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Originally Posted by Dnz

issues with e46 engines

about half of the 60K sold need to go to the dealer

Then it goes on to say something about oilpump and something cam related..


Key thing here is - it sez that all affected owners will be directly contacted by bmw.

Originally Posted by dennys330ci

Since numerous engines of the current BMWS M3-Baureihe von Motorschaeden are troubled, BMW improves the high-power engines on fair trading after. Of that approximately 60,000 vehicles of the BMW M3, sold world-wide, type E46, BMW must approximately half to aftercare measures into the workshops zurueckbeordern. With a first series after the introduction on the market the oil pumps were exchanged briefly, are exchanged with the still persisting subsequent action the kurbelwellenlagerschalen. All owners of the M3-Modelle concerned are written down directly by BMW.

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