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Originally Posted by bmwstephen
Guess you never owned bmw’s as long as I have. Every BMW engine I tore down at over 100k, timing chain guides are worn and there is slack in the chain. Do they snap like timing belts? No but they are an eventual service item and you’d be dumb to not do it while you are in there. But oh wait you can’t now because its in the back of the engine because BMW hired audi engineers
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You’re right, of course. That’s why we see someone on the BMW forums every single day complaining about how much trouble the timing chain on their BMW inline six motor has caused them.