Our BMW 435i? Yeah, it had an oiling issue. Specifically, braking would send the oil to the front of the pan–where the pickup wasn’t located. Oil pressure wasn’t dropping to zero, but it was getting lower than it should.
[Do we have an engine oiling problem with our BMW 435i?]
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Not shockingly, I just started following this build after picking up a new-to-me N55 powered 2018 M2. Great articles!
This looked like one hell of a job. I heard that the N55 powered M2's (2016-2018) came with the/this same oiling system as the S55 powered cars. Any idea if that's true?
Add an oil pump to your oil pump. Somehow, that is very German.
Allan
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12/7/24 9:15 a.m.
In reply to roninsoldier83 :
That is true, M2 got this from the factory
JG Pasterjak said:
Noddaz said:
Add an oil pump to your oil pump. Somehow, that is very German.
Xzibit approves
Yo dawg, we heard you like oil pumps...
In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :
Quick, someone make the meme.
