buying a 1995 325i - anything to look for?

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Leigh - 25 May 2006 16:41 GMT

Hi everyone, one more question.
I'm looking at a '95 325i tonight. Besides the usual things to look
for when buying a used car, are there any particular problems inherent
to that model and year to examine for when I look at the car? As
always, your thoughts are highly appreciated. Thanks again.

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Leigh - 25 May 2006 16:43 GMT

Sorry forgot to add - if it matters, it's a 5-speed, 56k. I know it's
has an issue with the driver side window, but other than that, the
owner says it runs fine.

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SQ - 25 May 2006 16:56 GMT

Plastic impeller in the water pump.

Ask what work has been done to it.

No personal experience with it, but a search reveals:

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The early M50 engines (up to mid '96) used a water pump with a plastic
impeller. This is known to fail and cause EXACTLY the symptoms you
have. If you don't know if it was replaced with a newer one with a
steel
impeller (or BMW's new plastic impeller one) - this is a real
possibility.
And when this goes bad - it doesn't leak and it doesn't make noise.
What it can do is really screw up the system if the impeller breaks up
and chunks of it circulate around to be lodged in the system blocking
flow even after you replace the pump.

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