Thread: Blown motors, S65 failure registry - v2, failures catorgorised
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      05-21-2025, 03:27 PM   #45
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Originally Posted by spammysammich View Post
My guess would be a dropped valve due to valve spring failure like I’ve seen on a Subaru.
Could be, we might be able to find out now as they've just posted a new video a few hours ago! See here -

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Oil analysis for finding wearing rod bearings?. Collation of oil analysis reports with some rod bearing photos for the M3's S65.
My categorisation of pulled rod bearings in the rod bearing condition thread.
My updated 'Blown engines' list.
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