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    Posted: 08-June-2007 at 13:20

Hi all,

havent posted in a few months on the road a lot with work and still no net at home, anyway time has come to change the 318is for a diesel. Took this out for a spin today a very smooth ride, the car is in mint condition full bmwsh and was very impressed, except for one thing, i was not happy when changing gears there was a clunk noise as you let out the clutch, let the window down and the noise was very noticeable other than this the engine purred away. Any comments on what this could be. I do very much like this car but if it is a gearbox job in 7 months just after the warrantee runs out Oouch

 

http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car& carID=706410



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Very very nice. A mild chipping and tis 530D poke and 2.5 tax & insurance.

Does noise sound a bit like a clunk from the driveshaft or diff when clutch is engaged? Or is it coming from the engine end?
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There definitely shouldn't be any clunking from the gearbox or driveline.  My 523i turned 117k last night and the change and drivetrain is tight as a drum.  Unless you can feel some notchiness or significant resistance in the gearchange then the first place to start looking would be the clutch and propshaft coupling, imo.

They are looking for all the money for the car (and it seems to be a std UK Sport spec with no obvious options) so you really should have no questions marks about it at all.  If they are shy about acknowledging a problem or investigating it then walk away and keep looking.
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There are loads of little clutch release mechnisims that could cause this, maybe the flex disk/guibo might be shot as well.
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Originally posted by lesurely lesurely wrote:

Hi all,

havent posted in a few months on the road a lot with work and still no net at home, anyway time has come to change the 318is for a diesel. Took this out for a spin today a very smooth ride, the car in mint condition full bmwshand was very impressed except for one thing, i was not happy with when changing gears there was a clunk noise as you let out the clutch, let the window down and the noise was very noticeable other than this the engine purred away. Any comments on what this could be. I do very much like this car but if it is a gearbox job in 7 months just after the warrantee runs out Oouch

 

http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car& carID=706410



I really would advise avoiding that dealer, I've heard very bad things about them such as selling a clocked car.
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That's a tidy motor for the dosh, nice interior too, a few miles on it though.
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Originally posted by T.J. T.J. wrote:

Very very nice. A mild chipping and tis 530D poke and 2.5 tax & insurance.

Does noise sound a bit like a clunk from the driveshaft or diff when clutch is engaged? Or is it coming from the engine end?

Difficult to say i think it was comming from the drive shaft

With the full BMWSH the miles are correct the last service was 4k mile ago so no funny stuff with the clock.



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Hi Les,

If there's anything wrong with it at all I'd walk away. You could end up spending a fortune on it if it's not right.

There are thousands of used BMWs for sale at the minute so I'd look at one of them instead.

Happy hunting though

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Originally posted by JohnH JohnH wrote:

Hi Les,

If there's anything wrong with it at all I'd walk away. You could end up spending a fortune on it if it's not right.

There are thousands of used BMWs for sale at the minute so I'd look at one of them instead.

Happy hunting though

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Here what your saying but have been looking for a couple of weeks now and this has not a mark on it except for one or two stone chips on the front. 
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I seen that car close up this morning, it's a beaut. Bought my car from that dealer and found them pretty good, been back their twice with a couple of minor problems that were fixed up without quibble. Gave me two nice replacement cars too, Jag XJ and Alpha 166. One thing I would advise if dealing with them is to push the hardest deal you can, try every angle, price, warranty, stereo upgrade, new tyres, couple of free services etc
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[QUOTE=One thing I would advise if dealing with them is to push the hardest deal you can, try every angle, price, warranty, stereo upgrade, new tyres, couple of free services etc

 

Tried pushing them with my 318is for a bigger trade in, not much success will try again 

 



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I had the same problem, they wouldn't move on the trade in, the cost of the new car or the lenght of the warranty. all I got was a 6 cd player, the warranty to cover bumper to bumper and a free service after 6k miles. I still kick myself for not pushing harder but I really wanted that car. 
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Regarding the clunking noise...

Potentially the Dual Mass Flywheel??? Just guessing!!**

**(they are known to go, but I don't know if that's the noise they make)

Lovely looking motor though, I like!

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absolute mint car!!! i hope it al works out for you!!
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Check the cars history very carefully. I looked at cars in the mentioned garage before and all seemed not quite right. I know the millige is showing high but it might be higher.... You have a doubt about the drive train noise already. walk away.  Its not worth the risk.

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Also looks like a UK swimmer?????

 

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Always eager to learn new things - Mick525i, what does your last post mean?

And welcome to the forum lesurely!



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Also looks like a UK swimmer?????

UK import. As in it swam accross the Irish sea>>>>

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