This video shows how I set timing to N63 and S63 engines (the procedure is the same) BMW M5 X5M 550i 650i 50i - after timing chain installation the timing must be set to synchronise all cams to ...

This 2012 BMW X1 has a two-litre turbo-charged engine that is well-known for timing chain failure at approximately 150,000 kilometres, so the initial diagnosis had merit.

A BMW Ireland spokesperson said: “BMW had issued a ‘technical campaign’ to replace the chain tensioner and, if required, the timing chain in certain N47 engine vehicles produced between ...

BMW timing chains are a long-running saga. In 2013, the BBC’s Watchdog program investigated total engine failures in BMW 1 Series, 3 Series and 5 Series vehicles built between 2007 and 2009.

BMW of North America said it is voluntarily recalling about 156,137 2010-2012 model-year vehicles in the United States because of a potential defect with the variable camshaft timing.