3 Series E36 325is (M50) COUPE
Installation:
Check conrod-bearing play.
Place Plastigage (Type PG 1) - source of supply: Cartool - on
crankshaft wiped clean of oil in BDC position.
Mount conrod-bearing caps and tighten with old conrod bolts
tightened to specified torque.
Attention!
Do not turn the connecting rods or crankshaft.
Remove bearing covers and read bearing play by measuring
width of the flattened Plastigage with help of the supplied
scale. Specified values: 0.020 ... 0.055 mm.
Install new bearing shells or bearing shells with a different colour
code to correct the bearing play.
Summary: colour code/shaft diameter/bearing-shell thickness,
refer to Technical Data
Double-classification colour codes:
Rt
Red
Bl
Blue
1.
Crankpin
2.
Bearing play
3.
Bearing-shell thickness
4.
Conrod eye
Tightening procedures for main-bearing cap:
Tighten bolts (washed and lubricated with oil) in two steps.
First step tightening torque 23 Nm
Second step torque angle 50
°
RA Replacing crankshaft - crankshaft removed (M50)
BMW AG - TIS
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