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Old 17th September 2009, 22:56   #395
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Originally Posted by Jules View Post
Can I just point out to any new members reading this, that Dagrad's bad luck really is an isolated case. (Sorry Andrew I know this doesn't help you much)

I still stand by the reputation that the M47R engine is "bulletproof" more reliable in fact than it ever was in the BMW 3 series range.
(they were tuned to 150 BHP with a Variable vane turbo which has a poor track record of turbo fins breaking off & getting ingested into the engine !!)

Not the case with the 116 & 131 versions in the 75 ZT's
I must agree with the above. It is just unfortunate that I must have got the the Friday evening shift engine

As nobody else seems to have had the same problems as I have had, it would appear that the bad luck could only be put down to the one chance in a million that always happens to me!!!

Probably why I, for some illogical reason, still have "faith" in the car doing it's Phoenix bit
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