I have not read all the posts but someone has come up with the traction control causing this.
Perhaps not that many of our cars have traction control.
I am sure if it was a wide spread problem then there would have been postings on our forum.
Am I tempting fate but my car notched up 220k yesterday - and still goes very strongly.
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Paul
That apart Mrs Lincoln, did you enjoy the play
That apart Mrs Lincoln, did you enjoy the play
Mine has traction control and has done 136,000 and is still sweet touch wood just run in for a diesel
Been discussed before IIRC, Dont think the 75 variant has the nasty flaps 
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Dave....
Dave....
Good i hate nasty flaps:)
From what I read, the valves are for a VIS (Variable Intake System) system. The diesels don't have it, but the V6s do. There is a valve on the V6s for traction, built into the throttle body. I don't think the diesels have one of these either.
Mines just done 72000 miles and the crank pulleys throwing a wobbly (probably literally) but everything else is ok touch wood. Must be a bmdubya thing
check crank case oil seal and the bottom pully it leaaked on mine for ages till i found out where it was coming from and the oil had eaten away the main pully as the center of it is rubber and it will perish with the oil
There's no signs of any oil leaking on mine though. But lets not forget that rubber perishes over time as well as mileage. The past 2 winters might have accelerated the ageing process of the rubber going from something like -18 up to the running temp of the engine is a big temperature change. Doesn't hide the fact the car is out of action till its fixed this week, push bike out again in the morning!