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Re: Engine knock or ping (archive)
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Posted by Lance on February 05, 2001 at 18:29:59:

In Reply to: Re: Engine knock or ping posted by John on February 05, 2001 at 12:54:42:

Cats were a BIB problem on the '97 540's. I would presume that the 740 uses the same cats. BMW apparently got a batch of defective parts. They did just what you saw; they fall apart internally. I had mine replaced twice under warranty.

Lance

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