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Originally Posted by PaulC
If that's a sample of the original fill, then analysis is virtually useless. Change the oil, run it for 3,000 miles and try again. I don't recall BMW being notorious for weak bottom ends. I'm assuming that the gasoline/engine bore incompatability is ancient history by now.
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Not notorious, but the M62B44 (4.4L '99-01) V8 had some bottom end issues. They put out a TSB yrs back, bearing issue if recall. Guess whose car makes this noise?
I've had it for 25k miles and hasn't effected driveability or reliability-- just as the TSB was written. However a huge issue is longevity, never mentioned by BMW. If I can get another year or 2 w/o probs, then it'll have been a cheap car to own.
Seems BMW can never get anything but the 6 cylinder right. Everything else has serious "teething" issues, then at the end of the model run, they've figured it out. I bet if you google around for the V10 M5, some probs will crop up.
Fun cars to drive, but...