Mileage

[Jesus325iTouring]

My Touring had 235,000 miles before big oil leak,a couple of broken exhaust studs and heating issues froced me to grace it with a fresh motor.
Current mileage is 238,000 with a 155,000 mile 525i engine.

[e30bmlover]

the boat anchor b20 has done 114,000 now but has never missed a beat, despite all the oil leaks lmao.....

[maxfield]

the boat anchor b20 has done 114,000 now but has never missed a beat, despite all the oil leaks lmao.....

Hmmm, I'd say 90% of M20s leak oil.

Not sure what the Auto and Touring have done, the M3 has just reached 200,000km, so about 120,000 miles, but a full rebuild was done at about 112,000 miles. The car not once broke down! Apart from one split hose!

[Dr Firefly]

149,000 and no oil leaks at all since replacing rocker cover gasket and sump gasket.

[320Touring]

the boat anchor b20 has done 114,000 now but has never missed a beat, despite all the oil leaks lmao.....

Hmmm, I'd say 90% of M20s leak oil.

Not sure what the Auto and Touring have done, the M3 has just reached 200,000km, so about 120,000 miles, but a full rebuild was done at about 112,000 miles. The car not once broke down! Apart from one split hose!

As Brianmooore himself once said

"an m20 with no oil leaks probably doesnt have any oil in it"

320i is on 104k and 325i is on 156k all original as far as I can see

[e30bmlover]

the boat anchor b20 has done 114,000 now but has never missed a beat, despite all the oil leaks lmao.....

Hmmm, I'd say 90% of M20s leak oil.

Not sure what the Auto and Touring have done, the M3 has just reached 200,000km, so about 120,000 miles, but a full rebuild was done at about 112,000 miles. The car not once broke down! Apart from one split hose!

As Brianmooore himself once said

"an m20 with no oil leaks probably doesnt have any oil in it"

320i is on 104k and 325i is on 156k all original as far as I can see

wise words..... lets hope that the b25 thats going in mine dosent have any oil leaks, if it does i will not be held responsible for me actions.

[Simon13]

My 2.5 M20 doesn't leak oil and it's on 231,000 miles. All old engines leak oil if they still have original gaskets everywhere. Which engine consistantly racks up the big miles???

Dazzle E28 525's used the 2.5 M30, only the 520 and 525e came with the M20 fitted

[StuBeeDoo]

The car not once broke down! Apart from one split hose!

..... And the diesel in the tank.

[maxfield]

The car not once broke down! Apart from one split hose!

..... And the diesel in the tank.

That was after the rebuild!

Still the engine did run!

Just not very well...

[e30-320i]

148'000 on mine and still going strong

maxfield your sig has just made me spray coke all over my keyboard lmao

[lowey]

just turned 75k, so still running my SPORT in....

[bss325i]

The sport in my pic has done 44000, was 32000 when bought it in july 06.

The touring in my pic which i bought yesterday has done 105000.

[wiledw]

my 318is has just hit 124K

[darkchild]

My current 320i has just ticked round to 70K.

My old 316i had 132K on it when I traded it in. When I saw it a few years later it had been eaten by tin worm!

[Jimb]

1990 M3 Cabrio - now at 12,084 klms.
Cheers,
Jim

[Cotty]

My baby is currently between 72,000 and 73,000 Miles.

[pnd]

...the 318 is seems to be the one that is most delicate of the standard cars from what I have seen.

The M40 maybe is prone to wearing out cams, but the M10 is a very very durable engine.

I wouldn't say any of the engines are particularly delicate at all.

Stewart

I meant THE 318IS is the most delicate.

[Alex]

1986 316 Carb 160k With original Pierburg carb, runs like a dog in the winter lol

[AlpineAde]

1989 325i 175 000Kms (hit that just today) which is just under 109 000 miles.

Previous owner had an overheating issue which necessitated a reconditioned head. Done before i purchased the car.

Excellent compression. A couple of little oil weeps (easy fixes). Spins to redline without the slightest issue. Pulls very strongly.

It's the golden rule: follow the service schedule, keep on top of problems that could become major dramas and I suspect that you could rack up some huge mileages on these engines.

[dimebag_from_hell]

My 325i has 100k on it and the engine has around 45k on it......

[MadE30mike]

My 325i has done 108,000 miles

[Jhonno]

my 316i has done 80k.. but ive yanked the lump etc for a similar mileage S50..

[Bob_S]

is has 0 miles and the M3 has 95thou miles on her.. nice

[greentouring]

Mine's on 88,000 miles

[dannyboy759]

My 320 tourings done 125,000 and my 325 saloon has done over 225,000 on the original engine

[saqi]

64500 miles.

[hongkongfuey]

my 88 325i has about 156000 miles and only had a head gasket

[jibowski]

i maybe getting a 318IS which has 225k on it, i've never seen an m42 with higher miles but its still strong and leak free

[gooner1]

97000 miles on my 86 325i cab nearly run in. 132000 on my 93 318 touring,nearly run over

[lance1a]

I have 133000 on my 1987 M10 motor, head off once but only to change cam, very slight wear on stem seals but these early ones tended to harden.

[georgen]

Mine is on 130k with the engine on 112k. We do under 5k a year.

[al-g]

Mines on 74k, sounds sweet and pulls really well.

[fuzzy]

just passed the 100000 milestone but my engine only has 20000 since a rebuild.

[pnd]

Nobody has yet mentioned the mobil test car a us spec 325 auto which covered a million miles albeit under far from average conditions. oh yes and most of these low mileage cars out there have probably covered many more than the odometer redaing in reality.

[dodgem]

209,000 on my iS though i'm feeling it could be weakening now - maybe i should change the spark plugs, they've been in there for the last 3.5 years...

Main niggles though are not the engine, but the rattles that eminate from both doors every time i go over a slight bump