shocking news after service...

[prism]

Originally Posted by powers1

Fuel injector issues after 5 years or 80,000 kms not common at all.Its common ,thought,for the Common Rail fuel pressure sensor to fail.
As the guys are saying,you have to determine exactly what you are being quoted for?Glow plug or fuel injector?Error code that was diagnosed would also be useful.
If its fuel injectors ,then you can just replace them individually.If its glow plugs,then we here at the dealer always replace all 6.
Lets us know when you have more information.

Thank you all for your very helpful comments! The part about calling it a spark plug is my bad.
I don't actually have the error code but on the receipt it is marked that injector #4 is not working within specs. It also mentions that the glow plugs need to be replaced. He service guy told me that changing 1 injector would set me back $600 and he recommended that I change all 6 because the problem would spread to the remaining 5??? Is this like a contagious disease?
Anyways I appreciate all the help on this.

[powers1]

Originally Posted by jst2878

Thought it was 3.0 v6

What you saying is that if it was a 3.0 V6 Diesel ,then it may need a coilpack..
Yep.....that makes sense.

[diyanich]

Originally Posted by powers1

What you saying is that if it was a 3.0 V6 Diesel ,then it may need a coilpack..
Yep.....that makes sense.

Come on people,BMW doesn't have V6 engines petrol nor diesel.

[powers1]

Originally Posted by diyanich

Come on people,BMW doesn't have V6 engines petrol nor diesel.

I was taking the pi**
Think most of us know that Bmw dont do a V6 ,with the exception of jst2878!

[prism]

Originally Posted by prism

Thank you all for your very helpful comments! The part about calling it a spark plug is my bad.
I don't actually have the error code but on the receipt it is marked that injector #4 is not working within specs. It also mentions that the glow plugs need to be replaced. He service guy told me that changing 1 injector would set me back $600 and he recommended that I change all 6 because the problem would spread to the remaining 5??? Is this like a contagious disease?
Anyways I appreciate all the help on this.

Any clues as to what might be going on?

[powers1]

Originally Posted by prism

Any clues as to what might be going on?

I would go to another dealer because this one is incorrectly advising you to replace all 6 injectors!
This also puts doubts on their analysis that you need glow plugs!
Like I said in my previous post,if you have one or more faulty glow plugs,then you will need to swap all 6,because the fault could spread to any that you havent replaced.
With regards to injectors,you will only need to just replace the faulty one.

[prism]

Originally Posted by powers1

I would go to another dealer because this one is incorrectly advising you to replace all 6 injectors!
This also puts doubts on their analysis that you need glow plugs!
Like I said in my previous post,if you have one or more faulty glow plugs,then you will need to swap all 6,because the fault could spread to any that you havent replaced.
With regards to injectors,you will only need to just replace the faulty one.

Thanks for this info. What about labor? Does replacing one injector and 6 glow plugs involve a lot of work?

[Fraser]

Originally Posted by prism

I just took my 2005 E53 3.0D with 74,000km for servicing and the official stealer told me that one of the spark plug (injector?) units had to be replaced and would cost me USD 600. He actually advised me to have all 6 replaced in anticipation of failure of the other 5. Is this for real? Is something like this normal after only 74,000km? Please advise I really feel desperate right now.

Thanks!

You have a diesel. It doesn't have spark plugs. You may have a faulty injector but to have five other soon-to-be faulty injectors is highly unlikely at just 74,000km.

[powers1]

Originally Posted by prism

Thanks for this info. What about labor? Does replacing one injector and 6 glow plugs involve a lot of work?

Dealer time for replacing those parts ,is:-

GLow plugs (all)...1,50 hours
Injectors (all)......2,60 hours

So if you are going to do it yourself or even an indy,then expect it to take a lot longer!!!

So,quite a lot of work involved and time consuming.Dealer time for removing 1 or 6 injectors is the same!

[prism]

Thanks powers1, very helpful info indeed!
Scheduled an appointment to replace the injector in about two weeks time. Dealer told me that I should be able to drive normally until then, is that correct? Could I be in for some nasty surprise like totaling the engine if I drive with one malfunctioning injector?