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      09-06-2019, 05:17 AM   #81
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Originally Posted by 330indy View Post
Get a clue ....
Design flaw? Ahh OK ....
Yep it's flawed alright.
An engine (V8, no less) that is smooth past 8200 rpm!
I am SICK of the bashing of the #idiotengineers @BMW !
If you're stupid enough to stretch OCIs on the race bred engines in M cars you deserve worn RBs.
There, I said it

Otherwise use the best stuff on earth, Redline, and change your oil....
If you care enough

Otherwise
Have at it
At the selection in WalMart
Those brilliant engineers at BMW were specifying 15,000 mile or once a year oil change intervals. Interestingly, the most widely accepted theory for the spun rod bearing from engine failures and the heavily worn rod bearings from preventative maintenance changes is not the oil change interval, but the bearing clearance that is much less than industry standards.
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