Recent content by Andy6527

Thanks, I did consider using a flushing product it heard so many people saying not to use them as they dissolve a lot of gunk that can get into and block small passages. I planned on doing the process you suggested but instead of a flushing oil to use a cheaper grade oil for the “flush” Would a...

That sounds like a good plan, I think just to be extra cautious I will run lot of cheap oil through it just idling on the drive and dump that as a sort of flush, then put in the proper stuff, take it easy for a bit and do a shirt interval oil change and get it analysed. I’m going to do rod...

Yes correct, but didn’t need to cut it as it is a cartridge filter.

If I run several short OCIs under very low loading, could I get away with a slightly lower grade of oil? The E46 M3 uses Castrol Edge 10w60 which is about £100 per oil change! I normally have the oil Analysed for metals each oil change, so that would help show if the metal content is reducing...

There was a hole in the rocker cover exposing the timing chain. I have removed timing cover and VANOS unit, all the radial bearings and retaining ring for the oil pump disk have simply disappeared and the housing is severely scored. The broken bits went between the timing chain and sprocket...

I recently had a component in my VANOS on my E45 M3 go bad, oil pump disc bearings disintegrated. I switched off the engine as soon as I noticed the problem, but not sure how long it was going on for before it failed. All the debris has found it’s way into the oil pan now, but when I looked at...