discussion E92 V8 MAINTENANCE

[awesome]

Morning all
car on 110000km e92 v8 m3 running smooth no issues
thinking of do bearings on the car before its to late

who would u guys recommend
can anyone share good or bad experiences please

tunetech
savspeed
budler motorsport

price factor , reliability and safety of my car very important

 

[Veedub]

Any of them should be fine. Also check with Peter from AEW. I know that BMW Sandton sent a a car to TuneTech for bearings.

Also do the throttle actuator gears while you at it.

Should be able to do bearings and the gears for under R50k.

 

[individj]

Morning all
car on 110000km e92 v8 m3 running smooth no issues
thinking of do bearings on the car before its to late

who would u guys recommend
can anyone share good or bad experiences please

tunetech
savspeed
budler motorsport

price factor , reliability and safety of my car very important

where are you based?

 

[Nukleuz]

Dont wait. Do the bearings before its too late as you said.

Mine went at 82k km with out even a whisper of a sign. It was was a very painful experience.

 

[awesome]

yep i no thats y wanna sort out asap
plus my car is supercharged
based in centurion
dont mind jhb area

 

[Nukleuz]

I can recommend

Carlos W Power Or Fast Serve Auto.

in pretoria.

 

[awesome]

I can recommend

Carlos W Power Or Fast Serve Auto.

in pretoria.

thanx appreciate it
but prefer the 3 names i mentioned

 

[Veedub]

Will be interesting to see how the supercharger conversion impacts the period between bearing changes. I assume that you would have to change bearings at a more regular interval than a stock car?

 

[Peter@AEW]

Morning all
car on 110000km e92 v8 m3 running smooth no issues
thinking of do bearings on the car before its to late

who would u guys recommend
can anyone share good or bad experiences please

tunetech
savspeed
budler motorsport

price factor , reliability and safety of my car very important

Price factor is hardly ever aligned with reliability and safety.
You get what you pay for.

 

[viven]

Dont wait. Do the bearings before its too late as you said.

Mine went at 82k km with out even a whisper of a sign. It was was a very painful experience.

Out of interest, what did you do to get the car mobile again? And how does that cost compare to the cost of the bearing replacement?


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[KPM3_30]

Either Peter or Tune Tech will get my vote.

My car was maintained at the dealer and then went to Tune Tech for quite a bit of work done by the previous owner. He had only good things to say.

 

[Nukleuz]

Out of interest, what did you do to get the car mobile again? And how does that cost compare to the cost of the bearing replacement?


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This was about 5-6 yeas ago.

At the time the bearings were around R35-40k if i remember, but the dreaded number was 100k km.
I took care of my car, so thought i still had plenty of time, as i only do around 8000km a year, so being on 82k km.....

The Options were: ( my memory is a bit hazy on the numbers, but i think that's what they were )

1) Rebuild with NO guarantee that they get every little bit of metal filings out of the oil system, so it could happen again ( R80k )

2) Second hand engine. No idea of mileage, no guarantee how its been taken care of, and you would have to do the bearings for obvious
reasons. ( think the engine was R120k + bearings + install )

3) Brand new crate motor from BMW. I had a mate who works at the Roslyn plant. So he helped me and i think the end cost was R250 odd installed and back on the road.


Be afraid, be very afraid.

 

[viven]

When you put it that way, bearings are a bargain. Thanks for sharing.

 

[///M Individual]

This was about 5-6 yeas ago.

At the time the bearings were around R35-40k if i remember, but the dreaded number was 100k km.
I took care of my car, so thought i still had plenty of time, as i only do around 8000km a year, so being on 82k km.....

The Options were: ( my memory is a bit hazy on the numbers, but i think that's what they were )

1) Rebuild with NO guarantee that they get every little bit of metal filings out of the oil system, so it could happen again ( R80k )

2) Second hand engine. No idea of mileage, no guarantee how its been taken care of, and you would have to do the bearings for obvious
reasons. ( think the engine was R120k + bearings + install )

3) Brand new crate motor from BMW. I had a mate who works at the Roslyn plant. So he helped me and i think the end cost was R250 odd installed and back on the road.


Be afraid, be very afraid.

My God that's scary.....

 

[Eust]

Bearings is a must do...... I'll be doing mine every 40k km on my supercharged E92. Peace of mind for not much cost, relatively speaking. I always do bearings immediately on every S54/S65 powered car I buy.

 

[jayaynikkal]

@awesome Please post a picture of the M3

 

[awesome]

Bearings is a must do...... I'll be doing mine every 40k km on my supercharged E92. Peace of mind for not much cost, relatively speaking. I always do bearings immediately on every S54/S65 powered car I buy.

where do u service your car bud , looking for someone who has experience with a supercharged M

 

[GravityLee]

This was about 5-6 yeas ago.

At the time the bearings were around R35-40k if i remember, but the dreaded number was 100k km.
I took care of my car, so thought i still had plenty of time, as i only do around 8000km a year, so being on 82k km.....

The Options were: ( my memory is a bit hazy on the numbers, but i think that's what they were )

1) Rebuild with NO guarantee that they get every little bit of metal filings out of the oil system, so it could happen again ( R80k )

2) Second hand engine. No idea of mileage, no guarantee how its been taken care of, and you would have to do the bearings for obvious
reasons. ( think the engine was R120k + bearings + install )

3) Brand new crate motor from BMW. I had a mate who works at the Roslyn plant. So he helped me and i think the end cost was R250 odd installed and back on the road.


Be afraid, be very afraid.

 

[ptmatjila]

Price factor is hardly ever aligned with reliability and safety.
You get what you pay for.

Your rod bearings will soon give in. Had a traumatic experience… for a recon engine once the go will be north of R100k… Martins motorsport in Selby should be able to sort you out while your lovely machine is still drivable