school me on turbo diesel 324

[lagoon]

hey,

i just came across a touring 324 with the turbo diesel engine. the car is a 1990 model imported from germany. i was curious to hear what people think about this engine- reliability, fun factor and cost to maintain. i'm searching stats on it now as we speak...

thanks

[Jordan]

fairly reliable.

Not fun.

Can be VERY expensive to maintain as parts are all but non existant in the US.

[Digitalwave]

From what I have read, its reliable but wicked slow.

[lagoon]

how slow are talking? its on a touring too, so i guess it would be pretty sluggish.

[Julien]

i own one. They are not that slow at all.. IM for more info

[BavarianBimmer]

i own one. They are not that slow at all.. IM for more info

your engine is Xtra boosted Ju. :twisted:

[lagoon]

is it easy to squeeze power out of them? (eg like the new vw tdi's) and would it be worth modding one?

thanks

[BavarianBimmer]

fairly easy : turn up the boost a bit -> or add an Intercooler

slight difficult : M51d25 swap

[E30godz]

they made a 24valver diesel turbo? thats cool.

[Ryan Stewart]

Fuck Id love to have one for the extra room and the economy. Making a fast car is easy, having something unique and driveable is more worthwhile.

[lagoon]

actually the car looks pretty clean, and low kms too (about 160,000). i'm not planning on making anything crazy fast, but i do want something that won't be too much of a dog, without spending outrageous amounts of money. and the main reason i was drawn to the car in the first place was because it is a touring AND diesel (although i still don't know very much about these motors).

[lagoon]

found this on bimmerforums...

M21
straight 6 SOHC 12V Diesel. 1983-1991 126kg 278lbs
Used in 324td, 524d/td
2.4 (112bhp), 2.4 Turbo (115bhp)

couldn't find torque specs though... should be pretty decent considering its diesel.

[Julien]

be careful @ around 160k, the flywheel has a tendency to break around that KM.. mine did, broke straight in two. Also watch out for bad head gaskets, don't rev it past 2k until it's warm.

[325ise30]

This sounds like an excellent candidate for a grease car. www.greasecar.com
Its nice to see some 324d-td end up over here, I have searched for one but have only found the occasional 524 u.s speck car. Hopefully we will see more of these cars as fuel prices rise, anyway definitely a unique car from an economy stand point.

[lagoon]

oh, that reminds me... whats fuel consumption like on these things? mpg or L/100 km whichever anyone knows i guess..