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October 22nd 03, 06:20 PM
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Had a problem with the V8 engine on my BMW 740i. The BMW V8s
originally came with aluminium cylinder liners. It was found these were affected by (if I remember correctly) the sulphur in petrol. These eventually caused a failure in my engine (well, when my father owned the car). The liners were replaced with steel ones. Apparently BMW were supposed to fit these for free, but since we didn't have a full BMW service history, my father had to pay...not cheap! http://www.koalamotorsport.com/tech/...shortblock.htm By the way, is this the process you're talking about? http://www.autofieldguide.com/columns/jeff/0600mat.html Looks like if you want to see if it works over time, watch some Mercedes cars... Paul "Big John" wrote in message ... rgb We've had aluminum auto engines without liners and as I recall they had a pretty high cylinder failure rate? 
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