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Originally Posted by silverfishZ4M
All these rod bearing threads lately are making me nervous. Before I bought the car the general consensus was that the later s54 was largely trouble free. Now I'm not so sure. I don't rev into the 7k range, I only drive around town normally and shifting at maybe 4k max. I hope I'm safe. Is this mostly an issue with cars that are tracked or drivers that are constantly ragging on them?
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In my opinion, if you are doing an oil analysis every oil change (7k or less) then do not worry about it until the analysis comes back with lead rising above, let say, 20ppm, then start to budget a new set of rod bearings.