Metal in the oil, rod knock and Kaboom! You just have to hope for the best based on my research. I have found a few that had new bearings put in and in less than 10k miles metal shows up in the oil.
01' 750il Chromeline
95 M3 LS swapped
07 M5 Manual
06' M5, Spartan wheels and a 507hp V10
00' 740il Dinan, CAI, Romulus exhaust, Stage 5 engine and transmission tune, 750 brakes, camber plates, strut tower brace. Sold
00' 323i wagon for daughter
03' 525i wagon for the wife, sold
98' 740i for the daughter, wrecked
92' 525i with over 200k, wrecked
02' R1200 CLC, hit by a bus and broken in half. That one made the news!
It's like herpes there is no cure but if treated properly you can live with it for the rest of your life
I don't understand how that is happening to some of these engines? The S54 had rod bearing issues and the M5s. What's the deal? The tight tolerances?
'98 740il | 9/97 build | schwarz 2 | sandbeige | 5AT | 270k
'04 330i ZHP sedan | Mystic blue | Alcantara | 6MT | 120k
'00 540i sport | Titanium silver | Black | 5AT | 152k
'85 Mustang GT convertible | Medium charcoal metallic | Gray | 5MT | 216k | one owner, all original
mods: m-pars | Bilsteins & B&G springs | ValentineOne | StealthOne
retrofits: full nav | MKIV | bluetooth TCU | BM53 w/ AUX input | video module w/ AV input & backup cam | oem sirius xm | xenon | shades | PDC | rain sensor | BMW DWS TPMS | lighted door handles | front seat heaters | heated steering wheel | euro rear fog lights | ski pass | folding mirrors
I definitely will not go until the car is warm. If you put that much pressure on the engine it's not going to be a high mileage motor, a TF dragster gets on pass. I plan on adding a prelube system because most of the wear is at start up. Once the engine is running physics takes care of the rest. I have been reading some BMW hand outs and have discovered that there are five oil pumps on the engine.
1, pumps the oil from the rear sump to the front sump.
2, pumps the oil through the oil filter and cooler to the engine.
3, pumps high pressure oil to the vanos.
4&5, pump oil from the heads back to the sump when cornering heavy.
An oil pressure gauge is in the future as well. The main oil feed pump is variable displacement and in my mind needs to be watched.
01' 750il Chromeline
95 M3 LS swapped
07 M5 Manual
06' M5, Spartan wheels and a 507hp V10
00' 740il Dinan, CAI, Romulus exhaust, Stage 5 engine and transmission tune, 750 brakes, camber plates, strut tower brace. Sold
00' 323i wagon for daughter
03' 525i wagon for the wife, sold
98' 740i for the daughter, wrecked
92' 525i with over 200k, wrecked
02' R1200 CLC, hit by a bus and broken in half. That one made the news!
It's like herpes there is no cure but if treated properly you can live with it for the rest of your life
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