Does anyone offer any parts for these things besides tunes and exhaust? I did some quick research and can't really find anything.
Apparently there are delete downpipes and intercoolers available as well as tunes and a pretty inexpensive module that is probably like a non-adjustable TS Performance MP-8 to boost HP and TQ for less than $300. Other than that I think anything else would probably be custom as of now...
I had talked to a guy selling his and he said RUN. But he also didn't know anything about the deletes. He said his was in twice (under warranty) for complete DPF and EGR clog/failure. My thing is, if I buy one it will have a warranty and I will get rid of it before it is out of warranty.
Ya, it seems like people are having carbon build up issues from the EGR and such that require cleaning the intake manifold and intake ports in the head. Seems pretty costly and it seems that low mileage models might be more likely to have issues that ones that were driven a lot... The short trips are probably hard on them like any emissions controlled diesel. I wonder what his mileage/driving use of the car was???
You can get BMW Certified PreOwned 335d cars still, but they are about $5,000 to $7,000 more than a non-CPO car and I'm not positive that the DPF, EGR and intake cleaning are even covered under the warranty. Seems like guys have done the cleaning themselves. Injectors seem to be priced around the same as most CR diesels at about $500 each. I wonder if the guys at S&S could do performance injectors for the car??? Also, I think it uses a Bosch CP3 not the CP4 that the VW TDIs are having problems with so the fuel system should be pretty reliable.
The driving dynamics and engine performance of the car are light years ahead of even a modified VW TDI which is one of the things that makes them so darn appealing!!! I have seen used high mileage ones as low as $16,000-17,000 and low mileage ones from $25,000-29,000. Who knows, I may get rid of the Jetta TDI and get a 335d. Would anyone want to see articles on the car if I did get one???? Or are they still too expensive to hotrod???:doh:
I think they would be real fun in the bracket class at the ODSS events!!!:rockwoot: