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Originally Posted by Efthreeoh
My one N52 has 417,000 miles on it (33 oil changes). I don't need to say much more. So the pan leaked, BFD, most pans leak eventually. OFHG, another BFD, 1 hour repair.
S motors, 50,000-mile bearing wear, so one replaces the pan gasket before it starts to leak.  |
The only S motor that
requires rod bearing replacement is S65/S85, and it's not every 50k, either. That design is flawed as I mentioned.
I'm not sure what's noteworthy here. You can own a motor with output like a Camry V6 but still requires more maintenance than one. When people 20 years from now talk about the old days of BMW, no one is going to give a second thought to an N52. Again, a fine engine, but claiming N52 E90 is the pinnacle of BMW or the last good car they made is completely absurd.