That looked like a lot longer to warm up than it should. You might need to replace your thermostat. It's a common fault in the E92 M3 around that mileage. You can check if it's working properly by monitoring water temp (with a OBD2 reader) and cruising around. Water temp should steadily go up to around 80 degrees celsius (175F) and never go down from there even on cold days and cruising. Mine was dropping down to 67C when cruising around 50mph. Great video though, really important to warm these cars up properly.
I have since done this and it is in fact running correctly. I think it may be a combination of me being light on the throttle, not driving the car very often, and possibly outside temperature. Since the car was new it has always taken forever, and it may just be my driving style.
it's because the recommended oil is 10w60 which takes ages to warm up 10-15 minutes of driving max which is roughly a commute to a destination. i'm in canada and i can get away with using 0w40 which takes literally 5 minutes to warm up but does burn oil more in hot weather. I wouldn't recommend 10w60 in warmer areas.
Just bought a e90 M3 sedan with 143,000 miles , thank you for showing me your warm up procedure , I’ll apply this to my new set of bearings man! #BigHelpful , Stay Blessed
Thank you sir I really appreciate it. There's another guy who has a warm up video but he shifts at like 1500 rpm but sometimes you really need to get going. I think the 3000 rpm mark is the best area to warm up not only the oil but the dct. I've also though about shifting anywhere from 2000 to 3000 variably to protect throttle actuators.
I lower the shift to 1 bar and keep it below 3K and shift manually. It takes about 7 min. I saw this on a vid by “Tim Cheou”. The premise is to warm up the DCT and the oil simultaneously quicker. It’s been effective
The reasoning behind my theory is that the 3 setting was fast enough to shift and build more heat without being too slow and riding the clutch and thus expanding clutch life
Hey thats smart. Im actually gonna start doing that too. As much as i hate no dip stick the gauge is really accurate at measuring during optimum oil temp
agree but...at 12:00 would start to drive car a bit harder and harder to speed up oil temp u only live once all that OCD on getting to that perfect temp yea yea but could drive it maybe 40-50 % throttle till gets to operating temp from 12:00 on...not waisting all that time spent taking for ever to get to that perfect temp gets half way there start driving like 40-50% throttle👍🏼
Warming these up properly doesn't guarantee your rod bearings will be ok, the main problem is their clearance, at least if they're at the low to mid range of the tolerance. But of course abusing it from cold is very likely going to make it worse a whole lot quicker! Btw, you can't know your rod bearings are ok unless you physically look at them, at which point you'd just change them. Anyway, good to let people know how to warm cars up properly :) PS, that head cam is making me dizzy when you look around, lol.
@@djzaki nice I am catless but I went with resonated test pipes and change the 2 oem resonators to 2 aftermarket ones from vibrant and the car sounds mean and loud but not to the point where it bothers I tried with just 2 resonators and it was too raspy for my liking
i do this as well but lower rpms for my turbos. i just saw another s65 track car with rod bearings fail on utube. owner going to dry sump to prevent any future rod bearing fail. interesting to see the dry sump conversion for s65
Tbh I was about to sell the car to a friend and he bailed so I am wondering if a dry sump conversion is more affordable than rod bearings to be redone?
@@djzaki i was just watching this dude from the UK he says it's costly but unsure i think around 10k uk pounds? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lsl-1ruu7lk.html
I’ve owned both e60 M5 and e90 M3, and I disagree. I put 50,000 miles on the m5 with no major service issues. I pushed both hard. I enjoyed the M5 more. The v10 sound and power made it feel special. My M3 is also awesome, but I’m not in love like I was with the M5
Nice video 👍 I always start my M3 and let it run for 10-15 min befor I drive it, I have 68k miles and I Don't think I will do the road berings till 100k miles
Nice bro! Yeah i dont think ill do rod bearings until 85-90k? Im pretty confident in my rod bearings. I just see a lot of people oj youtube turn on the car and run it on m mode immediately and rev it out lol
Yeah if you drive like in the video and not tracking the car change the oil at 5k you will be fine yes I've seen this kind of people that don't know how to maintain and respect the s65
That isn’t ideal at all. Engine will warm up slower, and the rest of your drivetrain won’t warm up accordingly (transmission & diff). Once you’re through cold start procedure, drive off and keep it under 4,000 rpm. That’s all it needs.
You crazy. You’re not supposed to let it sit there at idle for 10-15 min. You need friction to heat up the oil that’s why you drive and keep it at 2500 RPM smh
@@djzaki nice I will check in on that like it and stealthy too. Thanks 👍 the sound gets me every time. Have a full list of stuff I want to due this weekend, all fluids and spark plugs. Then setup a rob bearing motor mounts for this winter, as I have all the service records from previous owner.
@@williambarcal9303 nice this will likely be the best car you'll ever own. I prefer my e92 worlds over my f80 m3. Nothing compares to it! Smart move! I've held out on rod bearings but I'll be doing them soon as well
@@djzaki one would think a turbo would speed up warmup since the oil is literally going for a loop inside the exhaust? Although same thing happens around the exhaust valves in the head but the turbo is concentrating thr exhaust heat into one point
It may be because i dont drive it very often and i really baby the car when warming up. But since ive had it its always been like that.. I havent done either. Only because at optimum temperature its very accurate!
Wow I actually like the intro music. Most videos have ghetto crap openers, making them instant turn-offs. I live in snow country and have an e92m3 6mt. It’s hard to know as sometimes it’s 0-20f outside. I usually let it idle for a full 7-8 minutes before touching it. And then, follow your 2500k max rule / never over rev when cold / never lug when cold. What’s your exhaust? It’s truly beautiful.
I really appreciate it!!!! Yeah in really cold weather like that allowing the fluids to circulate is a good idea! So i have stock exhaust and an electric exhaust cutout right before the muffler! Thank you again!
@@Bmwguy2011 actually a muffler shop on the hood of la 😂. Theyre pretty well known and off of the 405/ and 110? Theyre really good and provided all the materials
yeah that's perfect. Sitting in the car idling isn't good for the engine anyways. but I do recommend waiting a minute or so for fluids to circulate if its been sitting overnight or especially for a prolonged period.
Any year! Always aim for the least modified with the most records. If theyve done rod bearings too! If not a 2008-2010 is good because you can do a lead anaylysis
@@djzaki I used to have one till I blew up the engine in it, now I drive a reliable truck and hit speedbumps with speed and I am never worried if my car stops working...
@@djzaki if you haven't done the rod bearing replacement yet, you should be saving up money and doing it asap.. I do miss the times I had with my s65 :(
@@trooper_f30 tbh, once rod bearings are done the only issues that could happen are idle control valve (rare), throttle actuators, spark plugs, and of course tires. It gets good gas mileage for a v8! Not amazing but not horrible. Youll notice tye quality of the interior pieces feel more sturdy. M cars of any generation just feel infinitely more quality. The sound of the v8 and how exotic the car feels will make any maintenance well worth it. I owned two 2008 328i and it costs just as much to run long term aside from rod bearings. Lifes too short get what will make you feel like youre driving something special
@@darkzeronightmare623 i want an e46 so badly but itll be a big investment on maintenance. But if theres one that well taken care of its a unicorn and worth so much!
If ur a diy guy ur perfectly fine. I got my m3 with salvage title tho.... someone junked the car.... sadly that salvaged it. But been driving for 2 years soo far beside the normal stuff I have had to do my drive shaft support bearing
Older video yes! Actually I still have the car but it's technically sold! All I gave now is a hybrid lexus lol and the g63 amg. Planning to get a new home soon
@@djzaki Yessir I totally understand that! I’m the same way just wanted to touch a certain crowd with the love for cars so I started an Instagram account lol.
@@djzaki might as well do fuel breather valve while you're in there if you haven't already. After refueling, getting idle bounces and stalling while stopped is annoying
@@byVenosity yeah thats the game plan i know my idle control valve is okay ish, but definitely not my fuel breather vavle but theyre right next to each other so i might as well
@@djzaki supposedly, sometimes the idle control valve code is thrown because of the fuel breather valve so i'm upset I didn't replace it before I did idle control valves because they came out looking ok. Just to give u a heads up
@@byVenosity im tempted to call the shop just to do the fuel breather and while its open check sparks and coils? That idle c valve is like 780 dollars.
Honestly its why i got my f80 m3 in manual.. But ill give it to bmw, dct is efficient and satisfyinbg in the e60/e90 m cars solely because of the sound.. But otherwise i agree man! Lol truly
@@djzaki ok sorry to bust your balls but you traded your e92 for an f80 nah man would've traded in for a e92 in manual f80 sounds like shit who cares if its faster it was probably made i China not Germany e90x is legendary f80 will never get that status
@@djzaki It does sound very well, but you kinda ruined it for me. My 2jz NA with burned out muffler sounds almsot exact same as yours just driving around(abnoxious) BMW is about refinement and being sophisticated when driving calm, and this screams below 3000 like it is being killed. i owned 330 and 335 both with exhaust systems, magnaflow on 330 and custom on 335 andthey all sounded pretty calm near 3k rpm but opened up very wild. Yours is ehh.. i dont know what you have done to it, but i wouldnt daily with it being that loud. Personal preference, but even subaru kids here in EU dont do that
@@leodoingthings1706 youre forgetting one thing, i have a valved exhaust so it goes right back to stock if i ever choose to do so. My valves are right before the rear muffler box so it goes from a straight pipe setup with cats to full stock. I agree that it can be obnoxious but i choose to leave it loud for videos lol
And here in the united states the current trend is loud. Everything from hondas subarus to bmws. But whats best is being able to control how loud and when to be loud. I don't daily this car either. But like i said if its ever on the freeway typically ill leave valves closed to avoid drone.
@@djzaki excellent idea, valve is best. Not really popular here except for gucci cars. I had pretty loud wrx sti that i dailied for half year, should have made a vent. But car itself is shitbox anyway so i sold it. Good sports car, bad at everything else
