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      05-07-2013, 08:27 AM   #23
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I guess these are Shanghai numbers. There are no diesel passenger cars there.
you can never find a bmw with diesel engine in china
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      05-08-2013, 08:17 AM   #24
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I finally had a look at our 116i with a camera. The oil valve seems to be nice and dry:
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I did however find some rust under the seats. No surprise there.
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      05-10-2013, 12:16 AM   #25
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I finally had a look at our 116i with a camera. The oil valve seems to be nice and dry:
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I did however find some rust under the seats. No surprise there.
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don't you find that the oil valve harness is shining and the valve is dirty? it's leaking,man
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      05-10-2013, 02:21 PM   #26
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don't you find that the oil valve harness is shining and the valve is dirty? it's leaking,man
Possibly a little bit. No signs of wet oil, though.
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      05-23-2013, 07:00 AM   #27
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Okay. update on that Drivetrain Fault... After another visit at the dealer's to get this lookd at again, they've decided to replace the vanos sensor. They have ordered it overseas and will ring me for another visit to replace it when new part comes in... to be continued....
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      05-23-2013, 07:10 AM   #28
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I must be lucky then as I have none of these on mine.
They must all be heat related as I also have none of these problems after 5 months and 7k miles. The solution is clearly to move to the UK where it is winter all year round.
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They must all be heat related as I also have none of these problems after 5 months and 7k miles. The solution is clearly to move to the UK where it is winter all year round.
Yes. It went from 15 degrees to 4 in a matter on minuets earlier. Then hail stoned
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14 degrees! I dream of the temperature reaching such tropical levels. Best we hit today was 9.
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      05-23-2013, 10:34 AM   #31
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14 degrees! I dream of the temperature reaching such tropical levels. Best we hit today was 9.
9 here in Norway today as well. 6 degrees and raining when I went by bicycle to work this morning. It's summer! :-)
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      05-27-2013, 12:12 PM   #32
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Yes. It went from 15 degrees to 4 in a matter on minuets earlier. Then hail stoned
Oh hello CC mate, nice to see you here as well.
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      05-27-2013, 06:40 PM   #33
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My F20 has 8000k on it now, only had the under seat rust issue, got that fixed the week after I got my 1er. Maybe the 125i is lucky
So I have to ask
Do their assemble F20 in China for their local market?
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      05-28-2013, 08:41 AM   #34
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this new 1-series F20 has following general problems:
1.coolant expasion box problem (60% of all have this problem)
2.engine oil valve leaking (90% of all have this problem)
3.front seats get rusty underneath (70% of all have this problem)
4.steering wheel noise (99% of all have this problem)
5.i-drive gets crazy to say 4 tires pressure 0, even tires are fine (10% of all have this problem)
I've got all of these.... in both of my 116i....
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      05-30-2013, 01:27 AM   #35
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I've had the drivetrain error. turns out to be faulty small turbo wastgate actuator.

What exactly is the coolant bottle problem?
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      05-30-2013, 01:34 AM   #36
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I've had the drivetrain error. turns out to be faulty small turbo wastgate actuator.

What exactly is the coolant bottle problem?
On mine they said that they changed some part. I think it's bullshit and the level is just 1cm higher than the max level after the service.
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      05-30-2013, 02:14 AM   #37
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What exactly is the coolant bottle problem?
The level sensor is faulty and apart from giving flase readings, sometimes it leaks as well. That is what my authorised service told me.
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      05-31-2013, 12:42 AM   #38
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I now have a new major problem. my steering rack is faulty. I noticed it when turning left, you feel a slight knocking noise and can just feel it on the steering wheel. it almost sounds like bushes or ball joints but it's much more serious.
worst thing :- steering rack is on 3 weeks back order because of the amount of failures. The new rack is a new part
number as the existing rack is prone to failure.
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      06-03-2013, 02:07 AM   #39
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the faults are stacking up... I hope BMW is taking notes.
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      06-03-2013, 03:04 AM   #40
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Of course BMW is taking notes. Not from this forum, but from the warranty claims. They have very good statistics for things like this. And they are constantly trying to improve parts that fail. That is why the last production years of a car model are always better on quality than the first years.
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