prof Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Hi, thinking of buying a 2000 year M5, but have heard horror strories about the vanos system going on the blink. how much to fix and what are the tell tale signs that it is going wonky ?? also, if the car is not under BMW warranty, but covered by say, Warranty Direct, would they pay out for the vanos work ?? Any other known problems to look out for too ?? Also, what sort of average mpg can i expect ?? thanks, prof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam_UK Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 If the car has been looked after there will not be any issues... Just make sure the services are all up to date and the books fully stampped. There are however people who have had there Vanos's fail and yes it is an expesive fix (think in the region of £2K+. USually the Vanos unit on the front of the car, simply gets very noisy and eventually fails. A Noisy Vanos does not hoever mean that the unit is fault! You can make a trip to BMW who can hook up the car to get some diagnostics done which will tell you for sure... If the warranty is not BMW then you will need to check the small print of the warranty provider as they may only cover so much of the cost...depending of the level of cover and so on... I have a 2002 M5 and my brother has a 2001 M5...great cars... We avaerage near 28mpg on the Motorway dribing near 80 - 90mph. Average near 15mpg if driving hard around town, gentle driving near 18mpg and on some occasions i have seen 21mpg Though its a great car....! 5L Beast.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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