Looking for a CSL....

[Pip1968]

Originally Posted by Mike R

Did you not see that video that was posted up recently "24 hours in 70 minutes" ? They were rigorously checking the oil and topping it up as necessary, as the engine failed on one of the cars - the rod punched a hole through side of the block - this only normally occurs due to some form of oil starvation, causing the bearings to pick up on the crank and then when that happens, it's usually just a matter of time before the rod tries to make an escape attempt :lol:....

I would also point out that it was stated that this happened ONLY when the oil level dropped sufficiently, not just because of the wet sump arrangement..... It is my understanding that the factory sensor arrangement doesn't give enough warning of the drop, hence why the race cars (despite the carbon air boxes) in the above video had a dipstick set-up for manual checking of the oil level EVERY TIME the car came into the pits...

You could quite feasibly be driving around with it well below the correct level and not know until the engine is able to do a check of this. Quite often when I have wanted to know the level, I haven't been able to get anything other than two dashes, as it needs certain parameters to be met before it will do a check, so it is quite worrying sometimes. So far it has always read 1.1L when it has then been able to perform the check.

Pretty much what I said in my post when I put the link up to that N24 film. Why oh why do they have an electronic 'dipstick' which cannot read the oil when on track - ??????
There must be someone who can perform a modification to the dipstick tube so that it can be measured without taking the f@@king airbox off .

As far as the rest of the mechanics goes do not ask me .

Pip

[CraigMillwardCroft]

Originally Posted by Jon8710

zero trackdays zero problems.

In three years of ownership 11 track days, 7k miles no problems

[Straightsix]

Originally Posted by Mark CSL

I agree track work is harder than road miles

I am not sure about the components
My car had done 54,000 when the engine went and it had only done motorway miles


Maybe i know the CSL too well and pick up on failing components
when others just drive there cars.

So all these parts mean my csl
is not a good car with all the new parts as it must have had a hard life ?

So was there something seriously wrong with your M3 CSL to need new engine @54k plus all the other parts ????

[Steve B]

Originally Posted by Pip1968

There must be someone who can perform a modification to the dipstick tube so that it can be measured without taking the f@@king airbox off

The guy from USA who had the CSL rep had bent/modified a std M3 dip stick so you could use it without all the twatting about..... Shame BMW couldn't be bothered.

In this thread...

http://www.cslregister.com/forum/sho...light=dipstick


Steve

[Mark CSL]

Originally Posted by Straightsix

So was there something seriously wrong with your M3 CSL to need new engine @54k plus all the other parts ????

Yes it was fooked

[CraigMillwardCroft]

Originally Posted by Mark CSL

Yes it was fooked

To the point, but I think he wanted more information

[Monkey]

Originally Posted by _Nathan_

Lot of bollocks being spouted on here. 90% of the s54 engined race cars are running wet sump. If oil surge on cup tyres was an issue then you've never see a wet sumped s54 engined race car on slicks finish a 24 hour race...

I'm in agreeement With Nathan here. Very few race M3 S54's run a dry sump system. I worked for a Britcar race team, running an M3 for 2 seasons. Yes wet sump
Ran in the Silverstone 24hr a couple of seasons ago, finished on the engine we started with....

[Bounce]

Originally Posted by Mark CSL

Yes it was fooked

[Neil M]

Originally Posted by Pip1968

There must be someone who can perform a modification to the dipstick tube so that it can be measured without taking the f@@king airbox off

Not without taking the airbox off they can't

[cslsuperfan]

Originally Posted by Neil M

Who's telling porkies? That signature is a dead giveaway!

UhhhhMMMMmm ......rumbled!