How good are the 325i's? - United Bimmer Community

**Investyoung** · 07-28-2005, 01:41 AM

Iam looking into buying this 93 325is coupe its very clean inside and out, But iam wanting a lil info on it before i bought it.

So what are the common problem's in them?

**BaLAnCe17** · 07-28-2005, 01:47 AM

sweet deal man!! the 325is is awesome. how many miles does the one your looking at have? i know there is a list of common problems somewhere on the forums here...i will try to look it up for you. the list seems to go on forever lol, but nothing huge has gone bad on my car yet and they are both e36's. one thing off the top of my head is the water pump. it has plastic blades which tend to crack and break off. ill try to look for that link

~dave

**BaLAnCe17** · 07-28-2005, 01:52 AM

check it out!!! http://member.rivernet.com.au/btaylo...nProblems.html

**Investyoung** · 07-28-2005, 01:55 AM

It has 133k on it

**BaLAnCe17** · 07-28-2005, 02:02 AM

wow. thats a lot of miles...IMO if you can get all of the service records and stuff to check it out to see if it has been taken care of. can i ask how much your are paying or whatever. im off to bed. later

**Investyoung** · 07-28-2005, 02:06 AM

133k is alot of miles to you. whoa. he wants $1000.00 for it

**brien4787** · 07-28-2005, 03:52 AM

WOW, THAT IS A GREAT DEAL...
if the car has been abused its whole life, ya sure, 133k wouldbe a lot of money...

but i doubt it has been. if it has been taken well care of, that isnt a lot at all IMO

my 318 has about 140,000 almost on the block
i am looking at a 325 tomorrow that has almost 150k

just take a good look at it, and maybe even have a mechanic take a look at it

good luck man!
hope to see you around here regularly

**Dudesky** · 07-28-2005, 04:25 AM

Find out what's wrong with it. A '93 with 133k should be somewhere around $4000, no one in their right mind would sell one for a grand!

**BaLAnCe17** · 07-28-2005, 09:53 AM

thats true too. have a mechanic check it out first. or ask for all of the history/records bye

**Investyoung** · 07-28-2005, 10:09 AM

THis car is super clean inside and out.

But he did say it had the problem of it stating up and he can drive it for a couple weeks or so then the next day it wont crank.. so iam thinking it the altanator or somthing.. or dead cell in battery

**bimmerdame** · 07-28-2005, 12:02 PM

carfax the history of that car... and check the battery if it's dead... then if it is, tis the alternator that's worn out...

**bimmerdame** · 07-28-2005, 12:04 PM

btw 1 G for that car is sweet... what color?? and don't mind how many miles is in there these babies could go more than 200Ks

**brien4787** · 07-28-2005, 01:22 PM

could be the start of a dieing starter...

if it takes a few attempts at turning the key to finally get it started, there is a hint to this.

also, if when you turn the key, and it sounds like its about to crank, but just hear a spinning motion and a clunk, this is another hint.

the bendictson(spelling) clutch can easily burn out (that is what happened to mine).... they dont use ball bearings, so they have no endurance at all. starters are made for very powerful amounts of torque for VERY short amounts of time

at first, if you r starter is dieing, your car wont want to start everytime only every once a while, then will start getting worse. it will get to the poiint that it will take a few attempts to get your car starter, EVERY time you start your car

but for that price, if that is all that is wrong with your car(if it is a bad starter), this is still a deal. i bet you can just give your car to a mechanic and have it returned for a few hundred

**Investyoung** · 07-28-2005, 02:43 PM

Yes iam going to get it when i sell my civic..

The color of it is green. and the guy thats selling it does not see it as a bmw he see's it as just a car. becasue when i first went to look at it i was like damn its clean and i was like man let me go ask him wahst wrong with it becasue it look like it hasnt been moved in about a month so he told me the problem and sad he really didnt need it becasue he was the only on that worked and his wife is a stay at home mom.. so offerd him 2000 and he was like no man you nice kid how about $1000.00 and i was like ok... i have to go test drive it this weekend......i saw that he movede ther car from his yard and put it under the drive way..

**jrhaile** · 07-28-2005, 04:42 PM

Hell of a deal even if it doesn't run imo. I've seen that problem that you described in an e30 and the crank sensor was bad. Sounds like it to me. If it was alt it would never start. Possible bad battery too.

Common Problems:

Brake Light circuit error problem - usually caused by bad bulbs or a bad brake switch. Cheap and easy to fix.

Rear Shock Mounts - Cheap parts, but can be time consuming to replace.

02 sensor - Will cause poor idle, bad performance and other problems. 70 dollar part and sometimes is a pain to replace.

ICV - affects idling and accelerating. Can be cleaned usually to fix or replaced for around 100.

Front ball joints - cheap part but a major pain in the arse to replace your self.

these are just a few of the problems I've seen quite a bit.