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All partsBMW M4 CSLS58 engine › Oil pan

Oil pan

Part of S58 engine · about $560 to replace

What it is

Cast aluminium sump with baffles and a magnetic drain plug.

What it does

Stores 6.5 litres of engine oil and feeds the oil-pump pickup under cornering loads.

How it fails

Aluminium threads strip if the drain plug is over-torqued; use a new crush washer each service.

MaterialCast aluminium, aluminium drain plug
SpecCapacity 6.5 l
drain plug 25 Nm
M12 x 1.5
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