Hey everyone
Just recently bought a 2012 e92 M3 ZCP three weeks ago and finally got my 1,200 mile service done yesterday. After driving the car around for a while I decided to go home finally, only to pull into my garage and hear this ticking noise that I had never heard before. It is very erratic, only occurs once the engine is fully warmed up, and does become slightly more frequent when driving around at lower speeds as compared to sitting in the garage. It is definitely coming from the bottom of the engine somewhere and is best heard from the driver wheel well. Searched the forum and found this thread and thought I'd post a clip of what mine sounds like to get some feedback (i cant figure out how to post it yet lol). It sounds the same as the others in this forum imo. Took it into the dealer today and had them listen to it. They seem to think its a lifter that hasnt broken in after the oil change, but i tried to explain to the foreman about what others have been experiencing on the forum only to have him tell me he has never heard any such issue with the s65. He did not know about the bearing change after 2008 either (and sadly tried to tell me the 08 model was an e46
therefore im not sure i trust him at all). Their advice was basically to drive the car spiritedly and it should go away, though I have my doubts.