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Hi all, pool me in with that "exclusive" group of m3 owners with rod bearing issues. The car is a 2011 with less than 50k miles and it all started with a faint quick rattle on startup when cold (around 40k miles). I called it a lifter noise at first as it went away right away and was inconsistent at best.
Just like this: Well I was wrong. It progressively got worse (the start up rattle/knock) until it finally became a faint but consistent knock around 1000 to 2000 rpm only. The car is waiting to be torn down to confirm but based on the obvious sound and metal debris is the oil filter it's a foregone conclusion. What are the odds the crank isn't toast and I can just put new bearings in? Edit: main bearings were the root cause with excessively worn rod bearings but not destroyed. |
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Yikes. I think we've all experienced that cold start rattle, so i'm not sure we can conclude that that sound is the RBs going bad.
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As far as I'm concerned they are one and the same, I'm convinced of it, I will post pics of the bearings as one way or another they are coming out. My issue progressed over a 4000 mile period I estimate. How long have people had the rattle for?
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I experienced that sound after my car sat for 7 days... hasn't happened since and that was at least 5k miles ago. Anxious to see your RBs and fingers crossed that your motor is salvageable. Hope it all works out man!
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OP - Can you comment on your use and oil change interval? I'm one of the believers that RB's are a service item on these cars and have planned to do it at 60k miles.
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1- You had the cold start clunk noise => http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthr...ight=LIMITLESS 2- And later (from your description) you got probably bearing failure => http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=786615 Note : Most S65s are having the cold start clunk noise when they are NOT daily driven (garage queens) S65 daily drivers don't have the cold start clunk noise , and garage queens from 2008 till 2013 are still running fine TODAY with the cold start clunk noise and without bearing failure . The cause of the cold start clunk noise are the S65 Vanos-Gears and they have nothing to do with the S65 bearings or with bearing failure .
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I don't see this as being an oil change issue. From what I have researched BMW uses half the industry standard bearing clearance and it seems to be a problem. It looks like even "good" bearing have wear and that's unacceptable. There should never be metal on metal contact with a bearing. I have yet to see bearings come out of these things w/out wear...granted I haven't been searching for unworn bearings online.... I'm at a loss, I don't know what I could have done differently. |
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Some owners had bearing failure twice , and run today with their third S65 . On the other hand...The S65 bearings *BECAME* a service item by the WORLDWIDE S65 bearing failures .
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That noise in the video is NOT related to the rod bearings. Like Belgium said, it happens when the car isn’t driven daily. Mine did that when I didn’t drive it for a few days or a week. But if it’s driven everyday it doesn’t make that noise.
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I can't explain how people would have that knock/rattle on startup and NOT have it escalate into a full blown constant knock while running though. I'm open to whatever. At this point I just hope the journals are not damaged. |
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Mine makes the clunk when not driven for a day (@ 12 seconds) |
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Note : In your video I can hear a squeaking noise , probably it comes from your drive belt or wear from your pulley axle .
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Wow, mine is sometimes not driven for a week and I don’t get that clunk.....hope I never do.
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I hear a rattle once in awhile immediately upon startup, I always thought it was the timing chain tensioners, but that is from my past experience with every BMW that used a hydraulic timing chain tensioner. I purchased a pair of tensioners, but haven't installed them.
Also I had my rod bearings done recently, and the cold start rattle is exactly the same now as before I changed the RB. |
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Straight to the point , this sounds pretty bad . And personal I think your S65 is R.I.P . Of course I'm not 100% sure . But your situation sounds NOT good ! I wish you the best of luck with your S65 .Please keep us posted about your situation ....
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Here is the paper of the S65 PUMA-case ..
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Good stuff Philippe, as usual
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