Just Purchased a 2003 E39 540i Sport Six Speed Manual

[Fordkoppie]

@venterj
You say you have just hit 200k'
I would recommend that you do chain tensioner-guide rails and chain deflection rail as the plastic is known to fail and then headaches set in if chain jumps a tooth or two.

That is about the weakest point on the M62TU.

The lot about R5k from agents plus labour of roughly 15-20 hours.

I am currently busy with one which had a catastrophic failure on the chain guide rails which went a lot deeper than cams and also smacked pistons and bearings.

+1
If it were the M60 with the duplex chain, I would not worry, but they went cheap on the M62.

R5k in parts now is a lot cheaper than the inevitable engine rebuild if you don't attend to this sooner or later.

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Still an amazing car though and I have seen it up close on a number of occasions.
Still in a truly fantastic condition.:thumbdo:

 

[venterj]

@venterj
You say you have just hit 200k'
I would recommend that you do chain tensioner-guide rails and chain deflection rail as the plastic is known to fail and then headaches set in if chain jumps a tooth or two.

That is about the weakest point on the M62TU.

The lot about R5k from agents plus labour of roughly 15-20 hours.

I am currently busy with one which had a catastrophic failure on the chain guide rails which went a lot deeper than cams and also smacked pistons and bearings.

+1
If it were the M60 with the duplex chain, I would not worry, but they went cheap on the M62.

R5k in parts now is a lot cheaper than the inevitable engine rebuild if you don't attend to this sooner or later.

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Still an amazing car though and I have seen it up close on a number of occasions.
Still in a truly fantastic condition.:thumbdo:

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Thanks for the advice. :bravo:

Are you the guy that won at the BMW Concours with the E34 M5?

 

[Fordkoppie]

@venterj
You say you have just hit 200k'
I would recommend that you do chain tensioner-guide rails and chain deflection rail as the plastic is known to fail and then headaches set in if chain jumps a tooth or two.

That is about the weakest point on the M62TU.

The lot about R5k from agents plus labour of roughly 15-20 hours.

I am currently busy with one which had a catastrophic failure on the chain guide rails which went a lot deeper than cams and also smacked pistons and bearings.

+1
If it were the M60 with the duplex chain, I would not worry, but they went cheap on the M62.

R5k in parts now is a lot cheaper than the inevitable engine rebuild if you don't attend to this sooner or later.

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Still an amazing car though and I have seen it up close on a number of occasions.
Still in a truly fantastic condition.:thumbdo:

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Thanks for the advice. :bravo:

Are you the guy that won at the BMW Concours with the E34 M5?

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I just saw the thumbsdown smiley....... I honestly don't know how it landed up in my post. Sorry about that.

Yes it was my blue M5 at the concourse