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john87bmw wrote:Hi There,
When it comes to the tyres, they have been kept in the cool and dark, so they will be ok!! I needed the block and pistons as the chrome had dissolved from the aluminium. This is a very common problem that BMW would like to pretend never happened. They had TERRIBLE problems with a LOAD of their car engines that all had to be recalled. Jaguar had the same problem. It was caused by high levels of sulphur in the petrol at the time. The chrome was literally just gone!! leaving bare aluminium. I have the photos here that i could post if i knew how..
john..
I agree about the bores...Nikasil problems were very bad in their car engines. BMW are not the only ones trying to pretend trouble never happened....
I also agree about the tyres being kept in good storage but over we now have a situation where car tyres over a certain age are not being allowed pass NCT [MOT]. I am not sure if you have a similar age rule. Just have a check on what manufacture date is showing on them.
Best of luck with the rebuild too, it will be worth it.
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