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Originally Posted by therealm3
Thank you for the detailed explanation. Good to know how things work.
So, to your point about lubrication being the possible issue; I wonder if the previous owner of my car should have been doing more frequent oil changes? Or maybe I should be using a different oil than the factory stuff. It's supposed to be pretty good based on what I have read, but who knows? Or is this just bad design. BMW is not perfect so that is very much a possibility. (Think rod bearings in M cars, N54 turbos, etc.) I have toyed with switching to Red Line at my next oil change and may go forward with that.
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The only part I am not sure on is how the shaft is continually lubricated, if it even is. BWM calls for "long time lube" be put in the caps/shaft on assembly.