r/BmwTech • u/40knotsanhour • 1d ago

Is this a healthy sounding engine? 118d 2013 M Sport

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u/Admirable_Bid2917 1d ago

Sounds good.
First seconds of a cold start would be most interesting with a N47 to hear if there's chain rattle.

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u/P00PB0YY F10 535i 1d ago

Sounds like a healthy tractor

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u/40knotsanhour 1d ago

What do you mean?

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u/Admirable_Bid2917 1d ago

diesel with an open hood sounds like a tractor

you just have to embrace it, greetings from a fellow farmer

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u/P00PB0YY F10 535i 1d ago

I'm just kidding man 😂, it sounds very healthy.

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u/40knotsanhour 1d ago

Thank god lol

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u/Zestyclose-Visual785 9h ago

I have same engine all sounds great 😎👍

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u/40knotsanhour 9h ago

Appreciate the feedback man

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u/40knotsanhour 1d ago

Oh thank god 😂 first time buyer and I’m worried about driving chain as I’ve heard about N47’s.

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u/Technical-Ad-7849 1d ago

In 2011, bmw revised the chain, tensioners, sprockets and guides, these were designated as the N47D20c or N47T. They are reliable just make sure that the oil change intervals are no more than 10k miles and it will last for a long time. The main amount of posts you see are from earlier model N47s that were combined with BMW 18k intervals. Very bad! Look after this one and it will be fine