26-11-2013, 12:36 PM
Out with the old
(A special thanks goes to whoever the legend in the BMW design department decided to use copper nuts on the exhaust, made life so much easier...)
![[Image: IMG_3416_zps72f3dee7.jpg]](http://i554.photobucket.com/albums/jj437/tenwierdufos/d36/IMG_3416_zps72f3dee7.jpg)
So, i got quite lucky i guess, as all the oil was pouring out the exhaust side, not through my inlet manifold where the engine would happily have done one and taken off.
There is about 1cm of movement front to back in the shaft 2-3mm in the other direction, i guess the bearing collapsed! Didnt make any weird failing type noises, odd one.
![[Image: IMG_3418_zps91e9edc9.jpg]](http://i554.photobucket.com/albums/jj437/tenwierdufos/d36/IMG_3418_zps91e9edc9.jpg)
Naked engine
![[Image: IMG_3428_zps44da54e5.jpg]](http://i554.photobucket.com/albums/jj437/tenwierdufos/d36/IMG_3428_zps44da54e5.jpg)
![[Image: IMG_3431_zps43a9dff8.jpg]](http://i554.photobucket.com/albums/jj437/tenwierdufos/d36/IMG_3431_zps43a9dff8.jpg)
(A special thanks goes to whoever the legend in the BMW design department decided to use copper nuts on the exhaust, made life so much easier...)
So, i got quite lucky i guess, as all the oil was pouring out the exhaust side, not through my inlet manifold where the engine would happily have done one and taken off.
There is about 1cm of movement front to back in the shaft 2-3mm in the other direction, i guess the bearing collapsed! Didnt make any weird failing type noises, odd one.
Naked engine