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03-08-2013, 08:10 AM | #45 | |
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03-08-2013, 08:24 AM | #46 |
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This makes the blown oil cooler theory plausible. Your oil thermostat might not open up on short trips like that. However I would expect the oil light to come on before a failure like that...
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Right, in an oil leak/starvation event wouldn't the motor give some heads up beforehand, even if it were "too late"? It sounds like OP's motor just went kaboom, no warning or anything. If oil were leaking from the cooler, you'd also probably notice it pooling at various points before his engine went out. If it were a bang-bang situation where a sudden catastrophic loss of oil took place, I could see the engine falling apart without much warning, but again that doesn't seem to be the case here. OP was able to drive his car multiple times before things went south, and on a 15 min drive oil temps are usually approaching full operating temperature.
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Aww..that sucks, I knew there was gonna be a hole in your block..its sounded exactley like a rod going through the wall..hope you are able to get this under warranty..
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03-08-2013, 12:43 PM | #51 |
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It's insane how you're fully stock and you threw a rod through the side of the block whereas there are people doubling your chp with whp and are perfectly fine.
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So stock strength should vary quite dramatically between early cars and newer cars. I think we will start to see this difference when 335is guys try the vargas stage 3 kits.
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I don't think this is a forged vs non-forged issue. A stock motor running stock HP should have no problem handling 50hp per rod. This is well within the range of non-forged rods.
There's either a defect in the manufacturing of the rod or a related failure of a different component that caused this one. |
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There are two scenarios I can see happening.
If cause was the pot hole, BMW will deny and insurance should cover all cost. If it was not the pot hole, it's a manufacturing defect and BMW should cover. So you have to find the root cause first but if neither covers you, I'd get a lawyer and go after whoever is responsible for the massive pothole. |
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Blaming the pothole is going to be a tough one unless it caused an obvious failure -- like a broken oil pan, etc. As for it being a "manufacturing defect"....well, that's what the 4 year/50k miles warranty is for. It covers defects in materials and workmanship. No warranty = on your own (unless BMW chooses to provide assistance). They usually will in a case like this.
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I agree. It doesn't make any sense to me. I'm hoping that BMW will send someone out to do a diagnostic on it and see what caused it.
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I think we can agree that this is a fluke failure. I've never seen an N54 fail in this manner, and I see a lot of them. The only time I've seen a newer BMW engine punch a hole in the block was on an N52 that took in water and bent a rod. Even then, it ran for quite a while before the block failed. Pretty amazing, actually.
Anyway.... I'd think it would have failed much sooner if it was a bad casting, forging, etc. whether it's a manufacturing defect or not, BMW isn't obligated to do anything. That's what a manufacturer's warranty is for. I agree an engine shouldn't have a catastrophic failure at that mileage, but sometimes that's just how the cards are dealt.
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The dealership told me that the Service Manager talked to BMW NA and they told him that they won't help out with the replacement. I emailed BMW NA and explained that all I really want is for the someone to tell me what went wrong and not have to pay 2 grand to find out. I just got off the phone with BMW NA and they said that they will not help out with the diagnoses, but if it does turn out to be a manufacturing defect, they may help out. I don't think that's enough for me to spend $2k.
I'm going to go to the dealership tomorrow and talk to the Service Manager and see if I can get them to do anything. The way I see it, I buy a new car every couple of years so it would be in their best interest to work with me somehow. I don't think that's very unreasonable. Any advice on dealing with BMW NA would be greatly appreciated. |
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