I have done some searching on here and general Google searching for other Beemer forums too and not found a categorical answer.
The Mrs 325i has had a relatively high biting point since we bought it a few years ago, it still has plenty of bite and comes up a bit still after it's bitten. I am a preventative maintenance and geeky sort who doesn't like imperfection (the Mrs translates this to forcing her to spend money on her car she may not need to - but hey!").
Now it's done 113500 miles so if on the original clutch it's had a good innings and may well do another 50000 on this clutch.
My question is though : Do E46 6 pot's Dual Mass Flywheels fail - I mean has anyone actually had one fail on them?
My search results give lots of gaff about "You should change it as it may not last the life of another clutch and you'll have to get the box removed a second time and pay for yet another clutch", which is a common sense approach I suppose - but if no-one has actually had a Dual Mass Flywheel on a six cylinder E46 fail, then I fear I could be taking the whole preventative maintenance thing one step too far.
Other people state "You won't know if it needs replacing until the box is out and the flywheel is inspected" which I know and doesn't answer my question.
So hands up if you've had one fail or actually know of one failing please!
Kirkynut
