Originally Posted by
Jehu
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.
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