Bmw 318d

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Wed 14 Sep 2005 11:46
Bmw 318d - prm
Was sitting next to the aforementioned car in traffic yesterday, it was on an 05 plate and it sounded like a bag of nails ticking over (louder than my 2.0dti vectra), is this right for a bmw?
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Wed 14 Sep 2005 12:15
Bmw 318d - No FM2R
It is for a 318. Or at least, for the couple I've been around.
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Wed 14 Sep 2005 12:29
Bmw 318d - prm
It is for a 318. Or at least, for the couple I've been around.


Blimey, nasty.
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Wed 14 Sep 2005 17:59
Bmw 318d - CJay{P}
I thought the common consensus was that the BMW diesels were the most refined, apart from the Honda.
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Wed 14 Sep 2005 18:03
Bmw 318d - Armitage Shanks {p}
Didn't they have some advert or Clarkson demo of the diesel engine idling with a 50p coin balanced on the cam cover? Maybe not a 318
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Wed 14 Sep 2005 18:09
Bmw 318d - Roly93
I haven't seen a 318d but the 320d's are superbly quiet diesels. Maybe the 318 is a totally different lump.
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Wed 14 Sep 2005 18:45
Bmw 318d - CJay{P}
AFAIK, the new 318D is a detuned version of the 320D. So, the specific 318 in question is not healthy?
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Thu 15 Sep 2005 00:13
Bmw 318d - Pugugly {P}
Who'd buy one of those ? I thought the while point of putting a 2.0d in a 3 series was to get cheap tax/reasonable performance and economy linked to a fine chassis; what is a 318d for ?
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Thu 15 Sep 2005 12:28
Bmw 318d - commerdriver
what is a 318d for ?

Lower cost entry point to 3 series diesels, for those who value the badge.
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Thu 15 Sep 2005 12:31
Bmw 318d - peterb
320d is lots of dosh for a 4 pot diesel (£24k)?

Hence plenty of room in the range for a slower/cheaper model.

I think the point about refinement applies when on the move. I was next to a 330d that had just been switched on recently and it wasn't a good sound.
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Thu 15 Sep 2005 13:16
Bmw 318d - Roly93
AFAIK, the new 318D is a detuned version of the 320D.
So, the specific 318 in question is not healthy?

Assuming it is not a mechanical problem, the other usual reason for a diesel being overly noisy is incorrect injection timing.
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Thu 15 Sep 2005 13:35
Bmw 318d - prm
But this was an 05 car, it pulled away ok, just ever so noisy, like a transit.
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