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Originally Posted by Poppyboy
I’ve enjoyed rock solid reliability on my ‘11 35i with the N55 engine. I have a lead on a loaded-to-the-gills ‘17 50 just outside of warranty. I’ve read about lots of N63 issues on the E70 platform (CCP, valvetrain, coolant lines, etc). I’m curious to know about folks’ general reliability experience with the 50 engine on the F15/F16 platform. Please opine. Thanks!
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The N63TU (the 'TU' stands for 'Technical Update') that's in our F15/16 50i's resolved a lot of the issues of the preceding N63. I don't see many posts here about major issues. Many of us run tunes of one sort or another, which would quickly reveal any major mechanical flaw.
All that is purely anecdotal, of course. I don't have any hard data. I know that mine has been completely without malfunction of any kind. Doesn't burn any oil and will run away and hide from almost anything else out on the road on a given day.