Hello all I’m interested in buying a fully specced out euro spec 1997 735iL with the 5 speed and I was just wondering what should I look out for and is reliability good on these motors? Thanks in advance.
P.S. if there’s a link to a guide just help a newbie out and link it to me as I couldn’t really find any myself.
Search E38 timing chain guides, cooling system failure, dead LED's, CCV, and glove box latch lol. Those are the big things I can think of.
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2001 740iL "Silver Beauty"
1986 Porsche 951 "Silver Bullet"
1987 Porsche 944 NA Auto (rebuilding for my son's first car)
https://home.doonze.net/filepage.php <- BMW/Porsche doc's and files, work in progress
Here is a good thread:
https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/s...8-Buyers-Guide
That + find out when or if the timing chain guides were replaced, BUT I do not know if this affected the 3.5l variant of the M62 engine as it plagued every 4.4l M62.
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1989 BMW 735i Schwarz (sadly, sold) // 1989 BMW 750iL Cirrusblau Metallic // 1998 BMW 740iL Oxfordgrün Metallic // 2000 M5 Carbon Schwarz ///
Good suggestion. But don’t let the negs keep you from one of the greatest driving experiences. Keep in mind that the E38 Forum has 7X the membership of the next BMW model forum. And for the simple reason that they drive so well.
2001 740iL "Silver Beauty"
1986 Porsche 951 "Silver Bullet"
1987 Porsche 944 NA Auto (rebuilding for my son's first car)
https://home.doonze.net/filepage.php <- BMW/Porsche doc's and files, work in progress
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