replacement route for the whole lump, consequential damage will be horribly expensive, plus a lot of wasted hours ripping the head off to find it smashed to bits.
Re: BMW 118
Posted by Steve Sneap on August 23, 2014, 6:47 am, in reply to "Re: BMW 118" Stephen Sneap
If its the N47 engine Tony is right
Re: BMW 118
Posted by Tony Bickers on August 24, 2014, 7:10 pm, in reply to "Re: BMW 118" Anthony Bickers
Speaking from bitter experience here, got a Seat Leon BKD engine, did a cambelt on it couple of months ago, tensioner stud let go, so the inevitable damage, but it gets worse,the racing engineering firm that I use, Scholar race engineering in Suffolk dealt with the damage,then rang me up to say the engineer that did the work had fitted an o ring on the wrong rocker shaft, so I would have to strip the head down and switch the o ring to the other rocker shaft, fair enough, we all make mistakes.This same place replaced 14 of the 16 rockers,for some reason the engineer did not spot the remaining two rocker arms were off vertical by about 5 degrees, so could not finish job off this weekend.
So, so far out of pocket to the tune of £1200 quid on repairs and parts alone, still got a dead car outside, customer has my own car for as long as this sorry episode takes to conclude,this could happen to any of you here,be careful !!
Re: BMW 118
Posted by Ed Kaps on August 27, 2014, 12:55 pm, in reply to "Re: BMW 118" Edward Kaps
Common timing chain failure, will have probably smashed cam carrier in the head as well as a multitude of other parts as others have mentioned.Brilliant design engine, timing chain at back, crank sprocket part of crankshaft so will need a new crank, BMW are still changing part numbers right now--they still hav'nt got it right. As a matter of interest--how many miles and what sort of service history-distance between oil changes?.
Re: BMW 118
Posted by Sean Hemming on August 28, 2014, 7:21 pm, in reply to "Re: BMW 118" Edited by board administrator August 29, 2014, 2:09 pm
We have done one of these recently. Cost to customer was about £3000.
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