Rod bearings

[Arith2]

I bought ACL bearings from Lang Racing. Only like $187. Be careful with ACL because there are knock off parts apparently floating around. Making sure you get the Australian ones. I'll let you know if I can see grass through this block too

[COVID-19]

For that price you can do them every oil change. Havent heard much about them, but they are like 1/4-1/5 the price of oe.

Yeah. They were starting to make threads on m3forum about them. For me it was either those or oem from FCP since I could potentially exchange them again at no extra cost in the future.

[mrgizmo04]

From what I’ve gathered is that ACL/King are pretty popular in Europe. Both are well known/recommended from different engine builders. Many E9x owners seemed to have moved to the ACLs since they are cheaper and believe they are following big companies since they are starting to sell them (Lang racing, ECS etc) I bought a set from Amazon a few months back and they were about $100 just bought them bc they are slightly starting to go up in price. (Will be installing maybe on the next oil change)

For that price you can do them every oil change. Havent heard much about them, but they are like 1/4-1/5 the price of oe.

[COVID-19]

What is the consensus for brand of bearings to buy? BE, ACL, King, VAC?

From what I’ve gathered is that ACL/King are pretty popular in Europe. Both are well known/recommended from different engine builders. Many E9x owners seemed to have moved to the ACLs since they are cheaper and believe they are following big companies since they are starting to sell them (Lang racing, ECS etc) I bought a set from Amazon a few months back and they were about $100 just bought them bc they are slightly starting to go up in price. (Will be installing maybe on the next oil change)

[oceansize]

I'm going OE as my take as away was that there isn't any proven benefit (I'm excluding cost as a factor in decision making) to the others over the long term. Additionally for me this is more than likely the first and last time I do this as I average 5k miles a year.

[DESMDR3]

What is the consensus for brand of bearings to buy? BE, ACL, King, VAC?

[cudzich09]

My car is 4/2003 so need connecting rold bolts:

11131437237 oil pan gasket
11137834886 oil pan center gasket
11247834310 connecting rod bolt (12)
11247835439 shell (6)
11247835440 shell (6)
11431707164 dipstick o-ring
31106772199 reinforcement plate bolts (12)

oil change kit of your choice.

I'm doing my steering coupler while there:
32301094703 coupler
32411093596 gasket (2)
32411093597 gasket (4)
32306778609 bolt (1)

I did my motor mounts last summer so I'm good there.

Much appreciated! Really cool of you to include the coupler info, on my list!

[oceansize]

Any chance you have a part list?

My car is 4/2003 so need connecting rold bolts:

11131437237 oil pan gasket
11137834886 oil pan center gasket
11247834310 connecting rod bolt (12)
11247835439 shell (6)
11247835440 shell (6)
11431707164 dipstick o-ring
31106772199 reinforcement plate bolts (12)

oil change kit of your choice.

I'm doing my steering coupler while there:
32301094703 coupler
32411093596 gasket (2)
32411093597 gasket (4)
32306778609 bolt (1)

I did my motor mounts last summer so I'm good there.

[cudzich09]

Lining up parts for this and other stuff to do and have a question.

Do we know who makes the oil level sensor (so I don't have to buy the BMW labeled one)?

Edit: I just checked FCPEuro and they list Hella as OEM supplier, agreed?

Any chance you have a part list?

[oceansize]

True enough.... I think I'm getting the "while i'm in there" virus to a massive degree. Symptoms seem to be that all rational thought goes out the window. Thanks for the reality check.

[Slideways]

Lining up parts for this and other stuff to do and have a question.

Do we know who makes the oil level sensor (so I don't have to buy the BMW labeled one)?

Edit: I just checked FCPEuro and they list Hella as OEM supplier, agreed?

Hella is the OE supplier, but what is wrong with the current one? It is easy enough to change during an oil service should it fail.

[oceansize]

Lining up parts for this and other stuff to do and have a question.

Do we know who makes the oil level sensor (so I don't have to buy the BMW labeled one)?

Edit: I just checked FCPEuro and they list Hella as OEM supplier, agreed?

[chicane]

Rod bearing DIY from m3forums. Credit to the original poster. drive file because for some reason I cannot upload the file. I will try again tomorrow.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folde...pY?usp=sharing

Can't access it.

[Arith2]

BMW TSB for rod bearings here. Quite helpful to have a document from the source. Checking for TSB's is always the second step after verifying the corncern, so here you go.

Also Important: There IS a break in procedure of 1200 miles and staying under 5500rpm/105mph. This is a wear pattern item. Don't abuse them immediately or it may result in premature wear. Probably won't cause a failure right away but I'd definitely take manufacturer advise on such an important item.

I saw a post on M3F asking about bearing break in procedure and people were saying there isn't one. I want to kill that now so we aren't spinning bearings. Crankshafts are expensive. So are new engines.

[bimmer]

Just did this DIY this past weekend. The instructions in bimmerfan08's DIY are A+. Here is a link to where he hosts it on his dropbox

https://www.dropbox.com/s/z5foo7di69...hment.pdf?dl=0