The E90/E92 era of the BMW M3 is likely one of the best automobiles ever constructed by the M division however sadly, there’s now one much less instance on the roads after this automobile suffered a catastrophic engine difficulty whereas being pushed at excessive pace.

Video of the carnage seems to have been filmed someplace in Europe and reveals the silver M3 approaching an underpass at excessive pace. Out of the blue, blue smoke begins to pour out from the engine bay and the exhaust and the motive force is pressured to tug into the gradual lane. The passenger within the BMW additionally captured the second on video and as quickly because the runs into issues, a big warning message seems on its infotainment show.

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After the spectacular engine failure, the motive force managed to tug over and examine the harm. Oil has been spewed across the engine bay and it’s not a fairly sight. Nevertheless, the engine could not have been destroyed.

Whereas it’s troublesome to find out what precisely has occurred with out inspecting the engine in individual, quite a lot of customers on Instagram recommend that it might have blown a rod bearing, maybe as a result of it had not been modified lately and easily failed beneath the load of high-speed driving.

If the motive force does must utterly exchange the engine, doing so gained’t be low cost. Driving E90 and E92 variations of the M3 is a 4.0-liter naturally-aspirated V8 often called the S65 that was good for 414 hp at 8,300 rpm and 295 lb-ft (400 Nm) of torque at 3,900 rpm when it was new. It’s unknown if the proprietor of this M3 had made any modifications to the engine that would have contributed to the difficulty or if poor upkeep is accountable.