[Rockyca]

Up for sale is my 2006 323i. It is fully loaded with the following options:

Price: On stock 16's $13250
Including Style 197s: $14000

-Sport Suspension
-Sport Seats (Very desireable, adjustable bolsters)
-Sport Suspension
-Oem Style 192 wheels with new tires
-OEM Style 155 16" alloys with newish winter tires
-Black leather
-6spd manual transmission
-Projector Headlights
-35% tint all around

ALL ORIGINAL PAINT. NO ACCIDENTS!!!!!

**My car has recently started to develop a diff whine from the input bearing. The car works perfectly, its just a little noisy. I was quoted $500 for a used diff from Standard Auto Wreckers and 2 hrs of labor to put it in. Anyone with a little bit of mechanical skill could do it themselves. That is the reason for the lower price of this car. Other than the above issue, the car is perfect!

[e9012345]

yonge/sheppard?

[Rockyca]

I live in Pickering & work at McCowan and Sheppard. Must be another car similar to mine.

[blk 325i]

what kind of projectors are those?

[mapleridge]

didn't even know you could get the 323i with those options. must have been the only year.

[Rockyca]

Projectors are DEPO V2's Sorry, I didnt clarify

[Kyter]

PM'd you about your seats. Will you swap for regulars + cash (Only 5 months old)

[elisei]

were u able to fix the diff? I have the exact same problem but cant find a new diff for the 323i, thanks

[domrep]

milage?

[andrew.k]

Originally Posted by domrep

milage?

This is a friend's car; he sold it last year...

Edit: He didn't end up fixing it, he traded the car as is.

[Rockyca]

The 323i seems to have some sort of diff issue. I have heard my car, as well as various other ones around town with the same symptoms. I never fixed the problem and ended up getting rid of the car all together.

This wasn't without a fight though...

Originally I picked up a 330i diff which has a different input shaft. I then picked up the driveshaft for it which should have worked, but the 323i axles are too long.

I then picked up a 328i diff and driveshaft thinking it might work... and it didnt.

All in all I pulled the rear diff out of my car three times and did not fix the problem.

Your options are as follows:

1) buy a 328i/330i differential, driveshaft, and axles. Swap the lot. (probably close to $1000, maybe less if you shop around

2) Buy a used 323i diff if you can, but they don't come up often and are way overpriced.

3) Buy a brand new diff from the dealer (talk to mike @ maranello) I think they went for about $1800.

All of these options were too much money for a 323i which is slow as FUCK, so I decided to cut my losses and sell the thing. What a terrible design BMW!

[elisei]

I think I found the bearings online for anyone who has this problem, they are very expensive, but if you cannot find a new diff this will help. http://www.bearingkits.co.uk/PAIR-BM...MALL)/449.htm#

[Saintor]

Awesome thread. I didn't realize that it was a broad problem.

My 323i Step also suffer from this infamous high pitch noise.

I never realized the problem until the dealer said so in a test drive. They quoted 3600$... over my dead body.

I think that my car will just die like this... it doesn't bother me.... unless it gets worse (?).

According to realoem, both 323i/328i shares the same final drive ratio at 3.73 but have different part no.... i.e. your input shaft issue.

Txs for the info.

1) buy a 328i/330i differential, driveshaft, and axles. Swap the lot. (probably close to $1000, maybe less if you shop around

A few at 300$ level plus labor.

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/BMW-3-73-Diff...-/200825217948