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What Are Common BMW S58 Engine Problems?

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Image: BMW S58B30A complete engine with 38K miles for sale at MT Auto Parts for £7,699.99 The S58 is BMW M's current flagship straight-six, the engine in the G80 M3, G82 M4, G87 M2, and X3 M / X4 M. It replaced the S55 from 2020 and was widely praised on launch for being more powerful, cleaner, and, crucially, more refined than its predecessor. The question that BMW enthusiasts have been asking since is: how reliable is the BMW S58 engine ? The honest answer is: considerably better than the S55 it replaced, and with a growing body of evidence suggesting it is one of the more durable BMW M engines in recent history. But it is not without its issues, and some of those issues are specific enough to matter if you're buying a used S58-powered car. What Is the BMW S58 Engine? The S58 is a 3.0-litre twin-turbocharged inline-six petrol engine developed by BMW M. It produces 480bhp in standard G80 M3/G82 M4 tune, 503bhp in Competition specification, and 530bhp in the Competition xDrive ...
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BMW M2 vs M3: Which Is Better Value as a Used Buy in the UK?

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  Photo by Zuka Zurabishvili on Unsplash Both the F87 M2 and F80 M3 use the same S55 engine. Both are rear-wheel drive, manual or DCT, and built on the same generation of BMW M architecture. On paper, they are closer than their price difference suggests. In practice, they are quite different cars to own, insure, maintain, and live with day to day — and for most UK buyers working within a budget, those differences matter more than the spec sheet. This guide cuts through the noise. We're comparing the F87 M2 and F80 M3 as used buys in the current UK market — engine differences, running costs, parts availability, insurance, and which one makes more sense depending on what you actually want from it. The Engines: N55, S55 — What's the Difference? F87 M2 standard — the N55 The standard F87 M2 (2016–2018) uses the N55, a 3.0-litre single twin-scroll turbo straight-six producing 370bhp. The N55 is not an M-developed engine. It is the same unit used in the standard 335i, 435i, and X5 35...
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What Are Common BMW B38 Engine Problems? The 3-Cylinder Turbo Explained

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Image: BMW B38A15A Complete Engine with just 24K miles for sale at MT Auto Parts for £1,429.99 Three cylinders in a BMW. It still surprises people who haven't followed the brand's engine development over the past decade. The B38 is BMW's 1.5-litre turbocharged three-cylinder petrol engine — a unit that, on paper, sounds like an unlikely fit for a brand that built its reputation on silky inline-sixes and high-revving four-cylinders. In practice, the B38 is a considerably more capable and more interesting engine than its cylinder count suggests. It is part of BMW's B-series modular engine family and shares significant architecture with the four-cylinder B48 and six-cylinder B58, the same bore diameter, the same engineering philosophy, and many of the same BMW engine parts . But it is not without its problems. This guide covers what the B38 is, which cars it powers, what goes wrong, and how the reliability picture looks in the real world. What Is the BMW B38 Engine? The B3...
Location: United Kingdom
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