Loose conrod bolts

[Ajsingh]

E92 M3, 08 plate with 45k on the clock. Knocking its head off!! Took the engine out and apart to find loose conrod bolts on number 7 & 4! So far it sits at £28,000! Luckly customer only has to pay £2000. Not bad for a brand new engine and exhaust.

[Rav335uk]

Naughty engine builder

[bss325i]

Dammm!

No S65 engine stand brackets?

[macas]

Just a quick question,do you bmw techs have to take extra training courses or updates to learn about the new tech and engines?

[Ajsingh]

Dammm!

No S65 engine stand brackets?

We probably have them but the tech working on the car is just plain messy! He really knows his BMWs, been with them forever and work is great! But, he is just messsssy!

The intake ports on the head are super smooooth! Each port is identical to the other, as if the same tool has been used to shape the port.


Oh, and it was on a track when the engine started making noise, that explains the blue brake disks and bald tyres.

[DanThe]

Id say fook off if you think your getting 2 bags TBH!
All those poncy lifts and tool boxes, tiled floors etc and you sit brand new engines on old tyres with a 1970's engine crane

[Ajsingh]

Just a quick question,do you bmw techs have to take extra training courses or updates to learn about the new tech and engines?

We are put on training courses for certain things. For example, maximise your effiency as a tech, M power specialist course, hybrid training, new model training( 1 series e.t.c ).
There are loads of courses but to become a service tech, senoir tech or master, a certain amount of courses have to be taken in a process to reach that goal

[macas]

Id say fook off if you think your getting 2 bags TBH!
All those poncy lifts and tool boxes, tiled floors etc and you sit brand new engines on old tyres with a 1970's engine crane

Yes,but what the customer doesnt see etc etc

[Ajsingh]

Lol the brand new lump is on the 70s crane...

Bmw said they can offer goodwill as its out of warranty. Id rather pay the 2 bags rather than 28 bags

[macas]

Just a quick question,do you bmw techs have to take extra training courses or updates to learn about the new tech and engines?

We are put on training courses for certain things. For example, maximise your effiency as a tech, M power specialist course, hybrid training, new model training( 1 series e.t.c ).
There are loads of courses but to become a service tech, senoir tech or master, a certain amount of courses have to be taken in a process to reach that goal

So you have to pay for the extra courses ie the m power courses yrselfs?

I suppose its in your best interest,extra pay etc?

[Ajsingh]

Just a quick question,do you bmw techs have to take extra training courses or updates to learn about the new tech and engines?

We are put on training courses for certain things. For example, maximise your effiency as a tech, M power specialist course, hybrid training, new model training( 1 series e.t.c ).
There are loads of courses but to become a service tech, senoir tech or master, a certain amount of courses have to be taken in a process to reach that goal

So you have to pay for the extra courses ie the m power courses yrselfs?

I suppose its in your best interest,extra pay etc?

The dealership pays for the courses and if you need to stay at the trainig centre then they pay for hotel too.
Yeh the more courses you have, depending which ones, entitles you to more pay as you maybe qualified in a certain area. This also looks attractive on a CV.

[Speedtouch]

I read somewhere that super-smooth polished inlet ports are worse for performance than a slightly rough finish that helps with atomisation of the air/fuel mixture charge.

[Ajsingh]

I read somewhere that super-smooth polished inlet ports are worse for performance than a slightly rough finish that helps with atomisation of the air/fuel mixture charge.

Iv heard this too. The intake ports on the s65 heads has slight straight grooves in them to channel the air straight into the chamber. Grooved but its smooth grooves

[Kos]

I read somewhere that super-smooth polished inlet ports are worse for performance than a slightly rough finish that helps with atomisation of the air/fuel mixture charge.

i have heard that a bit of turbulence is good, but who are we to question the guys who develop these engines ?

[bss325i]

Id say fook off if you think your getting 2 bags TBH!
All those poncy lifts and tool boxes, tiled floors etc and you sit brand new engines on old tyres with a 1970's engine crane

Using the tyres is Lazy as there are engine specific brackets to mount it to a BMW engine stand which itself is an awesome bit of kit!

[Morat]

I certainly wouldn't be getting busy with a file just to find out...

[Jhonno]

I'd almost guarantee those ports aren't properly smooth.. When they say you don't want them smooth, they mean polished!

[DanThe]

Id say fook off if you think your getting 2 bags TBH!
All those poncy lifts and tool boxes, tiled floors etc and you sit brand new engines on old tyres with a 1970's engine crane

Using the tyres is Lazy as there are engine specific brackets to mount it to a BMW engine stand which itself is an awesome bit of kit!

Can you get me one of these out the back door Baz? That would look great in my living room!

[Ajsingh]

LOL ^^^

[Speedtouch]

The intake ports on the head are super smooooth! Each port is identical to the other, as if the same tool has been used to shape the port.

It does look distinctly hand-done, almost like a home-brew effort with a Dremel (though with a touch more professionalism, of course!)