momo1 said:
CA_130 said:
momo1 said:
@"Peter@AEW" is the forum expert with S54 bearings.
I speak under correction, but he's not in Cape Town.
Give the dealers a call and ask them for a quote, if its not too bad then maybe have them do, only you can decide what's reasonable for your pocket.
IMHO the OEM bearings should be fine, as they've last this long without issue (in your case hopefully?), proper warm up and regular oil changes are more important. But if you plan to keep the car for a long long time then maybe do the other bearings unless there's only a small price gap.
Don't own a M-car myself, so take this with a pinch of salt.
lol dealers would be the resort unless you have extremely deep pockets, almost guaranteed theyd quote a minimum of R100K or possibly quote you on a new engine altogether
They're actually not expensive for everything that they do, also all dealer fitted parts and labour generally carry a 2 year guarantee, its cheap insurance so why not do it?
A friend of mine did his low mile e92 m3 with the dealers about 4 years ago and the job cost only 11 grand.
Where you start racking up the builds is if you catch the issue too late and damage has occurred as everything the metal filings contaminate have to be replaced or serviced (Vanos/oil pump etc.)
TLDR - sometimes the dealer is both the best option and most economic option.
individj said:
momo1 said:
CA_130 said:
momo1 said:
@"Peter@AEW" is the forum expert with S54 bearings.
I speak under correction, but he's not in Cape Town.
Give the dealers a call and ask them for a quote, if its not too bad then maybe have them do, only you can decide what's reasonable for your pocket.
IMHO the OEM bearings should be fine, as they've last this long without issue (in your case hopefully?), proper warm up and regular oil changes are more important. But if you plan to keep the car for a long long time then maybe do the other bearings unless there's only a small price gap.
Don't own a M-car myself, so take this with a pinch of salt.
lol dealers would be the resort unless you have extremely deep pockets, almost guaranteed theyd quote a minimum of R100K or possibly quote you on a new engine altogether
do they even still do mechanical work like that? haha
Surprisingly they do.
Was in the dealership workshop on Saturday to buy some oil, and saw quite a few full drivetrain-out jobs that they had in progress on rwd and X-drive cars, as well as a few other big disassembly jobs, and a surprising large amount of e90's and e92's
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I honestly thought those cars are past their "dealership FSH" days, but apparently not.
Look, I'll be the first guy to preach "do it yourself", and that the dealerships are expensive, but I think need to be fair and objective towards them, as they do a lot in terms of engagement, breakfast runs, service promotions, and big discounts for parts for us owners and enthusiasts.
For the most part the stereotype of the "stealerships" is correct, but not always, the least we can do is find out what the dealer would charge, for genuine parts and labour, and then decide if you're getting ripped off elsewhere.
I've worked on cars since my teens, and believe in keeping a good hand on it, but I still take my car in for service when they have good deals.
use it don't, don't use entirely up to you, just my 2c
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