5 Series (G30) [Official] 2020 BMW 5 Series G30 LCI (Facelift)

[J.E]

I should explain that the heat causes the timing chain to fail, because the heat from the turbochargers find their way to the chain through convection.

Most of what you have described I have experienced with my...

Oh dear... Sorry to hear about your experience with the X6. How many miles does it have?

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The 5 Most Common BMW N63 Engine Problems - BMW Tuning

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bmwtuning.co/n63-engine-problems/

The 5 Most Common BMW N63 Engine Problems - BMW Tuning

Yikes! How can an engine builder has lauded and BMW en...

Back in 2014 BMW of North America issued a "Customer Care Package" in an attempt to address the N63 problems.

BMW of North America has recognized a number of N63 components with high failure rates, including timing chains that stretch and snap, leaking crankcase ventilation and fuel lines, and malfunctioning fuel injectors, mass airflow sensors, and vacuum pumps. Rather than waiting for them to break, BMW NA is proactively replacing the parts with improved components through its shrewdly named Customer Care Package, or CCP. This is not a recall, because recalls address vehicle safety. Instead, BMW says, the CCP represents its "commitment to the long-term reliability of our most technologically advanced products." It is undeniably a good customer service move.

Source: www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/buying-maintenance/a25710/enginerdy-strange-connections-bmw-n63-v8/

However, @empower77 will tell you that no, BMW still hasn't managed to make the N63 more reliable after all these years.

 

[Deleted member 1071]

The last representative of the "older school" BMW exterior design paradigm. And all the more handsome for it.

 

[martinbo]

The last representative of the "older school" BMW exterior...

Old like me baby, yeeeeaaaah!

 

[rollo]

Your still just a kid @martinbo !!!!

 

[martinbo]

Your still just a kid @martinbo !!!![/QU...

Aww thanks - I love you too, pops!

 

[J.E]

So... To prevent the N63 from failing the owner has to drive the car... hard?

BMW is also quietly dropping the V8's oil-service interval from 15,000 to 10,000 miles. Not because of oil-life concerns, but to smokescreen the N63's appetite for motor oil. By shortening the time between oil changes (and sneaking an additional quart into the sump), there's less chance customers will get a low-oil-level warning. Insiders at BMW in Germany say the oil consumption happens to customers who don't ever flog their powerful, turbocharged V8s hard enough to fully break them in. Ironic.

www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/buying-maintenance/a25710/enginerdy-strange-connections-bmw-n63-v8/

Well, that's good news if you live in Germany and own an N63 powered BMW. Go to the autobhan and flog that bitch!

 

[hoffmeister_fan]

Am I correct in assuming that Audi/Porsche's and M-B's hot-vee V8's have faired much better in running reliably? I don't hear the horror stories with their turbo V8's that I do with BMW's 63's.

 

[chonkoa]

I should explain that the heat causes the timing chain to fa...

I have 150k miles on the X6 and and 90k miles on the X5.
With the X6, I had the battery drain issues, changed the valve stem seals ciraca 120k miles. and change the HPFP @ 20Kmiles as well. Right now the kick has crapped out. Right now I am enjoying my truck so I have not bothered that much to replacing the kick yet. I think I am heading towards an engine swap for the X6 as I really do like the E71 body style over the others.

 

[PanterroR]

Arrived in Croatia... What a beauty, even without M package...

 

[hovabongZA]

Arrived in Croatia... What a beauty, even without M packa...

Black is a bish to keep clean, but on the G30 LCI I looks like it's worth it.

 

[Rolf]

This looks fantastic. Why cant BMW make the 1-series and 2GC front look perfect like the 5-series? It baffles me how they made them look ugly compared to this saloon, which is really a lesson learnt how to make a saloon really good looking,

 

[CrunchSlaughtered]

This looks fantastic. Why cant BMW make the 1-series and 2G...

Because the hood is shorter and higher on the cars with a transverse engine. No chance to make a low and enlongated front part.

 

[Rolf]

Because the hood is shorter and higher on the...

If Mercedes can do a lower hood with the A-class, why cant BMW do the same with the 1-series?

 

[CrunchSlaughtered]

If Mercedes can do a lower hood with the A-class, why cant...

When you put it next to the CLS you will see that it's not low.

 

[Rolf]

When you put it next to the CLS you will see t...

I have seen both CLA and CLS and they the virtually the same height, including the bonnet line, so it is possible. The 1series and 2GC just have horrible front designs, we cant deny that.

 

[J.E]

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[Centurion]

I keep think that Nardo grey is overplayed but then get love struck when I see a new car in it.

 

[Frankie G]

When do we start seeing first press drives?

 

[hovabongZA]

Wheels on this example are beautiful. BMW went to town with this LCI.

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[MrRapp]

This particular wheel can also be seen on the iNext in the official hot weather testing clip. Had the idea it would be introduced with that as it has the looks of an eco wheel. Looks great though on the 5.