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Originally Posted by cloverfield
Really nice quality photos. I wonder if there's a way for BMWNA to compare data from dealers in one area of the country vs another to see if bearing failures are more common in places where the engines need to deal with far colder temps on a daily basis.
As you made reference to in your post, getting up to op temp as fast as possible is key. But how much longer does that take when it's 10F outside vs 70, and how much additional wear can that do over hundreds or thousands of cold starts?
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Very good point. This car actually lived most of its life in Texas, with only recently coming to the northeast.
Next few posts will be engine internals which were unbelievably clean at 76k miles, which also makes me even more curious about what the exact reason for failure was.