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Genre: Autos & Vehicles
Date of upload: Oct 14, 2023 ^^
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4:15 this is unfortunately not true. On the back of the crank you'll find markings indicating different colours for each journal. Each colour indicates a different bearing clearance, it also states so for upper shells and lower shells. The one size fits all packages which you can purchase simply don't meet the extremely finicky nature of these engines. The crank is also scrap as they are only case hardened and grinding it will result in removing the hardening, attempting to reharden it will cause it to bend, runout on these cranks are limited to 0.002mm. If it's out of spec, you will notice accelerated bearing wear imminent failure. I do believe it is possible to repair the crank, bit I do not believe that it is worth the hassle or stress involved in doing so, the ideal fix would now be to replace the crank. Check the main journals in the block for roundness, bearing failure results in pounding of the main bearing saddles which would also cause a premature failure in the near future.
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The question nobody's asking is at 20:01 sitting on the shelf you've got a classic Pole Position arcade machine in a box. Come on guys, set that thing up! Great video, and it's inspiring to see you have a big setback and overcome. Well done!
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I have one of these cars and have been running it for over a decade as a daily and have tracked in occasionally as well. I've done endless research about these problems on forums etc for preventative maintenance purposes, and although you will never get an absolute consensus on the boards for even the rod bearings, there is a commonly reported number 1 main bearing failure for the reasons garage 539 mentioned. the crank is very extended past the number 1 bearing and has high leverage on it, so that the dual timing chain setup will cause an exaggerated upwards force on the crank.
It's more common to run into the number 1 main bearing failing with supercharged cars, where their power pulley adds additional load (like the timing chains, in the same direction too and at the very tip of the crank with the highest leverage). Also note that when i was looking at main bearings i noticed most specialty tuners like Turner and Bimmer world etc were recommending running the YELLOW (loosest) main bearings for ALL the mains when doing the mains, because like the rod bearings these run too tight a clearance as the oem setup.
I did my rod bearings 10k km ago at 172k km and they looked decent, but i was mindful of the number 1 main and decided i'll gamble, seeing how it's pricey at the shop and i don't currently have a place to do it myself.
regarding temperatures, these cars also have a lazy thermostat that can show itself at around 85-100k km, but a less discussed one on the boards is the oil thermostat which requires the replacement of the whole filter housing iirc, which can in my experience contribute to the oil being a bit hotter, but i doubt it was oiling related, number 1 main is the most likely culprit.
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6:26 I have run into oil starvation on my E92 M3, my car was being run on a Haltech Nexus R5, it happened in low speed switchbacks, I ran my motor on royal purple xpr 10w60, whenever I had oil starvation, the Haltech basically switched the car off to preserve the motor, I had this problem even with VAC's baffle kit installed in the oil pan.
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It genuinely believe the aftermarket bearings were not properly sized. Even if all the factory cranks had the same size journals there are still differences in tolerances that absolutely need to be checked. I beg you when you do the rod bearings on this new engine check each and every one for proper tolerances.
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I stand by what I said in the previous video. Running arp rod bolts have caused this. You can run thousands of ks with rod bolts no problem or you can run 5ks with them and destroy engines. They make the rod end go out of round slightly. Dry fit your bearings in the rod out of the block and I guarantee they won't be in spec
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@pete9110
7 months ago
Bring back the dipstick!
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