engine failure 2004 m3

[maztak]

last night i was driving my car and it wouldnt get out of first gear,smg so i pull over and open my hood, oil all over the engine bay, i have it towed to the dealer next morning.They said the engine is done..... they are replacing the engine tomorrow with a new one.weird never thought my e46 2004 m3 would have engine failure. just hit 46 thousand miles on it.

[mtechnik]

what the hell.! sorry to hear bout that. Boy...good thing u had a warranty

[hammerfang]

yea really, 4k more miles and u'd be down like 12k

[Mercenary(FH)]

wow thats weird, what exactly happened?

[jessie-c]

a common problem that toasted a lot of motors was the rod bearings going bad

[M3.SA]

Common thing here, one guy replaced his motor 3 times. An the guys are not over reving them, that whats so strange.
Dont know if the whether or other factors in our country that is causing it, guys stopped buying e46 and prices dropped low from R500000 for a new one to one's that 2 years old half the price....

[j3asays]

wahhht... give us more info on why it exacally happend

[E36SUPERM]

not typical for a BMW engine to fail without abuse? I just blew the engine in my E30 (215,000mi) my other E30 has 320,000mi (2nd engine) and my E36 has 169,000 (2nd engine. by choice not need)

[M3.SA]

Originally Posted by j3asays

wahhht... give us more info on why it exacally happend

Not sure, dont have full details just heard from a friend.
This guy had other beemer before e36, then e46(330i, 330 cab) then a M3.
An compared to all the others the M gave him engine problems.
Know he drives it hard as in revving it to and before redline, an never spins or donuts the car. Thought it might just be him, but when i checked around
a few guys were complaining.

Seems he got tyed of the M, now he drives a F355 spyder.
Seems to going fine, will see as time goes on....

Also a common thing is e36 m3 (2/4doors) having bearing knocks....are well that another story.