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Originally Posted by PawnStar
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Originally Posted by NISFAN
Erm, something that gives off a hell of a lot of heat......maybe like a particulate filter that needs high heat regeneration cycles?
Seriously people, CFRP cannot stand high heat, so you cannot put something very hot near it. It sounds to me like there isn't the space to fit this new emissions filter without it being almost wrapped around the driveshaft. But it gets hot, so a steel shaft used instead.
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How embarrassing it must be for all those poorly trained and ill-informed BMW engineers that spent untold millions of euros on developing and testing the CF driveshaft for this car. If only they had checked with the experts on BMW forums... |
Try reading.....BMW are having to move to a steel shaft due to a modification.....an additional exhaust component being introduced to these cars. An exhaust component that is known to get very hot when regenerating 'burning off the particulate matter build up'. The clever engineers back in 2012 didn't have a crystal ball. Get it?