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FlaFFy_91
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1st Mar 14 at 21:37   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
It's night and day in terms of performance from a 330-320. Deffinatley worth the hunt for a manual.
Nic Barnes
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330d manual are pretty damn fast! Just keep pulling and pulling. Although the fuel economy is a lot worse than a 320d.
Jambo
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With a diesel I would not bother with a manual? Short power band =changing gear an awful lot. Not really race car style, and the torque converter will give you a bit extra torque low down
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il be after remapping it and iv read the auto boxes dont take to the extra power too well. think il hold out for a 330D manual as hard to find as they are!
Nic Barnes
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Originally posted by Jambo
With a diesel I would not bother with a manual? Short power band =changing gear an awful lot. Not really race car style, and the torque converter will give you a bit extra torque low down
mine pulls quite hard round the rev counter. can change at 4500rpm on race mode from traffic lights
Jambo
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Didn't say there was anything wrong with one, but given it's a BM and I've driven the auto 330 E46 on a regular basis I would 100% prefer the smith auto as it suits the character of the car so if they are that rare I wouldn't bother holding out, there's a reason most are autos!
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2nd Mar 14 at 17:13   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
5HP19 auto gearbox is pretty shite.
John
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I've driven a 330 auto, although not for long, and the box was terrible.

A quick google suggests that one daymoon has mentioned is the same one used in the 986, which is renowned as being terrible.
Nic Barnes
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Didn't say there was anything wrong with one, but given it's a BM and I've driven the auto 330 E46 on a regular basis I would 100% prefer the smith auto as it suits the character of the car so if they are that rare I wouldn't bother holding out, there's a reason most are autos!

auto box is terrible. Manual is perfectly acceptable on a 330. They don't have a 300rpm power range like small Diesel engines.
Jambo
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How is it terrible? Wonderfully smooth.
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I meant reliability.

I driven a 530i with auto gearbox for a week and I preferred manual tbh.
Jambo
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If it's the same Gbox as in an E39 530i then we've had two and a total of about 80-90k between the two with no issues. But never knew they had a bad rep!
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If it's the same Gbox as in an E39 530i then we've had two and a total of about 80-90k between the two with no issues. But never knew they had a bad rep!


yea same box(came on facelift E39's)

I think there is GM and ZF, one being more shit than other

Depends how they are driven as well though, they don't take abuse very well.
BMW claim gearbox oil is lifetime but many people having issues replace oil and filter and issues disappear.
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2nd Mar 14 at 23:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
both e39's i had, had gearbox problems and required rebuilds 530i & 540i
but they are a good smooth box perfect for the sort of car they are fitted too
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8th Mar 14 at 19:00   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
A week late but finally got round to washing it today so took a few photos.
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Also changed a parking sensor so they're now all working.

Need to sort out the front grills as someone has cable-tied them on but can't decide whether to keep them black or get standard ones.
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nice motor mate, the black grill does not suit this one, would look better as standard
Tiger
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How is it terrible? Wonderfully smooth.


My 2002 330Ci has the auto box and i've had it from 65,000 miles, its now got just short of 100,000 and it feels as good as it ever did. I may well get the transmission and diff oil changed soon just to keep it sweet.
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auto box is great, although i am sure its a sealed unit? or at least difficult to take apart to change fluids? or have i made that up?
Jambo
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Tidy motor
GB123
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Originally posted by BarnshaW
nice motor mate, the black grill does not suit this one, would look better as standard


Cheers, yeah decided they're definitely going back standard
taylorboosh
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Looks pretty tidy

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