[forcefed]

Originally Posted by destoyan

About the bearings: I personally experienced it and saw how they look. I am building my engine and gearbox currently. At 9000 km (5600 mi) my main and rod bearings were already in bad shape. I know lots of other S58 opened engines with very little milage and they all had same issues. I assume it is the OEM oil and the Bearings materials.

Pics of said bearings?

[destoyan]

Originally Posted by forcefed

Pics of said bearings?

This is my engine. I can show same looking bearings on 11000km engine and also 8000km engine.

[Jobe10]

Originally Posted by destoyan

About the rods: I know few guys with blown engine because they pushed too much. Basically even with maxed stock turbos, you can bend rod and with hybrids (if torque is not in check, you def. blow engine).

About the bearings: I personally experienced it and saw how they look. I am building my engine and gearbox currently. At 9000 km (5600 mi) my main and rod bearings were already in bad shape. I know lots of other S58 opened engines with very little milage and they all had same issues. I assume it is the OEM oil and the Bearings materials.

About the clutch: A friend was running 25k km (15.5k mi) on stage 2 and he gave his gearbox for upgrade. Clutch was done. So basically above 900 nm (660-700 ft lbs) you will roast the clutch at some point.

For me:
1. Change frequently oil (3000 mi) and I think it is better to switch to different oil (not OEM).
2. Torque must be limited 650-700 ft lbs (if one plan to drive the car for a long term)
3. If one plans to go hybrids or frame - just do engine and gearbox (not worth the risk).

Will this also be an issue if you leave the car stock?

[mirob]

Originally Posted by destoyan

This is my engine. I can show same looking bearings on 11000km engine and also 8000km engine.

Is this stock or modded? If modded, what mods? HP/TQ numbers?

[bo.per]

destoyan

Regarding the bearings, there was a recall from BMW. Unfortunately, I don't remember which model years this affected. Must have been pretty early on. Was yours also one of these models?

[Tall Tom Cruise]

Originally Posted by bo.per

destoyan

Regarding the bearings, there was a recall from BMW. Unfortunately, I don't remember which model years this affected. Must have been pretty early on. Was yours also one of these models?

IIRC... it was for cars built around Sept 2021

[kgelfen360]

https://youtu.be/HeJOG4CwN6I

Nice video about differences and progression of inline 6

[destoyan]

Originally Posted by mirob

Is this stock or modded? If modded, what mods? HP/TQ numbers?

Stock for 3000km, then 6000km stage 1 and 2 (max was 630whp/600tq, but I drove most of the time on pump so 580/570 something like this). Overall 1/5 of the mileage was on e40 blend.

[destoyan]

Originally Posted by bo.per

destoyan

Regarding the bearings, there was a recall from BMW. Unfortunately, I don't remember which model years this affected. Must have been pretty early on. Was yours also one of these models?

Originally Posted by Tall Tom Cruise

IIRC... it was for cars built around Sept 2021

Yes and it was about main bearings (not the rod bearings).
However my is 2022/03
I saw the same condition on 2023 opened engine.

[Reprosal]

Is there a way to check for said recall for the bearings with a VIN lookup?

[forcefed]

Originally Posted by Reprosal

Is there a way to check for said recall for the bearings with a VIN lookup?

Open the bmw app and check the status of the car, go to services and the first link is recalls/service, open it and input your vin.

[KiNG$h!t]

With miles that low I’m curious to know if the break in period was followed?🤔

I only ask because I’m pretty sure the break in oil is pretty thin.

[TrentMeister]

Yeesh.. this is definitely the first I’m hearing about s58 rb’s being shiet..

Kind of disheartening in a way

[G MONEY]

Originally Posted by TrentMeister

Yeesh.. this is definitely the first I’m hearing about s58 rb’s being shiet..

Kind of disheartening in a way

That’s cause people aren’t honest about it. Who cares if it happens? Your pushing the stock parts and when doing so, shit is going to break. Share the info so everyone can learn and the companies can start make better parts. It should be like the crank hubs on the S-55. When mine spun, I had to pay to fix it. Oh well. There is an entire thread on people posting about it

[destoyan]

Originally Posted by KiNG$h!t

With miles that low I’m curious to know if the break in period was followed?🤔

I only ask because I’m pretty sure the break in oil is pretty thin.

I did the brake in as prescribed. Started pushing the platform after the brake in.

[GrannyShiftG80]

But everyone told me s58 is bulletproof with no weaknesses

[JDUNITNOW]

Don't get scared off by someone posting this info. If you don't mod your car and don't track it, you should be ok. Change your oil every 3 to 5k and don't do doughnuts every day or burnouts, you should be ok.

[G MONEY]

Originally Posted by JDUNITNOW

Don't get scared off by someone posting this info. If you don't mod your car and don't track it, you should be ok. Change your oil every 3 to 5k and don't do doughnuts every day or burnouts, you should be ok.

Well that sounds lame:-) 🤣😂😘

[JDUNITNOW]

Originally Posted by G MONEY

Well that sounds lame:-) 🤣😂😘

Yeah, I know... im getting old 🤣

[Soy Capitan]

Wondering if BMW LL-01FE oil could be blamed

[Tall Tom Cruise]

Noob question but what's the cost to replace these? Also the cost to do a preventative fix (if that exists)

[seals9121]

put it this way.
I put 718 miles on the track this saturday
bringing my friends on the track one by one. doing every lap under 1:57.
the engine runs so smooth and so strong. I almost feel like this engine is as good as mclaren engine