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Fault Lines: Engine Reliability, Timing Chains & Buying a Used F22
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The F22's engine choices weren't arbitrary — each one carries the reliability risks of the era it came from, and some of those risks are still catching buyers off guard today. This episode maps every fault line across the N20, N55, B48, and B58, from timing chain exposure to what a high-mileage M240i really costs.
Audio is available on Spreaker — see link below.
There's a version of this car that BMW almost didn't build. And had the corporate pressures of the mid-two-thousands resolved differently, the F22 might have arrived as a front-wheel-drive coupe with a diesel option and no manual gearbox.
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