I see that you live in Oz. You might want to join the xdrivers.uk forum as it's stronger on diesel info. The 3.0d was not sold in North America (NA) to my knowledge and this forum is a bit NA-centric.

I will visit my indy mech in a few days and ask him what he thinks of your question.

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Reno, France near Deutschland
E70 40d LCI nicely kitted out but no bling stuff
E53 3.0d facelift with manual gearbox
E39 530i facelift with manual gearbox
And a couple lesser vehicles of necessity