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Car Forum / BMW Cars / May 2005Timing chain slipped
Hi All I have a 318ci year 2002 with 45000 mile up.I have just got a repai bill for 5500.00 euro to fix the engine The problem has being caused by the timing chain which skipped number of places.OR SO I HAVE BEING TOL Has anyone else suffered this problem sounds like a warranty claim to me... 3 years old, 45k on the clock? >Hi All, >I have a 318ci year 2002 with 45000 mile up.I have just got a repair >bill for 5500.00 euro to fix the engine . >The problem has being caused by the timing chain which skipped a >number of places.OR SO I HAVE BEING TOLD >Has anyone else suffered this problem ? For a chain to slip (jump teeth) it would have to be SO slack that there must be another more serious problem somewhere - Like a faulty chain, adjuster (if any) not done up by BMW (unlikely) etc etc... Wot he said - Warranty ? Nick >For a chain to slip (jump teeth) it would have to be SO slack that there must >be another more serious problem somewhere - Like a faulty chain, adjuster (if [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Nick i dont know that engine but i thought that BMW put belts in all the newer *vanilla* engines.. ie not the S series.. > "nick smith" <NickS@ntlworld.com> wrote: >>For a chain to slip (jump teeth) it would have to be SO slack that there [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >> >>Wot he said - Warranty ? > i dont know that engine but i thought that BMW put belts in all the > newer *vanilla* engines.. ie not the S series.. Don't know where you've been, but BMW went back to chains starting in '90 with the M50, and no current engine since then has had a belt - that includes all V8's, I6's, I4's (not sure about diesels, but I'd be surprised if they were belts.) Floyd >> "nick smith" <NickS@ntlworld.com> wrote: >>>For a chain to slip (jump teeth) it would have to be SO slack that there [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >Floyd ive clearly not been stripping down BMW heads.. :) I stand corrected, thanks Floyd. keith >> "nick smith" <NickS@ntlworld.com> wrote: >>>For a chain to slip (jump teeth) it would have to be SO slack that there [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Floyd The I6 diesels never had -fortunately- a timing belt. I never heard of a slipping timing chain. So the OP was given a a kick or a run or smething like this.... Easy earned money, I guess.... Jürgen > I never heard of a slipping timing chain. So the OP was given a a kick > or a run or smething like this.... Easy earned money, I guess.... It can happen, but the chain would have been *very* noisy for some time before this.  Signature*The older you get, the better you realize you were. Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. (not sure about >> diesels, but I'd be surprised if they were belts.) >> >> Floyd > > The I6 diesels never had -fortunately- a timing belt. The 324 TD and 524 TD diesels from late 80`had timing belts since then all Diesels (4 and 6 cyl) have chains - fortunately 1 year warranty in Europe (well 2 in the UK). |
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