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Originally Posted by dtla1
Yeah, bearing failure at that mileage I would think would be very rare. I thought I read a horror story about getting coolant into the oil during an OFHG replacement and then engine failure, I wonder if that might have been the cause as well here.
No chance you took an oil sample for analysis before you traded it in right?
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I guess that's possible, but I doubt it.
No oil sample, had no real reason too. I specifically avoided an E92 M3 because of the bearing issues and went with the 135.
My mechanic here said he has seen some bearing issues with the N55 engine. He basically said, everything on the N55 (turbo/wastegate/injectors/etc) is more reliable than the N54.........except the bearings. But admitted it's still really rare to see one with issues and such low mileage............and not tuned or abused.
Bad luck I suppose. It happens.