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Old 01-15-2021, 06:03 AM
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Originally Posted by x5Alpine View Post
okay cool. I drove the car back from BC to Reno not knowing the oil pickup was full of old timing guide debris and I pray that no damage was done to the motor. It runs great and has 152-155 compression on all cylinders still. I just get paranoid.
https://xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-forums/...thread-26.html

Bimmerbreaker talked about having some oil starvation issues on his M62 that may have caused the rod bearings to fail.

He mentioned "..sustained high-RPM driving uphill to Flagstaff " and bits of guide pcs as possible causes.
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