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Nah, those days are gone. Now I just enjoy it as a DD. I do spirited driving but not like that. I rarely take the engine past 7k on the tach. The car has to last me many years.
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However, do I really want to have this engine ripped apart introducing all sorts of possible problems?.... When there isn't any indication of the slightest noise? Perhaps not. I have 36 months left on the warrantee. There's plenty of time for that. What I will do is take it to my friends shop and go through the motions just to see if the warrantee will cover the repair. Then I will bring it back to him when I detect (if ever) a noise. |
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1. You will ignore the obvious (excessive bearing wear and imminent failure) and ride it out till it blows 2. You will make a warranty claim 3. They will send an adjuster out to make an estimate, along with your shop of choice. 4. They will realize the cost of the engine will be 8-9 times the value of your warranty 5. They will claim the damage was caused by abuse and over-revving the engine and deny the claim Most warranty companies ( at least here in FL) refuse to cover E9X M3's for this exact reason. They already know the engine is prone to this failure and won't even offer it. If you get one, I would be willing to bet they will find EVERY reason not to pay. Do yourself the favor, get the bearings changed, and move on. Otherwise a $2400 repair will turn into a $20k denied warranty claim.
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Some of these responses are silly.
Your bearings are obviously worn and a ticking time bomb. They could start making noise at any time now since they're down to the copper, so if you're waiting for that to happen before doing anything then you're going to be beyond the point of repair and will be in for a major teardown or new engine. Bite the bullet now and replace the bearings with BE's solution while you still can. Warranty companies will not pay for the preemptive replacement. The only way they *might* would be to (as mentioned above) fabricate notions of hearing bearing noise and upon inspection found worn out bearings. But even this is a stretch and will depend on your warranty company and adjuster. If you wait and end up needing a new engine, disregard people telling you to avoid any particular source. Source doesn't matter as long as you as the right questions of the seller. A junkyard that doesn't know these engines is the wrong source. I sell at least one of these engines a month from salvage cars but I go through them thoroughly and replace bearings and gaskets before doing so. I sell them on eBay almost exclusively since forum buyers are the only demographic who send the insulting offers. BMW would charge you $30k+ installed for a new engine but they don't have any new S65's. They're all gone, so warranty companies will assume replacement based on used engine value. Many indy shops will R&R an S65 for around $2-3k. I sell my refurb S65's for $10k. Or you can find used ones for $8k and refurb it yourself. No warranty company will assume the repair value at 25k. Most of my used engines sell to shops doing a replacement for a warranty coverage. |
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Dude, you're all over the place. Not a great idea to take to a friend. There has to be qualified BMW shop potentially a race shop that's local to you. First replacing the rod bearings is no big deal. That's one of the great things about BMW replacing the bearings on BMW is not a big deal. It won't affect anything else if it's done properly. Make a decision. If the car needs to last a long time spend the $2500 to replace the bearings. I did. Unfortunately, the warranty company didn't reimburse me. Think about it this way. What if the engine fails and the warranty company doesn't cover the repair. They are notorious for not paying claims. How are you going to prove that you changed the oil when you were supposed too. You went too long before changing the oil. Claim denied. |
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Is it even worth buying an after market warranty if you're going to spend the money to do the bearings and throttle body actuators yourself? Sounds self defeating.
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I'd much rather play everything safe and replace the bearings if it meant I had a better chance of not having to worry about dealing with a warranty company over the major stress of an engine failure. IMO it's foolish and wasteful to forego a little now, and suffer a lot later. Consider also, that if warranty companies continue to see an increase on these cars failing, they will determine they're not worth covering and either skyrocket the rates, or drop them all together. Plus if I have the option of keeping the original engine, I'd much rather do that- especially if you're ever going to be selling the car. Explaining an engine replacement to a buyer hurts resale-ability (Disclaimer: I don't pay for warranties on my cars since I run a shop and do everything myself) |
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Those two are literally the only expensive repairs on this platform. If you pay for a warranty, you?re basically hoping your engine blows in order to make up for that cost.
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That's what I did. The E9x platform is robust and most people pay the money for a warranty to avoid a RB/TA issue. If those are addressed, only minor items (slight generalization) will be potential costs incurred. I always ask people what repairs they are worried about and the answer is always RBs/TAs. And if you plan on keeping the car outside the warranty period, then what? |
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