There has been some M5's lately that have had engine failures, and I thought there was about time to collect a little statistics on those failures to see if there is some common factors.
I just came back from the workshop, the old enigene is taken out, and the new shiny one stands next to the car, ready to be inserted. Next ty my car, is antother e39 M5 with the engine taken out too, and here comes to curious part. The car standing next to mine, is produced on the same day, with just two cars between in production, and listen to this: the excact same failure, in the same cylinder!! Both are produced in june 1999, both have the same failure. The workshop manager has been in contact with BMW M Gmbh, but they call it a unfortunate coincidence.
I forgot to ask which cylinder that was damaged, but i'll find out on monday, and update this post along with some more technical details.
It would be much appriciated if those of you that have had a engine failure could post a reply here with:
Production date:
Failure description:
Damaged cylinder(s):
Fault occured on KM/Mile:
Oil used:
My Car:
Production date: June 99
Failure description: damaged cylinder/thrown rod/damage to crankshaft.
Damaged cylinder(s): x (will find out)
Fault occured: 120.000km
Oil Used: Only TWS
It's "sibling":
Production date: June 99
Failure description: damaged cylinder/thrown rod/damage to crankshaft.
Damaged cylinder(s): x (will find out)
Fault occured: N/A (will find out)
Oil Used: N/A (will find out)
I just came back from the workshop, the old enigene is taken out, and the new shiny one stands next to the car, ready to be inserted. Next ty my car, is antother e39 M5 with the engine taken out too, and here comes to curious part. The car standing next to mine, is produced on the same day, with just two cars between in production, and listen to this: the excact same failure, in the same cylinder!! Both are produced in june 1999, both have the same failure. The workshop manager has been in contact with BMW M Gmbh, but they call it a unfortunate coincidence.
I forgot to ask which cylinder that was damaged, but i'll find out on monday, and update this post along with some more technical details.
It would be much appriciated if those of you that have had a engine failure could post a reply here with:
Production date:
Failure description:
Damaged cylinder(s):
Fault occured on KM/Mile:
Oil used:
My Car:
Production date: June 99
Failure description: damaged cylinder/thrown rod/damage to crankshaft.
Damaged cylinder(s): x (will find out)
Fault occured: 120.000km
Oil Used: Only TWS
It's "sibling":
Production date: June 99
Failure description: damaged cylinder/thrown rod/damage to crankshaft.
Damaged cylinder(s): x (will find out)
Fault occured: N/A (will find out)
Oil Used: N/A (will find out)