08-03-2023, 04:13 AM | #1 |
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M235i N55 New Owner
At the beginning I want to say hello to the BMW community.
I am New to the platform. I have never been driving any BMW before. I was wondering to buy one and finally the time has come. I have bought M235i 2015. Car has around 130k miles on the clock. I am absolutely in love with this car. Already tuned, crazy fast car. The only thing is, that after I bought it, started to investigate common problems of N55 and a lot of people says, that conrod bearings are the biggest problem. I found my local community, group of people and I asked them about that thing. Some of them told me, that bearings are not a problem, oroblem is luboil system. Some told me, that we have to change bearings every 60-100k miles because they are just poor. Some say, there is no problem with it at all. I know that my car is high milege car and now I am wondering if I should change them, look at them or leave it like it is? The problem is, that I am an engineer and I always say to lower rank mates ‚do not fix it, if it is not broken’. So the biggest problem is, that I am worrying - if there is no problem so far, or we dont know, I dont want to make more problems. I coud not find a lot M235i cases with spun bearings, but N55s platform seems to have quite a lot of them. Try to understand me guys, I have been looking for perfect car for me, I found perfect setup. Just drove it for 2k miles and I dont want to lost the engine. And there is so many different information on Google, so I am more stupid, than before I bought the car. Thanks in advance. |
08-03-2023, 09:43 AM | #2 |
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Welcome to the forums, i feel you should have asked these questions before you purchased the car.
That said, a high-mileage BMW will need some work down the road. If the car runs well now and is well maintained I would not change anything preemptively.
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08-03-2023, 10:42 AM | #3 |
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Bearing problems only happen when you abuse it, its a oiling problem during high lateral Gs, like when you're tracking the car. You can slap a baffle in the pan and it fixes that right up. If you're not going to beat on it I wouldn't worry about anything.
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08-03-2023, 12:13 PM | #4 | |
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Money is not a big deal to do some maintenance, the point is, that I would like to have reliable car. So I dont need to look here or there to find a New engine or so. I’m just, like I says if it is not broken, dont touch it. That’s why I ask about the bearings. If it would be water pump, fuel pump, injectors or so - No problems. And to be honest, I knew that It is high mileage, but It was jus a perfect setup for me. First drive and I knew that I will buy It. I dont plan to push It hard. Most of the time car would be in the city. No track days. I drive my cars easy. |
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08-06-2023, 05:50 PM | #5 |
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When your oil pan leaks, change the bearings and post pics. Until then don’t worry about it, just don’t track it and you should be fine
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