11-16-2021, 03:06 PM | #11 |
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11-16-2021, 03:46 PM | #12 |
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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. |
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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? Last edited by equ; 11-16-2021 at 05:56 PM. |
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11-16-2021, 05:53 PM | #15 |
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