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Originally Posted by lazyrhino
Thanks for all the replies.
I actually have a long 3 hours or so drive for work tomorrow. Just spoken with a mechanic friend who strongly recommends getting the car super warmed up (i.e. 30 mins of warming up) before then hammering the hell out of it.
He thinks that the prime window for piston ring seating has been missed unfortunately, but now is still better than nothing!
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That was primarily an issue on the E9x M3's. The recommendation to warm the car up (driving at low rpm's) until fully warmed up is excellent advice however. The irony is that, if everyone had done that in the E9x's, they most likely would never have a problem with the rod bearings.
Just as a habit, I always let me car warm up before hammering.
