F10 525Dx - Long crank, no start. The car is a 2013 525D xDrive automatic (N47 twin turbo). It was recently serviced due to limp mode caused by the valve that directs air between the small and large turbo (whatever it is called) had stuck. The valve as well as an adjacent sensor wire was replaced. Soon after picking the car up it started to act
A couple of advisories were issued for the F10 5 Series during its life, although BMW Ireland issued no official recalls, but watch for a quartet of potentially faulty engine bolts on pre-November 2011 models. These should have been replaced, but if not, they can cause an oil leak into a sensitive area of the engine bay and result in an engine
A BMW 520i (184 PS and 270 Nm) registered in 2014 is now going at as low as RM 114,000. If you want more power, a heads-up display, and the Harmon Kardon sound system, go for the BMW 528i M Sport (245 PS and 350 Nm). A model registered in 2014 is now sold on the used car market for as low as RM 131,000.
Was this on an N57 engine? Just to report back on mine, so far so good. Changes are not 100% but in the last few days the idle is stable fter start up. I strongly suspect though that its far from over and would point towards injector issues or EGR or intake seals. Will report back when I'll give it to BMW for a few days (after the holidays).
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bmw f10 525d engine problems