Yeah, as far as I'm aware it was mate. I've done 10 thousand miles or possibly less since it was fitted although noticed at the time the noise was still present after getting it done (the death rattle). The noise it has just now sounds the same although a lot louder, and car seems to miss when you blip the throttle.

Will see what garage says, although if it turns out the guides etc have failed already then it may well be a case of getting it fixed then sadly waving bye bye to Carly. Really don't want to but IMO its a design fault that A: should never have been designed in the first place by BMW and B: should have been redesigned when the fault became a common issue. Its a shame for what is otherwise a cracking wee engine.