Re: High mileage BMWs

[David Lefebvre <drl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

No doubt on the longevity issue. Alex was the only one who responded to my 
failed ignition cylinder issue. My old mechanic told me, if I've been 
drilling on it for three days, replace everything. C'est la vie.

At 08:01 PM 1/20/03 -0800, you wrote:
>Tom
>    The 76' 530i with 488k had the original head crack, like they all did.
>    I bored the motor with the head replacement in 84' at 114k miles.
>    My wife's 85' euro-732i has 505,050 miles.  At 350k miles, I did a
>valve & ring job after a failed fan belt had her driving faster to
>make up for the lost air since the fan wasn't turning.
>    Mom's 85' 735i only has 300k.
>    I have one customer with 1.1 million miles on his 70' 2800.  I
>replaced his cracked head in 84' also and bored it to 3.0 litres, and
>lowered the compression.  The current head & pan gasket have over
>700k miles.
>    BMW probably doesn't want to be known for longevity. You don't sell
>a lot of cars when people keep them decades.
>    I still have my first, a 67' 1800 I bought new overseas, but it's
>on jacks needing some "rust-oration".
>
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