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Originally Posted by 2001S15
I have had three BMW V8s - a F10 550, a F90 M5 and a G07 X7 M60i. The first and third were bought back as lemons due to engine problems.
I'm not doing BMW V8s anymore.
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Did they state what the potential issues may be? Most of BMW's V8 problems revolve around injectors. The early N63s had a lot of other issues ranging from valve seals to plastic CCVs that'd disintegrate every ~20k miles. Those were genuinely terrible engines, but the design flaws have been mostly fixed.
The newer engines have their own design flaws. By the time I traded my G12, it had extended warranties on its suspension, injectors, grill and a few other things (likely from lawsuits).
I can also confidently state that there are a LOT of bad mechanics working at BMW dealerships, as I've fixed their mistakes. My G12 had a coolant leak after visiting a dealership in California for a routine coolant flush. ...the idiot tucked the parts tag under the coolant hose's gasket, which caused a slow leak. That was on top of spilling coolant into the injector ports, which resulted in injector failures. My current car (i7) had a new windshield installed and had a constant wiper error. ...looks like the mechanic installed the silicon pad the wrong way and didn't properly clean the sensor. I can go on and on, but that's why I prefer to work on my own cars now. That said, the issues are all preventable/fixable.