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S54 rod bearing
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Re: S54 rod bearing
woozier!!! lucky call!!! bet your very very happy you did that again!!
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Re: S54 rod bearing
Check out these gents!! What do you reckon??
Cylinder 1
Cylinder 2 - a
Cylinder 2 - b
Cylinder 2 - c
Cylinder 3 - a
Cylinder 3 - b
Cylinder 4 & 5 - a
Cylinder 6 - a
Cylinder 6 - b
Cylinder 6 - c
Cylinder 1
Cylinder 2 - a
Cylinder 2 - b
Cylinder 2 - c
Cylinder 3 - a
Cylinder 3 - b
Cylinder 4 & 5 - a
Cylinder 6 - a
Cylinder 6 - b
Cylinder 6 - c
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holy crap!!! lol!!! good catch!!!
look at this.....
which one do YOU think your car suffered??? I'm interested.
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look at this.....
which one do YOU think your car suffered??? I'm interested.
http://www.remotech.info/uploads/clevit ... h_info.pdf
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Hmm well it looks like some of them are just normal wear, 3,4,5 would fall under that category. 2 and 6 perhaps high accelerated wear? There is some evidence of scoring but the others related to crank damage don't really apply.
Any thoughts?
Any thoughts?
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From all the other photos I've seen of S54 bearing shells on here and on other forums, they just look like typical wear patterns especially from a car at 93k miles. So, the new ones should be good for another 93k miles. Now you can sleep easy.
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Whooohooooexdos wrote:From all the other photos I've seen of S54 bearing shells on here and on other forums, they just look like typical wear patterns especially from a car at 93k miles. So, the new ones should be good for another 93k miles. Now you can sleep easy.
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Ive seen worse on some of the M3 forums
What was the cost if you don't mind disclosing?
What was the cost if you don't mind disclosing?
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No problem, the total bill was £1,050 made up of shells, new oil, filter, labour.
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pHilli0 wrote:No problem, the total bill was £1,050 made up of shells, new oil, filter, labour.
very fair imo.
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Yup sounds like a good deal to me, peace of mind for the next 100k miles.
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Thread resurrection. Phil - if you don't mind me asking, who did the work and would you recommend ?pHilli0 wrote:No problem, the total bill was £1,050 made up of shells, new oil, filter, labour.
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Changed mine as preventative maintenance at 90K miles, I'm glad I did as I caught it before any crankshaft damage was done. Cost was £1000, including VAT and parts. MTV in Poole
From these pics I'd say the wear was typical, and could probably have been done at 80K to ensure it didn't get through the coating on cylinders 1 and 6 but the crankshaft was fine so it's not done any harm changing at 90K, although I'd say 100k miles at the very latest. Or do oil analysis every 5k miles and when you get brass in it change them
From these pics I'd say the wear was typical, and could probably have been done at 80K to ensure it didn't get through the coating on cylinders 1 and 6 but the crankshaft was fine so it's not done any harm changing at 90K, although I'd say 100k miles at the very latest. Or do oil analysis every 5k miles and when you get brass in it change them
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Should have the engine mounts done at the same time.
Ive been saying this for years... But whether anyone listens is another story.
Glad you caught them before a failure.
Ive been saying this for years... But whether anyone listens is another story.
Glad you caught them before a failure.
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Cheers Tom, the engine mounts had already been done
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holy crap ive had a few m3s now and did not know they had some of these issues. scary stuff....! think I will stay away from any z4mr that hasn't had a rebuild unless its got silly low mile on it!