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Old 02-28-2021, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by 80stech View Post
The Achilles heel with rebuilding an engine is the machining. Things might be different where you are but I don't know of any machine shop that can hold tolerances anywhere even close to the original BMW specs.

I have done various BMW engine trought my mechanic career. The experience part on them are the pistons and bearings. Depending on the engine. For example bearing for a n62 are between 32-34 dollars a cap. And the pistons rings are also expensive. On a m54 its a different story.
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