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Old 09-04-2016, 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by 4.8iS Le Mans_NZ View Post
My initial thought was maybe it dropped a swirl flap, but if all is good again now, this is unlikely.
Especially since no E53 has swirl flaps!

Yeah, I know, the internet is full of information that states that all M57 engines do have swirl flaps but in truth, for some reason, BMW never shipped any M57 equipped E53 with flaps of any sort.

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