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Old 11-16-2021, 03:06 PM   #11
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I just received a class action notice on our V8 X5. Fortunately, it's sold.
What year N63?
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Old 11-16-2021, 03:46 PM   #12
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Where do you hear that and why do they blow up?
This is what my buyer wrote back, he is not very technical:

They said that the drive shaft malfunction-was shredding metal into the oil flow
and that the engine needed replacing


I did not expect that for n55's. He got some help from bmw and his son is a mechanic so I guess he came out ok. I felt bad that the engine did not make 90k.
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This is what my buyer wrote back, he is not very technical:

They said that the drive shaft malfunction-was shredding metal into the oil flow
and that the engine needed replacing


I did not expect that for n55's. He got some help from bmw and his son is a mechanic so I guess he came out ok. I felt bad that the engine did not make 90k.
I interpret that as rod bearings. I see a lot of rod bearing failures reported for N55s. I bet he meant crankshaft.
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Old 11-16-2021, 04:54 PM   #14
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I interpret that as rod bearings. I see a lot of rod bearing failures reported for N55s. I bet he meant crankshaft.
I bet that's what he meant.

I'm stunned. First owner was a bmwcca owner, also with a e39 m5 from new and had an m2 on order. He overmaintained. I purchased at 42k, changed oil at 45, 50 and 55k and sold at 56 or 57k thereabouts. I don't know how the buyer maintained but I assume reasonable with an interest in cars and a son as a bmw tech.

Now I'm paranoid about my b58. The last oil change I had done, a few hundred miles ago, I was between a rock and a hard place. I have a camera in the car and I know that if I leave it at the dealer for something as simple as an oil change it gets driven back & forth 8 times by 4 different valets. With CPO coverage over for the 340i, I went to my indy, I don't think they have done many b58's. I think they went with their usual 5w40. I realize the bmw spec for the oil is 0w20. Is the 40-weight a risk for the bearings?

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What year N63?
2016. Allegedly the better tweaked engine.
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Old 11-16-2021, 06:32 PM   #16
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I just received a class action notice on our V8 X5. Fortunately, it's sold.
Same. They seem to have it figured out with whatever version of the 4.4TT is in the X7.
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I bet that's what he meant.

I'm stunned. First owner was a bmwcca owner, also with a e39 m5 from new and had an m2 on order. He overmaintained. I purchased at 42k, changed oil at 45, 50 and 55k and sold at 56 or 57k thereabouts. I don't know how the buyer maintained but I assume reasonable with an interest in cars and a son as a bmw tech.

Now I'm paranoid about my b58. The last oil change I had done, a few hundred miles ago, I was between a rock and a hard place. I have a camera in the car and I know that if I leave it at the dealer for something as simple as an oil change it gets driven back & forth 8 times by 4 different valets. With CPO coverage over for the 340i, I went to my indy, I don't think they have done many b58's. I think they went with their usual 5w40. I realize the bmw spec for the oil is 0w20. Is the 40-weight a risk for the bearings?
Nah, doubt it. It’s also worth noting that the 0w20 garbage is US market only. Everywhere else runs 0w30.
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