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Originally Posted by aloyouis
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Originally Posted by Jonathan0880
Just to update everyone on the situation:
I called a few BMW dealers in the region regarding this and elite BMW Ottawa said to wait until June as there might be some news on whether a recall will happen or not, if it doesn't, then we're $hit out of luck. I also realized there is a recall for the driver side airbag so I have to bring it in anyway...
Furthermore, I talked to my mechanic about it, his shop specializes in european cars like BMW and Porsche, VW, Audi etc. He said for me personally that there doesn't seem to be any issue at present (I'm @ 67K-kms) and he said usually it's an issue of abuse or not doing proper oil changes that leads to the timing chain failure. So I shouldn't worry that much about it. But having said that, he did mention that the N20 engine is the worst engine BMW ever made. lol.
As far as how to check if things are ok, listen for a clatter and whining noise when the engine is running, that's the loose timing chain and it should be fixed right away if that's the case. You can youtube search video's to know what to listen for. General consensus seems to be that it's less likely to happen with more frequent oil changes and not using the stop start function, BUUUUUTTTTT there have been cases where even then, people have still ran into issues.
Personally, I'm going to sit on it for a while, as I'm fairly low km's and I just finished changing coils and some other $hit so in no rush to spend anymore money but I most likely will have it done before 100km's, whether BMW pays or not, I'm budgeting for it already.
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Thank you for the fast response and information! Hoping there is a June recall! |
I had mine done recently. Best advice I can lend is. Open the oil filler cap. With a flatbread screwdriver attempt to move chain from either side. Try to lift up the chain from beneath it. There should be little to no play.
Before having my chain done last month I had ALOT of slop and car drove fine. I now have no movement in my chain and car still performs the same but I can drive it without worrying about it exploding. Although there's always another point of possible failure