Alpina B10 4.6 V8 thoughts please
Discussion
Epic engine and a fantastic car - I bought my 2001 Touring with 101k on it and it has been trouble free throughout.
Up to late 2000 the engines had a non-metallic head-gasket which has some anecdotal evidence of premature failure but after that the engine design was adopted by BMW for the X5 4.6iS and BMW developed (and gave back to Alpina) a metallic head-gasket that resolved any issues. It also means the 4.6 engine (unlike the 4.8 V8S engine) has parts off the shelf from BMW.
Additionally the 4.6 has the standard 540i braking system unlike the bespoke Brembo set-up on the 4.8 and hence the 4.6 is approx a sixth of the cost for pads and discs. Other equipment is standard 540i apart from the suspension and gearbox.
Cooling systems will need/should have had some attention by 100k miles and sometimes bushes all around the suspension links
HTH
E-mail me if you'd like to know more.
Up to late 2000 the engines had a non-metallic head-gasket which has some anecdotal evidence of premature failure but after that the engine design was adopted by BMW for the X5 4.6iS and BMW developed (and gave back to Alpina) a metallic head-gasket that resolved any issues. It also means the 4.6 engine (unlike the 4.8 V8S engine) has parts off the shelf from BMW.
Additionally the 4.6 has the standard 540i braking system unlike the bespoke Brembo set-up on the 4.8 and hence the 4.6 is approx a sixth of the cost for pads and discs. Other equipment is standard 540i apart from the suspension and gearbox.
Cooling systems will need/should have had some attention by 100k miles and sometimes bushes all around the suspension links
HTH
E-mail me if you'd like to know more.
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