Not sure if any of you have seen this thread on m5board
http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/e60...tear-down.html
Pretty bad (really bad) rod bearing failure at 89k with no other cause related. I know people are selling upgraded rod bearings but I feel this is not getting to the point of the problem. What is causing the wear to be so bad on so many of these cars and also potentially the s65 given the blocks are identical essentially in design. Maybe the s65 has different bearings but the fact is something is wearing them down and that is more of an issue in what else is going on?