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Asto the E90 petrols you are referring to, have any of them experienced issues with Fuel pumps, ignition coils and injectors with local fuel? Those high pressure fuel pumps and peizoelectric injectors you find in N43 GDI engines(on E90 LCIs) are said to be expensive to replace.

RR, care to explain what led to an engine overhaulin the first place? What did Prestige have to say about the vehicle bought under their certified pre owned scheme having to undergo an engine overhaul at such low milage and the repetitive valvetronics failures and other troubles it started giving after their overhaul? How much did the engine overhaul you are talking about cost at agents?

Asto the DPFs, I first asked the agents and then Milroy who said the diesles come with DPFs removed in agent imports. Apparently they are doing this in consultation with the factory to prevent DPF failures. In RRs case I beilieve it was N46, the successor of N42 he had on his e90 which also does not have direct injection. I was under the impression that only direct injection gasolines have been having so many issues but apparently MPIs arent less problamatic too. Japanese MPI engines on the other hand are very reliable. Wonder what engine they have on agent imported e90 LCIs considering quality of our gasoline because there is the option to select either N46 or N43 from factory. RR, would be helpful if you could say the chain of events that led to an engine overhaul of your 320i at such low milage. Was your car a UK import or a Japanese import? Cheers

Mostly reported problems on the 2 liter petrol engines include ignition coil and injector failures. How many kms did ur e90 had on the clock and also could you name a few of the costly issue that you had with the 320i? Was it an LCI e90 you had and is there a difference in the grey imports and the ones brought down by the agents available out there in terms of engine and powertrain? As far as 320Ds, newer diesels for that matter are concerned, agents claim that DPFs are removed on their imports to cope with the substandard fuel available in Colombo. Cheers

Thanks for the valuable info. N43 engine apparently seems to be one of the problamatic BMW engines. Is the 320D N47 less problamatic than the petrol engine in questiont in your opinion?

There are many threads about these issues on forums but I would like to know how bad these can get in local conditions such as quality of fuel. Thanks fo the reply anywas mate..

Are the N43 engine with GDI fitted to e90 320i(LCI) prone to frequent ignition coil, injector failures? Would appreciate if someone with firsthand experience can shed light on this. Thanks in advance. Cheers