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Re: V8 Nikasil Issue

I don't know how much this will help, but here's some info on what 
you may want to do:

http://www.koalamotorsport.com/tech/v8shortblock.htm

Regards,

Joao T. da Costa
Sao Paulo, Brazil
'97 E36/5 318ti
'89 E30 M3

At 2:45 PM -0700 4/21/01, Ken Redmond wrote:
>I have a 1994 740il purchased in July 98.  Just learned about the V8 
>deterioraton problem with the nickasil engine blocks mfg. from 93 to 
>95.  Interested in understanding when BMW determined that the engine 
>block should be replaced and what statistics if any, exist to 
>determine percent of engines that fail.
>
>My 740il has 70k miles and my independent service company described 
>that the idle was rough and I should have it checked by the dealer. 
>I purchased this from a BMW dealer and until I went to an 
>independent, no one at the dealership mentioned a word about this 
>evidently well known nickasil V8 problem.
>
>Comments welcome,
>
>Thanks
>Ken
>94' 740il

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