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I haven't been through this process before so it's all new to me. I hope I don't have to go through it again. I appreciate everyone's input. |
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I'm going to try and get it booked in at the end of this week when I finish shift. I'll post up whether the emissions come back as alright or not. If they're good then there must be another reason for the smoke and fumes. But it seems likely its the dpf.
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08-27-2018, 05:36 PM | #51 | |
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I think you have 4 options: 1. Take it for an MOT test. Be warned though, a failure supersedes any pass you had. And a major failure means the car can no longer be driven on a public road. So be prepared to get the car collected on low loader ( I doubt you'd want to have to put all that right on your own to get back to a drivable state). 2. Take it to an independent, equipped with a boroscope. They can remove one of the lambda sensors and slide the scope through the hole to view the contents of the DPF. No doubt it will be empty. Take pics. I would imagine, as running a car without a DPF is illegal, it would not go down well with a professional car dealer selling cars in an illegal state. There is also a strong link that the MOT ( MOT station implication too) was doctored. 3. Take it to BMW and get them to comment on the the springs, smoke, etc. They could carry out the MOT test, or the smoke test part of it (expressly not an MOT test for reasons given above). 4. Get RAC/AA inspection done. Probably the best route as it looks like the seller isn't going to go without a fight. Carries the most weight as an independent inspection. They should pick up on exhaust, suspension and DPF issues. Good luck! |
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08-28-2018, 02:26 AM | #53 |
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Dont hang about whichever route you decide to take. You've had the car over 2 weeks now and only have up to 30 days from purchase to reject the car if it's not fit for purpose. After that you have to give them chance to fix it first before you can reject it.
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08-28-2018, 05:12 AM | #54 |
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Thanks for the advice, everyone it's really appreciated.
From the point of me picking up the car, I've had it 11 days. Going to book it in for an emissions test at an mot station first and if it fails then I'll go to bmw! Thanks, Connor. |
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08-28-2018, 05:28 AM | #55 |
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i think some of you saying reject the car cos its smokes is offering bad advice. the first port of call for me would be putting it on a rolling road. £35 and you will know the power out put and also video it smoking for evidence.
in theory the DPF in these is safe with a remap but it has been known that you can over fuel and get smoke even on these robust DPF's and then there was that guy who blow his DPF up. once you know for sure that the DPF is gutted and the car has a map THEN i would be going to the dealer and saying rectify it or if it was me get them to fit a DPF and retweak the remap by a reputable company. i dunno where in norfolk you are but Aaron Reeve in Kings Lynn is a BMW specialist
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What I would do is put a complaint into the finance company about the car, they should and will be interested, I know that they can come down on the dealers if they think the asset has been miss sold and not as described as that puts them at risk, I know of dealers that have had to take cars back with the customer getting a full refund in these circumstances via the finance company. I'm not talking about cooling off periods either.
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On remapped cars there is small amount of black smoke but only right at the top of the Rev range. You said you are getting black smoke when reving the car at a standstill so I would think the dpf has been gutted. Do not listen to the dealer saying smoke is normal as it's not.
The other issue you have is insurance as all mods such as dual wheel barrow tailpipe, black wheels will need to be declared as they are none standard. Go see Citizens advise bureau for advise and also start the rejection process. You must by now have a gut feeling things aren't right so get it sorted while you have time. Sully |
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I have already contacted the finance company and they have put the information on my file. I will be phoning them up on Friday if the car fails the emissions test to get their advice. I was advised by them to do this. |
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Thought I'd update this, car had it's emissions test today and came out at 0.94 mean value compared to 0.26 the dealerships mot test centre came out with. Car was up to temperature too and many attempts were taken.
So it even failed on the current default limit of 0.7. |
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In your shoes I'd still want to have an independent vehicle inspection carried out to identify whether the DPF has been modified or removed; basically to find the root cause of the problem. If it's the case that the dealer has sold an illegal vehicle and with a dodgy MOT, I'd inform Trading Standards and the DVSA.
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I have informed the dealer along with a copy of the emissions printout, told them I'll be informing the finance company which I will do this morning.
Dealer got back to me saying if the car has an issue it needs to be repaired. And asked whether my garage had diagnosed the cause. And that there is a warranty for this. |
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This is not about repair buddy............the car was sold to you in a bad state without your knowledge
DPF gutted and MOT doctored...............just makes me think what else is a bodge on the car to get it sold? It's not a Ford, it's a BMW and all repairs are frighteningly expensive. I would be erring on the side of caution friend and return the car Flip, there will be (are already) LOADS of 335d's appearing because of the new model coming out Trust us Plenty here have seen pain with a lemon or abused car, it is NOT fun. J |
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Dealer has now phoned up the mot station I had it tested by and said its not a huge difference in the values, and that my mot tester apparently said it likely only needs a dpf regeneration which is normal for these. So me sitting at 3000 rpm on a motorway for 25 miles probably wasn't enough I guess?
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300% is not a huge difference? Hmm.
So are they now saying "tough, there's nowt wrong with it"?
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