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      09-29-2013, 05:59 PM   #51
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Quote:
Originally Posted by aus
BMW really doesn't gain anything by making the bearing that tight. So they're not really gaining anything by making an engine that'll blow up by 100,000 miles.


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The true fallout is those ridiculous oil change intervals at ~10-15k miles!
That is the "poor design" in all of this.
I firmly believe that OCIs 3-5k mitigate this....
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