At the end of the day, it's shitcan technology, so who knows 
Rattling engine and seizing exhaust flap.
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Bit more help would be nice for the thicko,s as every little helps, what do you actually think is happening.
Bit more help would be nice for the thicko,s as every little helps, what do you actually think is happening.
How many are actually failing, mine seems ok at the moment (famous last words). I assume not every engine has an issue.
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Piece of pig iron on end of r/h exhaust cam.Lowers compression when cranking to help the Chinese starter crank the engine.known rattler ��
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Sounds logical to me something crappy not doing its job, and yep pig iron washing machine alloy I bet.
Hey, I've taken your advice and bought the stuff you recommended to put on my exhaust flap. So if it seizes it's your fault
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Hey, I've taken your advice and bought the stuff you recommended to put on my exhaust flap. So if it seizes it's your fault
I read it on here. seriously though just have a peek in every few months, nothing more we can do.
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Ah, re the flap I’ve found that either a) the headers are replaced on warranty (jeez the cost) or b) we force lube into the lower bearing or c) we simply chop our the flappy thing (which then affects performance). Our choice eh
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What I don’t understand is that you never hear of the problem with the R or the RT or S1000R. I am on my second S1000XR and it’s never been an issue.
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Totally agree - the only thing as bizarre as it sounds is the engine config?
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The S has a completely different engine of course but you have a point. As for the RT I really don’t know - perhaps because the relative lower qty of RT’s sold means that the qty of problematic engines are much lower?
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Well in all fairness the French Gendarmerie got fed up of having the RT,s in the garage so swapped to Yamaha FJR,s.
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Ah!
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I was referring to the exhaust flappy thing which they all have in common.
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Ah, sorry!
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It is strange, since it is a similar design, that this does not appear to be a common issue with the K13. Perhaps bmw should start using those ones instead !
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