I saw no mention specifically of the M60. I had been left with the impression the M60 would not be suitable for such refurbishing. Are you aware whether this is true or if I were inclined might it be possible to refresh the M60B40 in my 540 which is now consuiming a quart of 5w30 in under 1k mies? New rings, crank shaft and connecting rod bearings and valve seal/guides just where ever oil may now be passing.
1995 540i Manual build 1/95
You can easily do new rings/seals/bearings/etc in an M60. What you can't easily do is bore out the cylinders. So if you have a nik block that has cylinder wall damage you'd need to install sleeves in the cylinders in order to fix that as you can't just overbore it and re-ring it to match the new bore.
Cosmos Black/Black 1995 540iA M-Sport
BMW Individual Exclusive Edition, 1 of 65 total, 9/25/95 Build
when that repair book was printed, probably the M60 engine was not yet on the market. There is no reason that an M60 engine is not suitable for refursbishing.
Buy a Bentley Repair Manual, that covers it.
oil consumption has many reasons. First of all I would check the typical fault
see under engine OSV replacement = oil separator valve
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Thanks Erich
When rebuilding an engine, I see it says "Use a centre-punch or numberstamping dies to mark the main bearing caps to ensure refitting in their original locations on the block".
Is this true? When I dismantled my old engine (bottom end), I did not mark anything. Will this matter if I ever want to re-assemble it?
How about this for the M60, page 2 has some good pics:
http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum....php?t=1354664
And this one looks pretty good too:
http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum...php?p=18483772
Doesn't cover the engine internals but seems like a good place to start.
UK 1997 e34 540iA Touring, 1989 535i Sport - now sold, 1998 Mercedes CLK 200 Coupe