It seems that yesterday the bearing shells on my Z3MC S54 decided to fail on it and on me.
The car was imported from Italy. It is a 2001 model, and with around 39.000 (more or less 24.500 miles) kms on the clock (I bought the car with 30.500).
I never rev the car beyond 3000 rpms when the oil temperature is below 100-110 grades c. Most of my driving is done between 1500 to 3000 rpms (only around 500 kms of the 8.500 done by me where more spirited...It is my daily car and because of that I do not have the chance to often press on the pedal...
The car runs with Castrol 10w60 and is in very good condition (paint, chassis, interiors, etc).
In Italy I took the car to BMW and they validated the fluids, brakes, general state of the car, electronics, etc.
So what I would like to ask of you guys is: Anyone that has had the bearing shells failure on their S54, please, if you may, share with me all the info you have and how BMW treated your case, because I want to be prepared to make my case with BMW Portugal if needed.
Kind Regards,
Paulo M.
The car was imported from Italy. It is a 2001 model, and with around 39.000 (more or less 24.500 miles) kms on the clock (I bought the car with 30.500).
I never rev the car beyond 3000 rpms when the oil temperature is below 100-110 grades c. Most of my driving is done between 1500 to 3000 rpms (only around 500 kms of the 8.500 done by me where more spirited...It is my daily car and because of that I do not have the chance to often press on the pedal...
The car runs with Castrol 10w60 and is in very good condition (paint, chassis, interiors, etc).
In Italy I took the car to BMW and they validated the fluids, brakes, general state of the car, electronics, etc.
So what I would like to ask of you guys is: Anyone that has had the bearing shells failure on their S54, please, if you may, share with me all the info you have and how BMW treated your case, because I want to be prepared to make my case with BMW Portugal if needed.
Kind Regards,
Paulo M.
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