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I am reconsidering the w211 which I quite liked other than feeling a touch too bargey - but I guess you can't have it all

The budget comments are fair enough too
 
I had an E61 523i a couple of cars ago and it was alright. I think the E61 looks way better than the E60 (the back-end is awful to my eyes). I had 3 years of trouble free motoring until the manual gearbox needed replacing entirely at less than 50k miles!
 
It's not the gearbox! Tested it in neutral this morning whilst defrosting the car, still made the noise. Had it in today for its service and the mechanic thought it was one of the aux belt pulleys or tensioners. Tested it with the belt off and still there. Coming from inside the engine...won't be good!
 
Dis86 said:
It's not the gearbox! Tested it in neutral this morning whilst defrosting the car, still made the noise. Had it in today for its service and the mechanic thought it was one of the aux belt pulleys or tensioners. Tested it with the belt off and still there. Coming from inside the engine...won't be good!
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Is your AC on?
 
Dis86 said:
Nope. What's your thinking? I'm thinking bearing of some sort with the way it rises and falls precisely with the revs.
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Low gas in the AC system can cause compressor whine which makes itself heard in exactly this way right down to the rising and falling with the revs.
 
[TW]Fox;29032169 said:
Low gas in the AC system can cause compressor whine which makes itself heard in exactly this way right down to the rising and falling with the revs.
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Hmm, good thinking, as I say though ac is off and works perfectly.
 
I'm finding it very strange that below 1500rpm it's completely silent. Engine sounds perfectly fine. However as soon as it creeps past it grows in pitch and volume which is what's now pushing me towards a bearing.
 
Does this count:

New (to me) 325D MSport.

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