e34 525tds

[tomti]

has anyone had any experiences of one of these? im seriously considering one as a daily driver and just wondered what the autos are like on fuel and reliability?

[B7]

tds? says it all (tedious???).

Good on fuel but not BMW's best offering.

[inlovewithRWD]

My brother picked one up with about 160,000 on the clock for £900. Best car he ever bought. Comfortable, nice to drive, classic looks reasonably quick and reasonably good fuel economy. The build quality is also generally very good on them. He even drove it to Berlin and back without any problems.

Best to read up on common faults before buying one though.

[inlovewithRWD]

His was a manual though...

[e301988325i]

the E34 is a very very good car, the tds lump has it's problems, the fuel injection pump was designed to run with the lubricating sulphur in diesel, that's been removed now and the pumps wear out, very very expensive to fix with very limited s/hand part options.

[toecutter666]

Just picked up a e34 525 m50 manual tourer with plans to run it until mot deems it to expensive to keep on the road and then use it as a engine/box donor but its starting to grow on me, lovely to drive, loads of power, vanos system seems to be behaving. Starting to get strange urges to keep it

[DanThe]

the E34 is a very very good car, the tds lump has it's problems, the fuel injection pump was designed to run with the lubricating sulphur in diesel, that's been removed now and the pumps wear out, very very expensive to fix with very limited s/hand part options.

Yeah, pump diesel is overrated, use red
I had a tds saloon for a week or two and they do pull well, not exactly good diesel economy though, unless you get cheap derv your better off with a petrol 525 M50

[Andyboy]

Central heating oil? 30p a litre.....?

[sweep]

If its running fine are these a good buy?been ofered one today

[inlovewithRWD]

If its running fine are these a good buy?been ofered one today

Put it this way; it was the only car that my brother got attached to! If it's cheper than a grand and with good service history, go for it!

[B7]

Central heating oil? 30p a litre.....?

Where WHERE!!!!!!! Last I paid Andy was 40 something?

[snakebrain]

the E34 is a very very good car, the tds lump has it's problems, the fuel injection pump was designed to run with the lubricating sulphur in diesel, that's been removed now and the pumps wear out, very very expensive to fix with very limited s/hand part options.

I've heard something about this before, but I was also considering one of these for racking up some motorway miles on. Do the fuel pumps go without warning, or can you establish if it's in decent nick before you buy? Or is it just better to find something else?

[Andyboy]

Just make sure it has a good steady idle (particularly autos) and doesn't drip diesel from the pump. You also want to hear it start from stone cold. They don't like starting when the fuel level is below 1/4 of a tank but most starting issues are shagged glow plugs, a so-so battery (these need a really, really strong one) and a 30p sealing O ring where the pump fits into the tank.

[e301988325i]

the E34 is a very very good car, the tds lump has it's problems, the fuel injection pump was designed to run with the lubricating sulphur in diesel, that's been removed now and the pumps wear out, very very expensive to fix with very limited s/hand part options.

I've heard something about this before, but I was also considering one of these for racking up some motorway miles on. Do the fuel pumps go without warning, or can you establish if it's in decent nick before you buy? Or is it just better to find something else?

I bought one with a refurb pump receipt 15,000 miles previously.

poor hot starting is the real give away, but I don't know how long you can expect from them I'm afraid

[tomti]

its ok i bought something else now