WTFFFF is wrong with this BMW??
Racer
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From: Sofia
Bad injectors also cause bad mixing and elevated burn temps. The pistons won't like it and very likely won't survive it long-term. They're best treated right away. Pretty easy to monitor anyways.
The 335d uses piezo injectors, there are good reasons why just about everybody is sticking with solenoids nowadays. The regular m57 is pretty decent - for a common rail turbodiesel. Injectors, glow plugs, turbo, high pressure fuel pump (rare on these), DPF if it's burning oil and/or is using non low-SAPS oil, occasional cleaning of airways, you'd better not use it for short trips.
Re: "emissions crap" - I wonder what your PoV would be if you lived in a place where every other car is like that.
The 335d uses piezo injectors, there are good reasons why just about everybody is sticking with solenoids nowadays. The regular m57 is pretty decent - for a common rail turbodiesel. Injectors, glow plugs, turbo, high pressure fuel pump (rare on these), DPF if it's burning oil and/or is using non low-SAPS oil, occasional cleaning of airways, you'd better not use it for short trips.
Re: "emissions crap" - I wonder what your PoV would be if you lived in a place where every other car is like that.
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Since my DPF and SCR are still intact, all of that soot that EGR would have injected back into the intake manifold is scrubbed out just like the rest of the exhaust. I would feel no different if everyone else in the world did what I have done. The air would be just that tiny bit cleaner.
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Racer
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From: Sofia
The latest diesels use both pre-cat & post-dpf egr + a lean nox trap to take care of cold start NOx emissions - it is simply complicated on diesels. I'm pretty sure that no modern car is using EGR when the SCR system is ready - other than potentially for in-cylinder temperature control, for which the post-DPF EGR does quite fine (minimal soot - I just saw a post-DPF EGR manifold on an 8v A3 2.0tdi, it wasn't pristine but it was absolutely nothing like a diesel). Not sure if Mazda is still making their low compression stuff, might be significantly better as it was achieving sane NOx values without SCR (other than on autobahn conditions, but it's still pretty cool for a diesel).
Soot by itself is pretty easily handled with a particulate filter - again, assuming that the car is driven properly (a.k.a. no short trip city diesel BS).
Soot by itself is pretty easily handled with a particulate filter - again, assuming that the car is driven properly (a.k.a. no short trip city diesel BS).
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Considering this engine doesn't even have VANOS, that's highly unlikely to be the cause.
The M57 should sound like a tractor (mine has since new), but it shouldn't smoke. A rattling noise is most likely to be a loose heat shield. If there were a recording, I might be able to provide some insight. But I think OP bought his phone before video was invented.
The M57 should sound like a tractor (mine has since new), but it shouldn't smoke. A rattling noise is most likely to be a loose heat shield. If there were a recording, I might be able to provide some insight. But I think OP bought his phone before video was invented.
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It’s not the phone. He doesn’t need a new phone. He needs to wash his car and/or read the phone manual to take pictures. 😬 I was still on 7+ for a long time until 13 was released. I would probably still use it if I don’t need to use the phone key feature. Sorry couldn’t contribute on the car issue. It looks fine as any other old bmw. 
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my iphone 5S camera before that though got screwed up when a bit of water found its way into the lens and made every pic look smudged
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what phone is it btw? i still get crap for my iphone SE so you're not the only one here lol... mine is jailbroken and i've highly customized it to my liking so i don't wanna lose all that (or my headphone jack and home button)
my iphone 5S camera before that though got screwed up when a bit of water found its way into the lens and made every pic look smudged
my iphone 5S camera before that though got screwed up when a bit of water found its way into the lens and made every pic look smudged