E9X M3 Rod Bearing Service at 67,000 miles

How often do e9x M3 Bearings need replaced? It's recommended to replace the rod bearings every 60k miles for normal daily drivers. If you're heavy footed and like to use you're M3 as it was designed then I'd recommend to replace the rod bearings every 40k miles. This is my personal recommendation as we've seen these bearings with major wear at 40k miles from those who well.... do "spirited driving"
*The m3 v8 engine is the s65 and the m5 v10 engine is the s85, both are recommended to change rod bearings as stated above.
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[@anthonyw8269]

Thank you for this video. Funny that this was recently posted, and of all the rod bearing replacement videos I've watched, I didn't skip any parts here. Great information, learned new details most other videos never provide like the crack in the rods, torquing bolts and how to easily spot worn engine mounts based on oil pan clearance. I don't have the skills or space to DIY, but I love watching informational videos like these!

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Im about to rebuild my miata motor with acl bearings and forged rods and now im feeling extra confident watching someone with such informative instructions and good tips.

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[@JasKro]

Great video! I just recently did my E60 M5 rod bearings with ARP bolts and VAC Motorsports bearings. I was glad to see that I followed the same procedure you showed here. I just started work at a German Car only repair shop so I’m sure I’ll be watching all of your videos! Cheers.

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[@cs_yt]

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[@Marus1233]

Great video! There is one thing I believe everyone should do during the assembly this type of connecting rods - just tight the bolts with your fingers and check if you can feel the mating point with your finger before you try to torque it. You shouldn't and if you can then double check the position of the cap. It might happen that the cap will be off just a fraction of a millimeter and the two surfaces will not mate perfectly. If you try to torque the bolts in this situation you will destroy the connecting rod and ruin your day.

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Taught lol

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Watching you and your shop BMW should be thankful!

[@Bmwguy2011]

Fantastically methodical video. If I had your tools and a lift, not to mention Grasshopper, I’d venture this repair now. I’m hearing that ACL’s are the best for the replacement.

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Your shop looks like the hanger I work on airplanes in..... extremely clean.

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Awesome job 👊🏼

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Thanks guys! 🤘

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[@JamiesGarage1]

Thank you!

[@kurtjohnson5412]

If you live in Texas or close there is a shop called Mpourium in McKinney Texas that people from all around bring there M series BMWs to have rod bearing service preformed. These guys are masters at there job. Highly recommend them.

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I am no longer mad at my WRX for spinning a bearing at 130k.

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I admire the bravery of Joey wearing that watch while disassembling a bottom end.

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Exactly what I’m going for! I’m glad it shows. Thank you. And nobody can compete with ChrisFix.. he’s too good

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As soon as you hear "HEY GUYS" it's over 😂 he's already trending hard on KZbin

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I would soooo love for you to do this on my e93 M3 but I am all the way in the UK. Keep up the great content, deffo my favourite mechanic on KZbin 👍

[@mk3alldaii]

Hey love the videos man.. when you where talking about the engine mounts the way you can measure the gap between the belly pan and oil pan✊

[@edk412]

Well I didn’t realize all the labor and attention …this is so complicated. I just hope when I take my car in for service the mechanic is as thoughtful as you are.

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That’s always my fear about mechanics, not all are passionate about their work… 😣

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I’m sorry to say but that is rare af and I will say you will have a hard time finding that

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Lol when he was talking about Lexus and said “there was no repair it was all maintenance” he’s correct, I work as a tech for Lexus and it 95% of it is just doing maintenance becaise Toyota knows how to build cars😂

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My 05 es 330 has 150k only motor work it's had it's spark plugs and belts.

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My Chevy Tahoe has 340,000 miles original engine it's a 2002.

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honestly every one should go to toyota for advice lol

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Toyota isn’t what it used to be smh that’s why I’m holdin on to my 06 Avalon

[@Aspireonthego]

Nice work! The copper bearings were actually used all the way up to early 2011 models though.

[@Racedoc]

Great job ! I miss my 2008 E93 I never got the same satisfaction from F80. One of the reasons I sold it was a loud vanos noise when the car starts after not being driven for a day or two. The Dealer changed some of the vanos parts with no luck.

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what discrimination?

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@@bradhaines3142 I'm from Africa and here our “bosses" are not as supporting and helpful he was always on the lookout to see if I touch anything

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When he said "this is how mechanics do workouts," me... a hitch installation mechanic, can totally relate lol. Hitches are perfect for quickie curls.

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Nice Job 👍

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Great video. Super interesting and informative. Now am I going to use this as a how to video and do my buddies. Should go perfectly.....🤪🤪🤪🤪

[@JamiesGarage1]

It’s not a bad job at all. Good luck!

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Well done

[@motaz1975]

good video! wish you went into the condition of the old bearings a little more. from what i did see, they didnt look all that bad.

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So much easier than I thought

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Best generation of the M3s in my opinion.. v8 rwd 6 speed..looks..reliability perfection 👌

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Reliability? LOL 🤣

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@@EJ257IHI hahaha well it’s not Toyota reliability but for a sports car and it being a bmw it’s pretty darn reliable

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@@BimmerLife843 So replacing the rod bearings every 40K-60K miles is considered reliable? Damn, what is considered un-reliable? LOL. Cheers from North Carolina.

[@R03333]

@@EJ257IHI to be honest though, if you get a car that's had it done recently, that's 40k-60k more miles you can do before you need to worry about it, it'll likely change owners by then

[@EJ257IHI]

@@R03333 So that's the whole point (again, in my opinion, how I see things). I am going out to buy a brand new, $90,000 car...and I have to deal with something like that at 40K, what if I want to keep the car? so now I have to consider getting rid of the car because the warranty is gone and I have to open the engine at 40K and address issues in order to keep the car running.

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Get an e46 in the shop and do some of these things. Would love to see the common problems addressed, and the famed vanos job.

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Experts!

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That’s something I’m working on actually. I stay busy running the shop and fit the videos in where I can. I’ll be posting more videos on a more consistent basis. Thanks for watching! 🤘

[@Louettedefalaise]

When i was young i helped a tech for thé same job on a Toyota hj 45 . 3.6 diesel L6 . A piston exploded , New sleeves , New piston , New rings . Everything rectified . Thé motor had 200 000 miles at this time . Still got this Toyota in thé garage but almost 7 gallon for 100 miles .

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Love the video and a great illustration of the task. Oddly enough i couldn't help but notice the description of the work being called a "service". The rest of the us would call it a rebuild LMAO

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Not sure why all my vehicles have made it over 220,000 miles and I've never had a bearing wear out or fail. The maintenance items on some of these luxury cars is quite interesting and I'm sure vary profitable for the manufacturers.

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Do any of your vehicles have a race car derived V8 that revs to 8,300 rpm?

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[@leeghany5163]

Very clean. Nice. One day.

[@MrJamesshipman]

Ohh I wanted to see the stretch gauge. I have always been apprehensive on using the ARP Rod bolts. Mostly because the most accurate way to measure is through the actual stretch of the bolt. And i do not have the experience or tools to do that so we've stuck with the factory bolts. But of course we do BMWs torque the bolts Release of the bolts 3 times method.

[@JamiesGarage1]

We didn’t show it in this video but I’ll be sure to show it in a video I’ll be doing soon. Bearings in my e46 M3. 🤘

[@tboyE55]

Great video! How many hours does this service generally take?

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Nice

[@encinobalboa]

V10 M5 manual with rod bearing upgrade would be my dream machine.

[@Fastball115]

I am so glad I went with a Honda instead of a BMW... I can't imagine having to replace rod bearings for any reason except oil starvation of the engine. Unbelievable.

[@martinez1701a]

I was like am I missing something, why does this engine need a rod bearing service at 67k miles?

[@jackrage268]

As a subaru owner Im also confused why bmw would do some paint sniffing engineering. How tf? Like subarus arent known for longevity but 67k? But I guess being that you dont need to pull the engine to rebuild the bottom end but even so. JDM engineering clearly lightyears ahead of euros as far as longevity.

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True that but it’s even weirder because generally those engines are strong if you change the oil well Mercedes’ anyway we’re the only ones who came close to Honda or Toyota in engine reliability but that was a while agooooo

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I would choose a BMW over a Honda any day of the week! It all depends on what you want from a car. But in general all BMWs handle like an absolute dream while being very luxurious and very comfortable. Rather than a Honda well just being a Honda... Sure reliable but boring. I would rather deal with these preventative maintenance and love the car than put up with a car because it's reliable. They are also lovely cars to work on, especially the newer stuff. So if you know what you are doing it's really not that bad.

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@@maxcrompton4073 preventive what? BMWs don’t even last long enough to do that lol plus that first bill might be more than the car is worth lol

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You make it look easy I be like why does my mechanic take 3 hours to do my oil change with you my whole engine is swapped lmao 🤣 great work man

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I do not like BMW’s, but I love your content!!

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Drive one

[@jacobpina5789]

Did u do an oil sample also BTW great video man!!

[@Dimson525]

The problem is solved by using less thick oil. 10w60 is relevant only when using the car on the track, where 90% of the time the car is in full throttle mode. For urban conditions, 0w40 oil is suitable, the viscosity of which allows you to lubricate the liners and prevent their failure. Conclusion: if you drive on the track - 10W60, use the car in urban conditions - do not pour such thick oil, 0w40 or 5w40 will do and the connecting rod bearings will live. 😊

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Great video Jamie!! I'm curious if you know anything about Volvos, more specifically the VIDA software & DICE unit. Thanks!

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I just stick with the Germans.. mostly BMW

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Good

[@RobertE92]

I do not own a BMW and I would still only trust you to repair it correctly.

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only thing im worried about is when you change bolts to arp and arp studs you need to check out of round becasue it does change.

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Dope

[@Shloomy_Shloms]

Just got my bearings replaced in my e63 M6 after 80k miles

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good goop

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Engine mounts and rod bearings before 70k miles....a truly well made vehicle.

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It does make you wonder considering the price tag of BMW.

[@vosedon]

Sweet video, Show some E39 M5 Videos mate!

[@JamiesGarage1]

I have an S62 engine that I need to rebuild.. someday when I get my other projects done. Lol

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@@JamiesGarage1 would love to see that,, M5 is a hot topic!

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If knew the stuff you do ..then it would make sense to own bmw car 🚗.. anyway wonderful skills you got there 007 James of BMWs 💪

[@matthewbell1968]

Ok, forgive my ignorance here so post LCI cars are safe from the dreaded rod bearing issue? Excellent video btw 👍

[@RestorationShed]

Good morning. Love this video. I M on the market for m3 e92. How much would it cost to change rod bearings?

[@elpuerco6059]

So, just the bottom side of rod bearings? Did you change the top side bearings and if so, please show. Great videos production 🤙

[@moparernocar9179]

May Aswell replace the piston rings while your at it

[@E2SPerformance]

Great job! love the clean work, but I would not throw bearings in an engine without checking clearance. Even tho it did sound really nice after start up 🔥

[@markm0000]

It’s German engineering. Ze measurements must all be perfect. I get what you mean it would have been a extra half hour to just check clearances so the customer doesn’t grenade the engine if they run the oil hot.

[@elkabong3136]

Great video, i have a 2013 M6 and was wondering if you can tell me what ballpark a job like that should cost ( approx )? I have 76,000 miles on her, i am 3rd owner….she runs great but blows smoke because she has a rk tune and catless….i think my turbo seals and pcv valves are worn. But that is for another day. Thanks in advance

[@greasemonkey1489]

Did they use a similar composition of bearing material in the n54 and early n55? Is that why they have such a reputation of spinning bearings?

[@toyotacamry1239]

11:55 "Worked at lexus for little while there was no rapair it was all maintenance" Talk about quality !!!

[@Lymborium]

Hell yeah lmao Toyotas are nuts Easy as shit to work on and they go forever!

[@weslatatax2916]

I love your vids Jamie! But today I watched this video with my girl in the room and she took a shot every time you said “lube” I really didn’t notice how much you said it til she said it 😂😂😂 now she’s drunk and lubed up if you know what I mean

[@galaxymode]

BMW owners: BMWs are reliable as long as you do regular basic maintenance. *The regular basic maintenance*

[@purplecty740]

Great video! Would this be a similar process for replacing S63 bearings for the X5M? My uncle was Iceman's F14 pilot in Top Gun! One of my favorite child hood movies!

[@JamiesGarage1]

No way! That’s awesome! The s63 shouldn’t need bearings replaced unless it has a problem but yes, it’s similar.

[@mikegreen2229]

You mean Val Kilmer wasn’t flying the plane? 😟

[@windycityben4850]

Very cool video man!! I worked for Mercedes for many years, many similar repairs. Dropping sub-frames, etc… I never had to do any bearing replacements though, Is this common on BMW’s?

[@Aspireonthego]

It’s common with a few engines, notably the S65 and S85 but also the S54 to a lesser extent I believe. Some attribute this to the super tight bearing tolerances from factory and the thick 10W60 oil these engines run on; exacerbated by not properly warming up a cold engine before revving it out.

[@93ChayZ]

So If I heard that correctly the tighter clearance is what causes the premature wear? That mean’s it’s true that we should ONLY run VW/Audi Approved 0w20 in the B9 S4 EA839 they designed the engine to run on 0w20. 😀 THANKS!

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Wouldn't it be nice if all automotive shops were that clean, tools needed for job on sight, not rushed to do fast repair but take you time to do quality repair?

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👌👌

[@Sebastianx115]

Looks like you do most of the work in your shop