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Pumpwater · 12th June 2013, 19:36

Anyone watched Watchdog tonight, BMW M47 diesel engines (in BMWs) timing chain failures. Any evidence this has happened in our cars?

MrDoodles · 12th June 2013, 19:38

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Originally Posted by Pumpwater

Anyone watched Watchdog tonight, BMW M47 diesel engines (in BMWs) timing chain failures. Any evidence this has happened in our cars?

Good job they haven't done a program on 1.8 K Series head gasket failures then!

trebor · 12th June 2013, 19:41

They said it affects engines between 2007 and 2009, so we should be in the clear !

bluenose66 · 12th June 2013, 19:46

Just seen that and used the re-wind option on Sky, as trebor says it appears to be 07-09 1, 3 and 5 series with the M47 lump. I escape by a couple of years !!

1gp · 12th June 2013, 19:47

bmw rubbish

MrDoodles · 12th June 2013, 19:49

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Originally Posted by bluenose66

Just seen that and used the re-wind option on Sky, as trebor says it appears to be 07-09 1, 3 and 5 series with the M47 lump. I escape by a couple of years !!

Then technically it's the M47TU2D20 engine that Rover never used, as they'd gone pop by then!

Mark2000cc · 12th June 2013, 19:59

Anyone see tonight's programme? Apparently lots of Bmws being wrecked by the timing chain snapping, into 10k of damage in some cars!
I didn't think these engines had a timing chain?

ZedTeeTee · 12th June 2013, 20:02

Yup they do indeed

MrDoodles · 12th June 2013, 20:02

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Originally Posted by Mark2000cc

Anyone see tonight's programme? Apparently lots of Bmws being wrecked by the timing chain snapping, into 10k of damage in some cars!
I didn't think these engines had a timing chain?

Same as our cars I'm afraid Mark and yes the diesels do have a timing chain (which should be good for 250,000 miles) the rest of our range have timing belts!

chipsceola · 12th June 2013, 20:05

Luckily MG Rover went bust in 2005, M47 problems between 2007 - 2009 and on all models from 1 thru 5 series. What a shame that the M47 can cost much, much more to put right than a 1.8 K series when things go bad, incidentally they are apparently treating service claims differently if not carried out by BMW dealerships.

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chipsceola This is my second home Jaguar XF 3.0D Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Southampton Posts: 4,364 Thanks: 119 Thanked 509 Times in 426 Posts	Luckily MG Rover went bust in 2005, M47 problems between 2007 - 2009 and on all models from 1 thru 5 series. What a shame that the M47 can cost much, much more to put right than a 1.8 K series when things go bad, incidentally they are apparently treating service claims differently if not carried out by BMW dealerships. __________________ Chips

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bluenose66 Loves to post MG ZT CDTI+ 135 Auto -Intake Mod 2 - EGR Bypass Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Bristol Posts: 325 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Just seen that and used the re-wind option on Sky, as trebor says it appears to be 07-09 1, 3 and 5 series with the M47 lump. I escape by a couple of years !!

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ZedTeeTee This is my second home Rover 75 Saloon Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Stanley Posts: 3,334 Thanks: 240 Thanked 303 Times in 172 Posts	Yup they do indeed